A call tomorrow morning, yes, good... it should be possible. And yes,
the winter is homing in... winter time this morning and my lovely
daughter needed new shoes. Good shoes, for once. Leather shoes. So,
having heard that she intended to go to help in the children's farm in
the neighbourhood, I woke her up when leaving for the office, telling
her that she should wear rubber wellies when going to the children's
farm, not, repeat not, her beautiful, new, leather shoes. A moment
nothing happened, then she rose from her blankets, hair all tousled,
eyes puffy but open in anger: 'of course I won't, you think I'm mad????'
Eh.. no, but sometimes a little... well... what I'll say. But,
cold or not, she still insists on that horribly bare strip of skin over
the belt of her trouers.
Still little improvement wrist-wise. Otherwise weekend was ok,
particularly on Sunday. Leni went to see the guy who was diagnosed with
lung cancer, and resented that I wanted to do other things. She said
next to nothing, possibly reading my mind, who was not very much in a
mood to give in and sitting in a guy who was quite prepared to say so.
So she went alone, the kids were happily playing around, with the odd
friend coming in for more noise and I worked most of the day describing
all the Sarang new species. I did six in the end, another four to go. So
I ended up quite content. I thought a lot about you this weekend: now
she is shedding tears over the ceremony... but no, apparently the tears
came later. Now she is having her dinner.... but it was quite naughty of
you people to tease the newly wedded like that, and to send them off to
their first legitimate bang with a lot of clanking beer tins, and pink
balloons, so that everybody knows. You know the poor people are shy, and
yet... sometimes I think that, although you are an angel, that your
aureole sometimes sounds a little bit off tune, just a wee bit.
Apparently your darling daughters, the little witches in training,
inherited this black spot on the soul from their mama. Never mind, it
makes you more fascinating. Oh girl, you have no idea how much I am
longing for you, just here and now, and give you a little cuddle in
appreciation of you being a witch. Rice in their bed, really. Still you
cannot be serious about rice as a symbol of fertility...
Jaap J. Vermeulen, Ph.D.
taxonomist (orchids, terrestrial molluscs)
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
P.O. Box 9514
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
website: http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/
Visiting address:
Van Steenisgebouw
Einsteinweg 2
2333 CC Leiden
Tel.: +31 (0)71 5273553
Fax +31 (0)71 5273511
Mobile (0)6 46710518
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In a message dated 10/29/06 6:02:39 AM, I wrote:
> Now they are both excepted species.
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Of course I meant accepted. The moral is don't write e-mails late at
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"70 species of orchid wiped out by logging in Indonesia"
article URL :
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1932062,00.html
Are you aware of articles on that topic ?
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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:55:38 -0500
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"The only part of Central or South America that can't be safely
traversed
is the Darien Gap, separating Panama and Colombia. It's the haunt of
smugglers, drug traffickers and paramilitary groups as well as being
dense
rainforest and is where orchid hunting backpackers Tom Hart-Dyke and
Paul
Winder were kidnapped in 2000."
article URL :
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,,1933639,00.html
"It emerged the two men had ignored the warnings of locals who said it
was
dangerous terrain and rife with guerrillas, paramilitary groups and
drugs
gangs."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1080710.stm
for more details, read the book :
"The Cloud Garden: A True Story of Adventure, Survival, and Extreme
Horticulture"
The Lyons Press, 2004, 336 pages.
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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:17:31 +0100
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Dear Iris,
people would have less headachess if they would read literature. C.
tigrina is the valid name for "C. leopoldii". (I have published that in
1984) Now, if you consider "C. leopoldii" a good species, then C.
tigrina is not the same as C. guttata.
regards
Guido
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Subject: [OGD] Another Headache
First (when I started growing orchids) there was C. guttata. Then it got
some
other names. Then supposedly C. tigrina was the same as C. guttata. Now
they
are both excepted species. What is the difference between them? At this
point,
can I assume if it says C. guttata in a pedigree, that it is guttata?
Iris
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Hi all.
Question on amount of salinity in water.
I have several rainwater tanks .
I collects off the fiber glass orchid house roof and the other of a
colorbond coated steel roof.
After infrequent rain, the salt reading are around 120 PPM.
Normally after frequent rain it is around 20 to 30 PPM.
I live about 500 meters from the sea and usually get sea mists nightly ,
resulting in salt being deposited on the roof.
Would would the normal level of salt be in the water before becoming
toxic to orchids.
Cheerio
Ron Boyd
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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:37:41 -0500
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Guido, she may be able to read but she sure is weak on comprehension!
It's a pity she couldn't go exploring with that dopey Pom, Tom
Hart-Dyke. There are some areas in Colombia that would be just ideal for
their accumulated efforts and talents......
AE
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