Purple Orchid
photo credit: di_the_huntress
Purple Orchid
The early purple orchid (Orchis Mascula) grows in Northeast Africa and across Mediterranean Europe. Like several other orchid species, the purple orchid naturally contain a nutritive starch. In fact, in Southern Europe, they are collected and then dried to produce flour that’s mixed with other ingredients to produce a drink called salep.
Grow purple orchids like you would grow any other orchid. Keep in mind that the number one cause of death is over-watering. A good practice for watering your orchid is to run tepid water through the purple orchids pot for several seconds until you see water flowing through the drain holes at the bottom. If your orchid is part of a flower arrangement, take out the orchid’s individual pot and water in the same way.
Aside from the early purple orchid in Northeast Africa and across Mediterranean Europe, there are other types of purple orchids. Endemic to Western Australia is the Elythranthera brunonis or the purple enamel orchid. Glossodia is another genus of purple orchids in Australia.
The Glossodia purple orchids are hard to cultivate, and any attempt at growing them through in-vitro fertilization has yielded in very poor results, and plants uprooted from their natural environment last only a few years.
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