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susan erickson

Fun - They look like they are blowing in the wind. OR maybe it is
dancing. Have we had pink ones before? or am I mixing my orchids. For
some reason I thought they were all yellow/brown tones.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/orchids

malcolmt

Hi Susan,
I'm not sure if Diuris punctata has been posted before but they are actually
purple - known as the Purple Diuris. They are widely spread across a large
area but not that often seen and are regarded as rare by botanists.
Malcolm

ausdigi

I haven't seen one (in the wild). I want to see one. Seeing as you mentioned
"Braeside" I assume that's where you got the plants/seeds from. I know they
are there but I think they're in a fenced off area. I'm in that direction on
Friday and may have to wander around a bit.

malcolmt

Reiner,
Yes they (or rather it) did come from Braeside Park. In 1993 they asked me
to look at their colony of D. punctata as it had fallen to just a few
plants. They asked me to take the only clump (3) to try to grow it on but I
decided I couldn't take the responsibility of removing so many so I took a
single plant. Now have about 20 in 3 pots increased from seed and by tuber
removal method. I put 3 back into their "compound" a few years later and
found they had still survived 4 years after that.
The area where they grow is fenced but there are gates but I suspect you'd
need permission to get into there and directions how to also.
If you are there, go to their offices (at the end of a gravel drive beside a
long row of BIG Cyprus trees (or at least that's where it was the last time
I visited them)
Intro yourself and use my name although so many changes have taken place I
think they've forgotten me. Print off one of the images - might be a
pacifier!!!.
Regards,
Malcolm Thomas