Chalk Fragrant Orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea
This year has been an exciting one for us as we have been able to add Chalk Fragrant Orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea to our list of plants. It will, of course, be sometime before we can offer them for sale, but it will be worth the wait. This lovely plant has glossy leaves and a flower that is not only of considerable size but really is very fragrant. So strong is the scent that sitting by the flower on a warm day is enough for it to fill the air with its aroma. The scent is like carnations, with a little bit of cloves thrown in. As the plant can exceed 50cm in height these statuesque flowers are truly impressive in a flower border.
Like all new species that we have, getting the seeds to germinate can be quite a trial. We start off with our standard media and if we don't see any action in that we move on to some of our more exotic media until we find the exact match for the particular species are growing.
Next year our species list of plants for sale will increase considerably as plants we have been encouraging into pots become well established. Once they have been out of culture and into pots for a complete year through at least one winter season they become sufficiently robust to be handled from pot to post and then into your garden or containers. We would anticipate that the three new species to be put onto this website will be Early Purple, Bee and Pyramidal Orchids, so keep watching the catalogue page. In the mean time we have found a lot of interest in buying our plants that are in sterile culture, still in glass. These are £30 for each jar which contains 5 growing seedlings. Because they are not suitable for posting we will take a selection to the talks we give to orchid societies and by arrangement if anyone would like to pick them up from one of our plant fairs.
Like all new species that we have, getting the seeds to germinate can be quite a trial. We start off with our standard media and if we don't see any action in that we move on to some of our more exotic media until we find the exact match for the particular species are growing.
Next year our species list of plants for sale will increase considerably as plants we have been encouraging into pots become well established. Once they have been out of culture and into pots for a complete year through at least one winter season they become sufficiently robust to be handled from pot to post and then into your garden or containers. We would anticipate that the three new species to be put onto this website will be Early Purple, Bee and Pyramidal Orchids, so keep watching the catalogue page. In the mean time we have found a lot of interest in buying our plants that are in sterile culture, still in glass. These are £30 for each jar which contains 5 growing seedlings. Because they are not suitable for posting we will take a selection to the talks we give to orchid societies and by arrangement if anyone would like to pick them up from one of our plant fairs.
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