I have been frustrated over the past few months trying to find pictures of Disa species and hybrids to see colour/shape etc and thought it might be a good idea to produce a central Disa Gallery website for anyone interested to have free access. For this to happen I would need people to be generous and submit pics to be included, I could then put a gallery website online. If anyone reading this has registered (or unregistered) hybrids and species in their collection and would be prepared to send me digital pics please use the email address on the profile page. They will need to be copyright free for obvious reasons. I will contacting as many growers/enthusiasts as I can find on the web.
Other species seem to be well represented and galleried on the web it seems a shame there isn't a central site for just Disa pics for Disa enthusiasts everywhere to enjoy.
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Disa Growlist
I have been increasing my stock of Disa plants over the winter months and now have the following species and hybrids:
uniflora red. carmine and orange, aurata, Veitchii Primula, Saffron, Kalahari Sunset, Kewensis,
Kewbett, Orangeade, Foam, Watsonii Bramley, Pride of Constantia, Reitte, Reheat, tripetoloides, Brides Dream, Unifoam, Sealord, African Sun, Table Mountain, Lady Siplovich, Unifoam Majestic, Kewdior, Oak Valley, Inca King x Kalahari Sands which I think is Thelma Kindred, African Gold coming. No doubt I will obtain more over the summer. I will be producing more selfings and crosses this year and may well have seed to swap.
My intention is to progress with hybridsation and to this end am trying to source as many species and primary hybrids as possible to end up with a stock of base mother plants to work with. If anyone has cardinalis I would be grateful to have/buy/swap some seed later this year.
I am hoping to try and find Alan Kindred Disa but it is difficult to source them. If anyone reading this Blog has some to spare or swap please get in touch - it would seem to me to be a shame if they all disappear after all the hard work and enthusiasm he put into Disa in the UK.
I am also keen to get pollen and seed swaps going so again if anyone is interested let me know.
uniflora red. carmine and orange, aurata, Veitchii Primula, Saffron, Kalahari Sunset, Kewensis,
Kewbett, Orangeade, Foam, Watsonii Bramley, Pride of Constantia, Reitte, Reheat, tripetoloides, Brides Dream, Unifoam, Sealord, African Sun, Table Mountain, Lady Siplovich, Unifoam Majestic, Kewdior, Oak Valley, Inca King x Kalahari Sands which I think is Thelma Kindred, African Gold coming. No doubt I will obtain more over the summer. I will be producing more selfings and crosses this year and may well have seed to swap.
My intention is to progress with hybridsation and to this end am trying to source as many species and primary hybrids as possible to end up with a stock of base mother plants to work with. If anyone has cardinalis I would be grateful to have/buy/swap some seed later this year.
I am hoping to try and find Alan Kindred Disa but it is difficult to source them. If anyone reading this Blog has some to spare or swap please get in touch - it would seem to me to be a shame if they all disappear after all the hard work and enthusiasm he put into Disa in the UK.
I am also keen to get pollen and seed swaps going so again if anyone is interested let me know.
Disa Seedlings
Last year's seed sowing has survived the winter in my heated greenhouse and are now beginning th accelerate in growth. I was disappointed with the results from Watsonii and Kewensis but the remaining crosses and selfings have produced good results.
As far as the sowing media is concerned best results seemed to be coming from the moss - sand follows next. The peat/perlite mix has produced germination as well but moss, algae and other green substances have also grown well in these pots and could cause problems. Next year I will drop away the peat mix and use sand and moss only. I will be trying some flasking experiments but that may be next year. My challenge now is to get the seedlings growing on and to build another greenhouse to house them.
As far as the sowing media is concerned best results seemed to be coming from the moss - sand follows next. The peat/perlite mix has produced germination as well but moss, algae and other green substances have also grown well in these pots and could cause problems. Next year I will drop away the peat mix and use sand and moss only. I will be trying some flasking experiments but that may be next year. My challenge now is to get the seedlings growing on and to build another greenhouse to house them.
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