Hardy orchids from Bulbs?
 

Hi, I recently bought a few kinds of orchids, and when I received them, the were bulb looking things.
Have you ever seen crocus bulbs? they look simular to them.
They are pretty small bulbs, and a intsructions say to plant in soil.

Has anyone grow this? it is labeled pink ground orchid, and the flowers look really pretty but small. Hardy to zone 6, so I decided to try it out

do you have a pic? that would help a lot...

Hi there :waving

I think what you have is Bletilla striata also known as the Chinese Ground Orchid. It can be planted in the garden or in pots in potting soil.

Marion, that's exactly what I thought when reading the post, but the information that the bulbs look like Crocus' bulbs is quite confusing... Bletilla's tubers do not look like Crocus' bulbs (IMO!)... and I have seen many other plants (non orchids) sold with names as pink ground orchid, or similar... Having a photo the the "bulbs" would help to clarify what the plants really are...

Hi Ramon, yes that was the only thing that didn't fit. Bletilla striata corms are a lot bigger than crocus bulbs which are small and elongated. Yes there are quite a lot of plants called 'ground orchid' many of which are not orchids at all. It would be good to see the bulbs.