Discover the beauty of meadow orchids

Back in 1996 we started experimenting with low-tech hardy orchid seed sowing methods, sowing the seed directly onto compost mixes inoculated with suitable mycorrhizal fungus. 

 

"Orchids and mycorrhizal fungi have a complex symbiotic association where each of the orchid’s life stages are dependent at some level on specific fungi. In the earliest stages, orchids rely entirely on their mycorrhizal fungi for all nutrients, including carbon. While the association with symbiotic fungi is critical, specialised habitats and pollinators also play an important role in an orchid’s life cycle" (Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre). 

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Today we offer soil inoculated with seed germinating mycorrhizal fungi in easy-to-use breathable pouches and pots. Watch the seed germinate and grow through its growth stages and ultimately plant the tubers into either your garden meadow or grow in pots in the garden.