Jim Asher's presentations on Paphs was one of my earliest orchid memorable moments. I hope someone will convert his 35 mm slides todisc.
I am trying to convert mine for myself and our society web page. Can anyone recommend a slide converter that would make this possible. I have a quotation $1.49 a slide from a local photo shop. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Jim Brasch Burlington, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 62 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. Jim Asher's slides (Nicholas Plummer) 2. Re: Jim Asher's slides (Nicholas Plummer) 3. Re: Photos of orchids in the field, Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61 (Jim Pyrzynski) 4. Re: Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61 (Oliver Sparrow) 5. Re: greenhouse wet pads ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 6. Tokyo Grand Prix 2008 (stuart H) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:56:54 -0800 (PST) From: Nicholas Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OGD] Jim Asher's slides To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Wow, I certainly hope that some appropriate individual or society has the skills to archive and preserve Dr. Asher's slides. An excellent talk on the cochlopetalum paphs by Dr. Asher was the subject of the very first orchid society meeting I ever attended. As a wet-behind-the-ears graduate student in genetics AND an orchid neophyte in Michigan during the early/mid 1990s, I was tremedously excited to meet not one, but two, distinguished geneticists who were also enthusiastic orchidists: James H. Asher and James V. Neel. Since I went to that _other_ school, I knew Dr. Neel better than Dr. Asher, but it was a privilge to hear Dr. Asher lecture, both on slipper orchids and on deafness genes. Sadly, both men are no longer with us, but hopefully their legacies will live on. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:58:27 -0800 (PST) From: Nicholas Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OGD] Jim Asher's slides To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 forgot to sign my last email... Nick Plummer ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:24:19 -0600 From: Jim Pyrzynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OGD] Photos of orchids in the field, Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61 To: Orchid Guide Digest <[email protected]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Jim - contact Dave McAdoo, [EMAIL PROTECTED], of the Native Orchid Conference, Inc. There are a number of images on the Conference's website and but he (or you) would have to contact the photographer for a higher resolution image if you need that for your purposes. Are you interested in Florida natives only or US in general? Jim Pyrzynski ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:07:29 +0000 From: Oliver Sparrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61 To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Quote: >Many are obsessed with fertilizing their orchids and I see far more killed by overfertilizing than under , hence "half recommended strength" I couldn't agree more. Personally, I have almost stopped applying fertiliser altogether. Plants in the wild get remarkably little - rain wash nitrate and sulphur, bird dung, insects that die when nesting in the root ball - and seem none the worse for this. If you fertilise a lot, you get vigorous but soft growth and tend - IMHO, but without the sort of controlled experiment that is needed to test this - reduced flowering. (I am sure that hybrids - which I do not grow - are selected to respond to a high nutrient regime. I am talking about orchid species.) Soft growth tends to be susceptible to disease, notably in Phalaenopsis. High nutrient levels stimulate bacteria and fungi in the root medium, (a) accelerating is degradation and (b) creating a bug-rich soup around the roots. As mentioned earlier, we do know that this leads to microbe invasion of the vascular system and endophytic bacteria build up in the leaf mesophyll. Final point: nitrate fertilisers of course degrade to a variety of gases which percolate around the glasshouse. This in turn leads to slime on the glass, crud on leaves - particularly if you splash fertiliser on them - and, if the pot run-off goes onto the floor, grubby and slippery underbench habitats for snails, woodlice and the like. ______________________________ Oliver Sparrow +44 (0)1628 823187 www.chforum.org ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:10:18 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OGD] greenhouse wet pads To: "the OrchidGuide Digest \(OGD\)" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The trick to longer life with these type of pads is to completly dry them out between cycles, this means having the fans run for at least 15 minutes after the pump shuts off and making sure that the water in the trough drains completly so the bottoms dry out as well. I flip mine end for end each season so that the bottom is on the top. Even at that the best I have ever gotten is 5 years using pads from Hummert's they are not painted black but are treated to resist decay. There is a new aspen pad replacement that I have seen (It's bright blue, definitly not aspen) but I don't know how well it holds up. -----Original Message----- From: Ray B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:34 PM To: 'the OrchidGuide Digest \(OGD\)' Subject: Re: [OGD] greenhouse wet pads Terry, I could be wrong, but it seems to me that the wet/dry cycling might be a contributing factor to the rapid degradation. There has certainly got to be some swelling and shrinking going on, which mechanically damages the fibers. If there's a way to stop the airflow without stopping the water flow, I'd bet they would last longer. FWIW, I have a few customers who have replaced the aspen pads in their swamp coolers with EpiWeb recycled PET pads, and it seems to work great. Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info! _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:57:40 +1100 From: stuart H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OGD] Tokyo Grand Prix 2008 To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello all Anybody have links or pictures from the Tokyo Grand Prix 2008? Thanks Stuart _________________________________________________________________ Overpaid or Underpaid? 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