[OGD] Re: Peru, Huancavelica
You wrote: El Comercio, a Peruvian Newspaper, reports an exciting orchid habitat find by an engineer in the department of Huancavelica at 3700 m.a.s.l. Reporter Raul May Filio writes that the habitat has 145 orchid species in 42 genera El Comercio is a solid paper. I assume that they are referring to seasonal terrestrials. Even so, the general and species count sounds pretty ludicrous.This is a very arid area of exposed limestone outcroppings around the mercury mining centre of Huancavelica. Huancayo, due North, is green only through irrigation and Ayacucho, due South, is home of the cactus. _ Oliver Sparrow Tel: UK (0)20 7736 9716 www.chforum.org www.treknepal.org www.datafreeze.com ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
Re: [OGD] growing Phalaenopsis violacea-borneo on window sill?
Phal bellina likes it warm and humid with moderatly low light levels. Warm is easy and so is the lower light levels the trick is going to be keeping the humidity up when you are heating or air conditioning. Paul LeBlanc -- Original message -- Hey everybody, I am very new to this list and just wanted to ask if any of you have good or bad experiences in growinfg or trying to grow Phalaenopsis Violacea type borneo on a in house window sill? please let me know all good and bad experiences. thank you for your advise! Yves-Belgium [demime 1.01d removed a section which didn't have a content-type header] ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] El Comercio - geography of Peru.
Oliver (Sparrow) : You wrote : This is a very arid area of exposed limestone outcroppings around the mercury mining centre of Huancavelica. In the article, the orchid habitat mentioned is described as : a zona boscosa y llena de matorrales en el paraje denominado Amaru, en la provincia de Tayacaja (Huancavelica)... Un gigantesco bosque de mil hectareas I assume that you are speaking of another orchid habitat than the one mentioned in the article. Could you explain ? Regards, Viateur ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
Re: [OGD] Flowers not emerging from sheath.
I do not grow that many Cattleya's, but for the few I do have I have seen the same problem. I found through arbitrary testing on my plants that if I over water the plants while the buds are developing they emerge with no problems, if I underwater they blast, and if I water them as I normally do they do not emerge from the sheath. As a result when I see buds forming in these plants, I increase the watering on the plants. This is only from testing on about 10 plants. The rest of my Cattleya hybrids do not flower from sheaths or have very small sheaths, and they flower as soon as the growth is mature. I only see it in plants that produce the sheath then wait 4 to 6 months to flower, typically the growth is produced in the summer and matures in the Fall, and flowering is in the Spring. At 8:52 PM + 9/13/04, K Barrett wrote: For the past 2-3 years the inflorescences on my catttleyas have barely gotten out of the sheath before the buds open http://www.orchidtrek.com/sheath2.JPG and http://www.orchidtrek.com/sheath1.JPG This year I've been very good about using a balanced fertilizer with micronutirents and taking better care of my orchids in general, but the flowers still don't emerge from the sheath. If anything they are getting worse. The plant pictured is Lc Royal Emperor x Blc Jeremy Island, but it really doesn't matter what catt we are talking about. This year only my coeureans have grown a decent spike. Why do they do this? What am I doing wrong? Are they just trying to tick me off? K Barrett N Calif, USA _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee. Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids -- --Tom / | Tom HillsonComputer Services Manager |(515) 294-1543 College of Agriculture | Iowa State University - |The only thing I have too much of is too little time ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Bush Snails
I have been privy to lots and lots on info on Bush snails for all of my 30 years in the orchid area...Sorry to report that they are a true menace and are not easily controlled. The big problem is that they have no sense of smell so that the normal deterrents do not work well. The only tried and true method is to flush the entire pot with a fluid that will do the job..You must also consider coating the area of the bench where the vector started..That WILL do it..but forget bait..unless they just happen to crawl over it..the bait will do no good. Bill Bergstrom ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] oops, my mistake
Segzn explics Olivares, gerente de Recursos Naturales y Gestisn del Medio Ambiente de Huancavelica, esto es posible gracias a los diversos microclimas existentes desde los mil hasta los tres mil setecientos metros sobre el nivel del mar. It was reported in El Comercio, from one thousand to thirty seven hundred meters. My apologies Steven, you were correct. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] tree fern in the UK ?
Hello OGDers : A correspondent living in the UK mentioned in a recent e-mail : We cannot obtain tree-fern fibre over here any more as it is now , itself, on CITES as a endangered species. * If I am right some genera and species have been removed from CITES' Appendix II: genera Cnemidaria (Cyatheaceae), Calochlaena, Culcita, Cystodium and Thyrsopteris (Dicksoniaceae) and all species in the genus Cibotium (Dicksoniaceae), except Cibotium barometz, and species of Dicksonia not originating in the Americas. source : http://www.traffic.org/cop11/recommendations/recommendations.html *** As far as I know, tree fern is readily available in North America. Do you know of sources for tree fern in the UK or in continental Europe ? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Viateur ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] cattleyas named after Indian tribes
Hello OGDers : According to the TIMES-DISPATCH (Virginia. US) Chadwick Son Orchids Inc. in Powhatan County, has named orchids after Indian tribes. Could you provide the names ? source : http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticlec=MGArticlecid=1031777922183path=!flairs=1045855936229 *** Regards, Viateur ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
Re: [OGD] tree fern in the UK ?
Dear Viateur, On the UK and EU Orchid Forum, there is someone currently selling tree fern pots... so it seems as if tree fern is available and still importable to the EU. Here is the link: http://www.rob-rah.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=131 Just in case this link doesnt work, I include the text of the advertising: (Quote) Hi Anyone interested in tree fern pots? I have bought a number of pots that now are for sale. I am visiting Roskilde/Denmark for the international match so I can deliver the pots there for all of you how are going. The price is 100 skr or 85 dkr. Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unquote) The vendor of these pots is nicked tommy, and I am sure you can ask him where he had his scource of import, and whether tree fern itself is available in non-pot form. Good luck to you and your correspondant! Sincerely, Marianne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:52 PM Subject: [OGD] tree fern in the UK ? Hello OGDers : A correspondent living in the UK mentioned in a recent e-mail : We cannot obtain tree-fern fibre over here any more as it is now , itself, on CITES as a endangered species. * If I am right some genera and species have been removed from CITES' Appendix II: genera Cnemidaria (Cyatheaceae), Calochlaena, Culcita, Cystodium and Thyrsopteris (Dicksoniaceae) and all species in the genus Cibotium (Dicksoniaceae), except Cibotium barometz, and species of Dicksonia not originating in the Americas. source : http://www.traffic.org/cop11/recommendations/recommendations.html *** As far as I know, tree fern is readily available in North America. Do you know of sources for tree fern in the UK or in continental Europe ? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Viateur ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Re: violacea on windowsill
Hello Yves, I think you could do well with phal violacea as long as you can keep the night temperatures above 65F in the winter. I have violacea and bellina seedlings under a fluorescent shoplight that gets no sunlight, but I have some heat and plastic around the spot to keep the temp at least 70 at night. (easy to do when the lights are on). The lights are on 16 hours a day year round and the plants do well. My humidity could be better, but as long as I don't let the media get too dry for any amount of time (though don't let it be soggy all the time) the buds do fine. good luck! charles by the way, if you would like to check out the growing conditions for phal violacea you can download sheets from http://www.orchidculture.com that tell you what the light/weather is like year round in its native habitat. helps to tell if you can meet or at least get close to the conditions that species are likely to survive in -- Charles Ufford Calen the Border Collie CGC - now in Heaven Oriskany, NY USA IPA, Central NY and Southern Tier Orchid Societies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.paphiopedilum.net Http://www.geocities.com/charlesufford ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Re: bush snails
For the person who found they had snails in their pots: A while or so back, I found I had snails and was wondering about how to get rid of them. It turned out that some research had been done and that caffeine had been found to kill snails. Caffeine could be found by purchasing no-doze and other items like that in the drug store. If someone remembered how much needed to be used in a gallon, it would be nice to hear about again. I found that this spring/summer almost all of the snails disappeared from my collection. Don't know if it was just because some of the pots would dry out more, because there are some that I just don't let get completely dry, and that would allow them to still be around. I do have an overwhelming supply of pillbugs which annoy me very much, though if I were to hang out after watering I could take a pin or something and collect them after they come up for air. Never thought they would thrive after putting so many plants into sphagnum, but as one list member pointed out, they just get smaller than in bark and seemingly more numerous. One thing you could do since you are thinking about repotting anyways is to take each out of the pot, dump the old media, set the plant roots into a glass of mountain dew soda (tons of caffeine) for a little bit; afterwards, just toss the soda, rinse the roots and put into a new pot. I tried the caffeinated soda into the media idea, and though the snails disappeared I should've used 'diet' soda, as the mold took right off (sigh) because of all of the sugar. just a thought, charles -- Charles Ufford Calen the Border Collie CGC - now in Heaven Oriskany, NY USA IPA, Central NY and Southern Tier Orchid Societies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.paphiopedilum.net Http://www.geocities.com/charlesufford ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Re: Native American Names
In a message dated 9/14/04 8:05:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chadwick Son Orchids Inc. in Powhatan County, has named orchids after Indian tribes. Could you provide the names? I don't know about them, but WW Wilson named dozens of Paphs after Indian nations or clans. If you go to the IRS site and look for Paphs, you can find them all. They don't have a way of doing a search on the registrant's name. Maybe Julian can help you. Iris ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
