Terrestrial orchids grow in the ground as opposed to epiphytic orchids which grow on trees.
Description:
“Common”, you will appreciate, is here relative: one could go a lifetime without actually seeing it. And when you do see it, the thought that it is meant to be “common” just won’t occur. Modest it may be, compared with its exotic relatives, but nevertheless, in flower, in its simplicity, it is a thing of overwhelming beauty – spikes of pale lilac or whitish, spotted purple, little winged angels. 6-18 ins. Be warned, these are terrestrial Orchids and considered some of the very hardest of all plants to raise from seed. You will need luck, skill and patience. Our supplier can only suggest sowing in lawn-soil or near another Dactylorhiza. And don’t, he says, touch the seeds with bare fingers! Because of all this, the low, for experimental use, price.
Classification:
Hardy, Perennial
Price:
£1.48 per packet
Guide prices for information only: Euros: € 1.65 US Dollars: $ 2.27