Orchis coriophora und sancta

[smoolae]

könnte a. coriophera sein.
die im mediterranbereich wachsenden bilden winterblätter.
kontinentale herkünfte aus ungarn, dem balkan und kontinental
ostwärts treiben meist so ab ende februar bis märz.

My sancta is from Phytesia-orchids.com and coriophoras are from Albiflora and Etsy. I'm also trying your fertilizer trick Manne. Hope to give the "less cold hardy" orchids best chances to survive Estonian winter .

[smoolae]

And 10 coriophoras  .
If everything goes well then 6-7 should flower next year.

[Manne]

mal zwei a. coriophera jetzt bei mir

[smoolae]

Sancta under a blanket of snow.

[Manne]

ist doch gut so. der schnee schützt auch vor frösten.

[Berthold]

Sancta under a blanket of snow.

Optimal

[smoolae]

Hello!

Sancta survived the winter very well! It spent around 50% of the winter under snow and the other 50% without any cover. It handled around -15°C for about 48h without cover with no problems.

[Berthold]

It handled around -15°C for about 48h without cover with no problems.

I could not confirm that for my garden in Germany. Plants were killed immediately by that conditions.
Species coriophora was standing well, but sancta didn't.

[marcel van den Berg]

Hello!

Sancta survived the winter very well! It spent around 50% of the winter under snow and the other 50% without any cover. It handled around -15°C for about 48h without cover with no problems.

Amazing results!
I have a few seedlings of A. fragrans in the garden (seeds from Wolfgang) that have survived past winters, but the temperature has not been below -7°C. But without being covered by a layer of snow and with a clear sky it hits the plants hard!