Serapias lingua
Archive entry 20.05.07
Archive entry 12.04.09
21st April 2006
I grew up on a thick yellow clay which left me with an innate caution when it comes to little fragile dry ground orchids, and I am always surprised when they prosper
in my current rather more benign conditions.
Winter growing, and then running up to flower in late spring.
17th April 2006
19th May 2007
20th April 2008
12th April 2009
After a couple of years being afraid to repot it in case I got the compost wrong and killed it,
I finally stopped messing about last year, and it has grown enormously since. I should stop being quite so precious
about things (not going to happen I'm afraid).
25th April 2010
27th April 2017