Re: Orchids in Medit climates, hardiness and availability

David,
I know there is a yellow Spathiglottis from the
Himalayas that should do quite well for us in the Bay
Area, but the species name escapes me.
-Jason

--- david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Michael-You're welcome to try some of the
> Spathoglottis  seed that I have, and I think that
> Richard Ward at the Dry Garden may still have some 1
> gal. Spathoglottis sp plants that he got in last
> fall.
>  I was tempted to buy one, having just seen them in
> Bali, but wasn't sure they were actually hardy here.
> 
> The grower he got them from in Oregon told him they
> were hardy, but they appeared to being going dormant
> in early winter, and they are supposed to be
> evergreen, so I didn't try one.  You could ask Roger
> Raiche where he got his Sobralia macrantha planted
> at
> the Strybing Entry garden, but I don't think that
> Suncrest still grows this, as they didn't have any
> last year when I wanted to buy some more.
> 
> I don't think either one is any more adaptable than
> Epidendrons here, and I don't always manage to keep
> these through the winter in my garden.  Harland
> Hand's
> garden always amazed me with how well the Epi's did
> for him, maybe placing next to boulders/concrete
> really does make a difference in keeping them a bit
> warmer in winter.
> 
> Are Orchis the species that grow natively in Crete? 
> I
> seem to remember seeing some of these last May while
> there.  Where did you get yours to try?
> 
> 
> --- Michael Barclay <operatic@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > David---I'd love to try some.   I have failed to
> > establish any European
> > terrestrial orchid--members of orchis and
> > dactylorhiza--in my garden so
> > I'd certainly be willing to try a tropical
> > terrestrial in some
> > accomodating
> > place.
> > Michael Barclay
>  
> 
> 
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