Tarzane European Tubers - Summer 2024 Release

[alecStewart1]

Sounds good, Roberta. Any pumice brand you recommend, by chance?

Originally Posted by Roberta

Also a note, if you are new to these... the little "button" on the tuber needs to be pointed up - that is where both the new growth and the roots will come from.

Ah, that could explains why the shoots on my Ponerorchis graminifolia came out like they're no where near where I put the tubers. I bet I put them upside down. Unless they aren't the same as the European terrestrials. They have grown just fine, outside of some caterpillar munching on some of their leaves at one point.

[Roberta]

I get my pumice on Amazon. 3/16 inch - Amazon remembers, I didn't.

Ponerorchis tubers use the same concep, pointy side up, though the growing conditions are different. - Those want a chilly winter, on the dry side (I put my tubers in the refrigerator , in baggies with a bit of slightly damp spaghnum, forgot about them for about 3-4 months, potted them up in around February, and they have bloomed nicely) I suspect they don't need that much chill, but cool and not much moisture for sure.

Japan has more of a monsoonal weather pattern (like most of the rest of the world) - warm wet summers, cool drier winters. The opposite of Mediterranean pattern, which exists in only about 5 places in the world (the Mediterranean, western and parts of southern Australia, South Africa Cape, coastal central Chile, and coastal California Mexican border to around San Francisco in places) Warm dry summers, cool damp winters.

[MateoinLosAngeles]

I get my pumice here: BuildASoil: Organic Living Soil, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments

It doesn't have a very homogenous particle size but I have a sifter that I use when I need that. Their price, even with shipping, is very competitive especially for such a heavy product.

[komo]

i just got an ophrys lutea, fuciflora and anacamptis Anacamptis papilionacea and im planning to grow them indoors