ADELAIDE ORCHIDS 16 PINE ROAD WOODCROFT SOUTH
AUSTRALIA 5162
OR FAX 618 83221546 OR EMAIL [email protected]
(Months quoted are in Australia)
TUBERS :
CALADENIA ; CORYBAS
; CYRTOSTYLIS ; DIURIS
; ERIOCHILUS ; LEPTOCERUS ; LYPERANTHUS ; MICROTIS ;
PTEROSTYLIS ; THELYMITRA.
TERRESTRIAL FLASKS :
LYPERANTHUS (Beak Orchids)
If you want to grow terrestrial tubers efficiently
then this is the genus to choose. A single narrow angled leaf produces 2 or 3
large egg shaped tubers annually. Easy to grow. Standard soil mix. The flower
stalk emerges from the underside of the leaf. The multiple blooms resemble
birds beaks.
Price includes 3 tubers per variety.
Lyperanthus suaveolens (Brown Beaks) $49.00
Multiplies. Easy to
grow and flower. Carries 3-6 green or brown blooms in Sep-Oct. Tubers like
pigeons eggs.
MICROTIS (Onion Orchids)
Plants multiply and are very easy to grow. The multiflowered spike
appears suddenly through a split in the side of the hollow onion-like leaf in
late Spring. Use standard soil mix. Up to 50 tiny green flowers on tall stems.
Price
includes 3 tubers per variety.
Microtis frutelorum (Onion Orchid) $12.00
A slender onion orchid.
Microtis parviflora (Sweet Onion Orchid) $12.00
Tall stem with many tiny green flowers in late
Spring.
Microtis rara (Slender mignonette Orchid) $12.00
Tiny green flowers, ct-Nov if given banana
treatment.
Microtis unifolia (Common Onion Orchid) $12.00
Robust. Has 20-50 tiny green flowers in
October-November.
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