Oliver, Can you please tell me what Astroturf consists of.
Regards Nic www.vision.net.au/~nicvdb ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:00 PM Subject: Orchids Digest, Vol 7, Issue 426 > Send Orchids mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Orchids digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Astroturf (Oliver Sparrow) > 2. Floricultura. (Andy Easton) > 3. USDA Floriculture report with lots of info on orchid trade > (Nolan_Newton) > 4. post-hurricane orchid care (nancy) > 5. Cattleya gaskelliana / distribution ? > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:01:36 +0100 > From: Oliver Sparrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OGD] Astroturf > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > I mentioned that I had revamped a couple of glasshouses using Astroturf as a > cover for the back-wall insulation. Readers may be interested to know that many > roots have burrowed deeply into this in the space of a few weeks' growth. I had > not seen it as a growth medium, but they seem to love it! > _____________________________________ > Oliver Sparrow > Tel: UK (0)20 7736 9716 > www.chforum.org > www.treknepal.org > www.trekperu.org > www.datafreeze.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:04:56 -0400 > From: "Andy Easton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OGD] Floricultura. > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > There has been no mention anywhere yet in any of the forums I read of a > major new development in the commercial orchid world. Floricultura, by far > the world's largest producer of young meristem orchid plants, has acquired a > very large greenhouse property in Salinas, California. Probably they will > rebuild it into a modern, state of the art Dutch glasshouse operation over > the next several years. Undoubtedly this will have a major stimulus on the > U.S. orchid market with future access to the premier Dutch Phalaenopsis, > Cymbidiums, Odontoglossum Alliance and Miltoniopsis. We are in for an > exciting orchid future and lots of new growers to finish the Floricultura > product! > > Andy Easton > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://orchidguide.com/pipermail/orchids_orchidguide.com/attachments/2 0050926/2d70c5ca/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:39:50 -0400 > From: Nolan_Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OGD] USDA Floriculture report with lots of info on orchid > trade > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/flo/ > Then click on "September 23-outlook report." > > Nolan > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:48:01 -0700 (PDT) > From: nancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OGD] post-hurricane orchid care > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > Greetings from south Louisiana - > We escaped damage from Katrina, but took a pretty good > hit from Rita. Last Monday, at our regular orchid > society meeting, several people were talking about a > wind-borne fungus that was attacking oncidium alliance > plants post-Katrina. > After our *last* hurricane in 2002, I lost several > plants, most notably Phalaenopsis, to what I think was > a bacterial rot initiated by impact from 100mph dust > or sand. > Sooooo - some suggestions on trying to head off any > problems this time? I will treat all foliage with > fungicide. > It is still essentially mid-summer here, so the plants > are going back into the yard. > I'd be grateful for any advice. > Regards - Nancy > p.s. plants that were dead before the storm - still > dead. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "There is no freedom without justice." > ----Simon Wiesenthal > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:55:24 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OGD] Cattleya gaskelliana / distribution ? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Hello OGDers > > Does the species Cattleya gaskelliana occur in Colombia ? > > I have the following reference that indicates a Colombian distribution : > The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, volume 1, The Cattleyas, p.60. > > I presume that it is the source that supports the indication of a Colombian > distribution in the > World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database (RBG, Kew). > > Do you have collection data that would confirm that the species do occur in > Colombia ? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Regards, > > Viateur > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > > > End of Orchids Digest, Vol 7, Issue 426 > *************************************** > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
