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Gymnadenia conopsea Cultivation | Propagation | General Uses Cultivation Notes: Very easily grown in any good moist soil[42]. Requires a deep rich soil[1]. Orchids are, in general, shallow-rooting plants of well-drained low-fertility soils. Their symbiotic relationship with a fungus in the soil allows them to obtain sufficient nutrients and be able to compete successfully with other plants. They are very sensitive to the addition of fertilizers or fungicides since these can harm the symbiotic fungus and thus kill the orchid[230]. A polymorphic species[17], it also hybridizes readily with other members of the genus[230]. The flowers have a delicious perfume which is more pronounced at night in order to attract Night Hawk-moths for pollination[245]. The sub-species G. conopsea densiflora has larger, more strongly scented flowers[245]. This species is a colonizer of disturbed ground and bare soils, new colonies can spring up many kilometers from the plants nearest known locality[230]. They have been known to colonize sites such as waste heaps of clinker at power stations[230]. Plants are very impatient of root disturbance[1]. For further Gymnadenia conopsea gardening information |
