Post by fredg on Sept 30, 2008 12:16:47 GMT -5
Tipularia discolor a North American woodland terrestrial orchid.
It overwinters in leaf , the inflorescence emerging in summer after the single leaf dies off.
This shoot grows fairly rapidly then it seems to pause for quite a while in bud.
This year the buds sat for a fortnight ( 14 days) before any of them showed signs of opening.
Finally the flowers on the inflorescence have all all opened and I'm struggling to see craneflies or even crippled craneflies.
The effect looks more like mayflies to me.
NB THIS IS NOT AN ORCHID FOR A WET SUBSTRATE.
It overwinters in leaf , the inflorescence emerging in summer after the single leaf dies off.
This shoot grows fairly rapidly then it seems to pause for quite a while in bud.
This year the buds sat for a fortnight ( 14 days) before any of them showed signs of opening.
Finally the flowers on the inflorescence have all all opened and I'm struggling to see craneflies or even crippled craneflies.
The effect looks more like mayflies to me.
NB THIS IS NOT AN ORCHID FOR A WET SUBSTRATE.
