Bletilla striata

[KyushuCalanthe]

Been away from the forum for a while now - too busy of late. I managed to piece together this video however about the various forms of the relatively easy to grow terrestrial orchid Bletilla striata. In there too is B. ochracea, the yellow flowered Chinese species, and the hybrid between the two plants, B. Brigantes. Speaking of China, I'll be leaving for Sichuan next week to see the botanical wonders of the mountains there - most especially the wild fields of Cypripedium species.

Bletilla striata

 

[tonyw]

very nice particularly the hybrid. I only grow the B. ochracae.

Good luck with your trip I hope it is very successful

 

[NYEric]

have fun!
BTW, I just watched the vid, thanks. Now I'm going to order some today! ENABLED!:

 

[jjkOC]

Nice colors! Have fun in China!

 

[SlipperFan]

Stay safe, and take lots of photos (as if I need to tell you that!).

 

[Stone]

Nice. Have fun in China, looking forward to seeing some wild Cyps!

 

[s1214215]

Hope you are breaking out a toothpick to them for me Tom :wink:

Brett

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Hope you are breaking out a toothpick to them for me Tom :wink:

Brett

Hey Brett, sorry, ran out of toothpicks

There's a lot of variation within this species to be sure and more avenues for breeding interesting clones. A few US nurseries carry some of the forms I showed in the vid - I know that both blue varieties have made it to the US, as have the white flowered plants, albostriata, and possibly trilips.

China will be an adventure to be sure. I've been scrambling to get all my equipment in order - both video and digital cameras and all the necessary support stuff. I'm ready to take thousands of pics and hours of vid!

 

[gonewild]

I'm ready to take thousands of pics and hours of vid!

Your only going to be there one day?
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[KyushuCalanthe]

Your only going to be there one day?
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Ha, ha! I've struggled to imagine how many pics and minutes of vid per day, believe me, until my head hurts. Card capacity, enough battery power, the availability of electricity.... AHHH!!!! :rollhappy:

So I settled on these numbers:

500 pics per day (actually not necessarily a lot)
1-2 hours of video per day

Hmm...