Stream Orchid first blooms

[Criscar]

These are new and still quite small but apparently happy! California Stream Orchid, Epipactus Gigantea, var. Serpentine Night.

 

[Lisak1]

I've never heard of those! They're lovely!

 

[JRS]

New one for me too. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Criscar]

They are a wild native to California rivers and streams, so I was excited to plant something from my own state! This specific variant with the reddish leaves was cultivated from a natural variant found in one small area in Northern Cal. I think there’s about a half dozen nurseries (non-aquatic) in total in the US that carry stream orchids.

 

[Hound Heaven]

Oh that is lovely!

 

[SarahT]

These are new and still quite small but apparently happy! California Stream Orchid, Epipactus Gigantea, var. Serpentine Night.

Nuts. Now I have stream orchid envy! Thanks for sharing, anyway.

 

[addy1]

Nuts. Now I have stream orchid envy! Thanks for sharing, anyway.

Me too!

 

[GBBUDD]

<======== wants to see what other goodies @Criscar has and what the pond looks like

 

[addy1]

These are new and still quite small but apparently happy! California Stream Orchid, Epipactus Gigantea, var. Serpentine Night.

Sigh...................I ordered some! On their way, now need to figure out where to put them.

 

[GBBUDD]

Sigh...................I ordered some! On their way, now need to figure out where to put them.

My house. Problem solved

 

[Criscar]

Sigh...................I ordered some! On their way, now need to figure out where to put them.

Where did you order them from? I got mine from Edelweiss Nursery

 

[Criscar]

<======== wants to see what other goodies @Criscar has and what the pond looks like

I’m going to be playing some plant musical chairs as my lindernia grandiflora has been super unhappy ever since I raised the water level an inch last fall. Once I get all the plants resituated I’ll take some new photos. I doubt there’s anything else in there you haven’t seen 100 times in someone else’s pond, other than the stream orchid. On the fish end of things I did get a pair of lemon comets that are very vivid yellow! Will post about those elsewhere when I have some good pics.

 

[addy1]

Where did you order them from? I got mine from Edelweiss Nursery

I got them from the same place, found some others but quite a bit more expensive.