Peter thanks for the information on Hula . I will let you know how we go but its raining today and if it continues tomorrow we will have to put Hula off until the weather fines up.
If it doesnt we are off to Sogeri instead for a sweep for D nindii ( or is it D ostrinoglossum ?) . Btw did you ever find anything else besides D caronii from Section spatulata or Section phaelanthe on the paperbarks outside Western Province ? Steven Kami > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:13:22 +0800 > From: "Peter O'Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OGD] Tok pisin Steve Kami > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Precedence: list > Reply-To: "the OrchidGuide Digest \(OGD\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message: 5 > > Steve, if Colin had called the language "Tok Pisin" I'd have said nothing, > since that's what they call it in the Mosbi markets. > > Have fun in Hula. It used to be nice easy drive with good young coconuts on > sale at the roadside. There were a pair of frogmouths on a treebranch > directly above one of the coconut stalls.... the first time I actually set > eyes on > the elusive creatures. Check out the paper-bark trees in the savannah some > way uphill from Hula village ... D. carronii used to be quite easy to find > there. Please make sure you leave a good number behind on the trees; while > they grow happily in-situ, they are extremely hard to cultivate in Mosbi, > and any that you collect are likely to be dead inside 18 months. > > Cautions: The seasonally-inundated grassland areas are full of those horrid > near-invisible ticks that burrow into your skin at your waist and set you on > fire for the next week. I found spraying "Baygon" or "Mortein" (or some > similar industrial-strength insecticide) on my shoes, socks, trousers, legs > and shirt was a great help in reducing the infestations. Depends how much > you value your skin. Oh, and watch out for snakes near the rocky areas. > > I never saw any D. canaliculatum at Hula. I wonder if the plants Andree > Millar mentioned were actually D. carronii.... it is quite easy to confuse > the two. > > Lukim yu, > > Peter O'Byrne > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids > > > End of Orchids Digest, Vol 6, Issue 255 > *************************************** _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
