All,
I am starting this thread so that all of us can follow along with the progress of a little project that bobpbx asked me to join him with. The project concerns Platanthera blephariglottis, which you may know as white fringed orchids. Deer love to eat them, so last evening we erected a small fence around a few of them that Bob felt had the best chance of flowering in the location they were at. There are most likely a hundred of them coming up; however, only a few will make it to see our camera lens. This project hopefully will help a few of them to make maturity.
BTW, here is what they look like even though the Latin name is different.
http://www.mikebaker.com/plants/Habenaria_blephariglottis.html
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Photo’s by Jessica from here on
Preparing the location for the fence. It was like walking on egg shells trying not to step on them.
Tools. I dug up some mud and coated the stakes to try to camouflage them as much as possible.
The plants that were growing the best are right on the fringes of the swamp where they get just the right sunlight and the soil is perfect.
This plant was further in the swamp and most likely will not flower.
Almost finished.
Notice we are in the transition area between the sun and the shade.
Stay tuned
Guy
I am starting this thread so that all of us can follow along with the progress of a little project that bobpbx asked me to join him with. The project concerns Platanthera blephariglottis, which you may know as white fringed orchids. Deer love to eat them, so last evening we erected a small fence around a few of them that Bob felt had the best chance of flowering in the location they were at. There are most likely a hundred of them coming up; however, only a few will make it to see our camera lens. This project hopefully will help a few of them to make maturity.
BTW, here is what they look like even though the Latin name is different.
http://www.mikebaker.com/plants/Habenaria_blephariglottis.html
Loading up.
Photo’s by Jessica from here on
Preparing the location for the fence. It was like walking on egg shells trying not to step on them.
Tools. I dug up some mud and coated the stakes to try to camouflage them as much as possible.
The plants that were growing the best are right on the fringes of the swamp where they get just the right sunlight and the soil is perfect.
This plant was further in the swamp and most likely will not flower.
Almost finished.
Notice we are in the transition area between the sun and the shade.
Stay tuned
Guy
Now Jessica on the other hand ..........
