[OGD] Help Required Please.
Hello everyone. I have recently purchased a number of orchid species from a Dutch nursery. I cannot find any references for the following plants. Bulbophyllum longifolium PNG? Dendrochilum aureum Dendrochilum compactum Gastrochilus matsurans Thrixspermum amplexiatum I would very much appreciate if anyone could come up with any references; and where they found the reference. Thanks. Peter Fowler Alton, UK ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
Re: [OGD] Bush Snails, Caffeine and a Bit of Rambling History
How true, DaveK! :) Enjoyed the gentleman and his potato deficiency! Now, if only my snails would take example! Marianne - Original Message - From: Davek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [OGD] Bush Snails, Caffeine and a Bit of Rambling History Martin writes: Those pesky critters! I used to have them, and slugs as well, but now they seem to have disappeared and I really don't know why. snip When this thread was re-opened I decided to scout again. No slugs or bush snails on 40 potato slices!!! I still have a bottle of unused caffeine solution. It's a matter of _intent,_ Martin! ;-) Once your local gang of molluscs find out you've really got the means to nuke them to the last degree, in the depths of the night they confer and concur, (without your knowledge or permission) OK, we'll go. We mentally threaten to really throw out that 'valuable' plant which hasn't flowered for the last decade, and lo and behold, it sprouts a host of buds... And when, thru personal growth or true serendipity we at last acquire the emotional skills to deal harmoniously with a certain class of nasty person, they disappear forever from our lives! Very frustrating. It's enough to make a gentleman drop his handful of mashed potatoes. Enough already Dave - God is dead. - Nietzsche Nietzsche is dead. - God ___ 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
Re: [OGD] Mesurol in pellet form?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: What I got was from the drug company Bayer for garden use on edible plants (strawberries, salads, etc), and came in a dark blue pellet form. I guess I am supposed to sprinkle this over the plant area, but how much is my question. Hi Marianne We also use the blue pellets... aprox 5-8 pellets or so per pot, depending on pot size... The pellets will break down after a couple of days, so do consider to re-sprikle after that to make sure you got to all of them ... Happy hunting Kind regards Karen = Sofaen - besat af katte http://www.geocities.com/simoom.geo Orkide Vinduet - jfvnligt vandaliseret af katte http://www.orkide.hjem.wanadoo.dk ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] For Peter and Viateur
Peter: Gastrochilus matsuran (Makino) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 289 (1919). As to other names I found close but no cigar match ups that may suggest a review of your labels: To wit: 1- Thrixspermum amplexiatumI found a reference for Thrixspermum amplexicaule (Blume) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 121 (1868). 2- Dendrochilum compactum I found this: Dendrochilum complectens J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, III, 5: 32 (1922). 3- Dendrochilum aureum I found : Dendrochilum aurantiacum Blume, Bijdr.: 398 (1825). 4- Bulbophyllum longifolium I found: Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 98 (1822) The source for my information is the Monocot Checlist found at http://www rbgkew.org.uk/monocotChecklist/qsearch.do ( really nice place with new search capabilities) ___ Viateur : Have you checked the entries for Cattleya candida? Cattleya candida (Kunth) F.Lehm., Gard. Chron., III, 18: 466 (1895). Homotypic Synonyms: * Cymbidium candidum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland C.S.Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 342 (1816). * Basionym/Replaced Synonym Thus this is the first description of the species that used to be known as C quadricolor. Heterotypic Synonyms: Cattleya quadricolor Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 6 (1850). Cattleya chocoensis Linden, Ill. Hort. 17: 37 (1870). Cattleya caucaensis Ballif, Chron. Orchid. 1901: 329 (1901). Jose ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] [OD V6 #391] Re: re: Winter rest of Clowesia rosea and C. warczewiczii
Dear Julie and Jorge, Thank you very much for your help and insights in answer to my query regarding the winter rest temperatures of Clowesia rosea and C. warczewiczii. With your information I feel reassured that I will get my divisions properly through their first winter at mine. Next spring, it will be all up to me! Kindly regarding, Simon M. Wellinga / SymPhyto - Laboratory for in vitro plant propagation Heerenveen, The Netherlands / EU ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] antibiotics
Just dropping in my limited experience with antibiotics on orchids. I have found Agristrep (impure streptomycin) effective and non-phytotoxic on phrags to control basal rot. This is a rot that appears (at least in South Carolina) during the hot summer months, begins at the base of the outer leaves, and can quickly destroy a plant. I have no idea what the organism is. Your MD won't have heard about it unless s/he's also a farmer as it is available from agricultural supply houses. I too am concerned about the 'willy-nilly' use of antibiotics, but the problem there is parents who stop giving whining, uncooperative children their antibiotics as soon as the external symptoms abate (and do the same themselves when they get their child's new improved bacteria). S. pneumoniae - the cause of most children's ear infections - is the same organism that kills the sweet little old people each winter when we have our pneumonia epidemics. (Kathy - I'm not trying to 'flame' you I would definitely not use or recommend one of the newer '-mycins' destined for humans on plants) David Janvrin ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Re: Typos and Other Errors
In a message dated 9/20/04 6:19:15 AM, Michael writes: Furthermore, for this to work there can be no surprises, if a word is unexpected it will be alomost (was that a typo or on purpose?) indecipherable. Who would of thought my area of study would be relevant here. True. Your last sentence is perfectly understandable, since the error of substituting would of for the correct would have is quite common, hence not surprising. I won't get into the issue of run-on sentences, because I don't know where you live. Back to ochrids. Iris ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Measurol Application
FWIW, a large commercial operation near me dissolved the power or the pellets in warm water, then sprays it on corn meal for sprinking around and in the pots. -- Ray http://mail2web.com/ . ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Re: Typos
In a recent posting, Don Stanley wrote, 3It's a pound to a penny that you took more care in deliberately wrongly spelling that lot than if it'd been straight text!2 Actually, if the truth be known (which in itself is doubtful), I did not type a word in that message other than to suggest it might explain how typos are so easily missed. I simply copied the message from a file where I had saved it after my sister sent it to me some time ago. I felt I had to save something as weird as that to look at and think about periodically. What really bothers me after being able to read it so easily is when I think about how much I have worried about correct spelling over the years, not to mention the time spent looking for words in the dictionary that I couldn9t spell to the point of not even being able to find them in the dictionary. Charlie ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] TSP and Spellcheck
While searching for an article in my pile of reprints, I recently stumbled upon the original 1967 article by HH Thornberry advocating TSP as a viricide. It is apparent that his background as a Plant Pathologist did not serve him well as a Chemical or Biochemical expert. He shows no awareness that the short term effect of exposure to the alkalinity [pH 12] of TSP is to DENATURE protein rather than to hydrolyze it. He does compare the alkalinity of TSP to its equivalent in sodium hydroxide [common lye] but doesn't calculate out that saturated TSP [ca. 1 M, 165g/L] is therefore the equivalent of 0.01M lye, or 0.4 g/L When he characterizes TSP as cheap, he doesn't compare it to the cost of 0.4g/L of lye, which is two orders of magnitude cheaper. He conjectures that the sap on the cutting instrument could dilute a lye solution significantly enough to lower its pH, but how many dippings would it take to transfer, say 1/10 of a quart of plant sap, to a liter of .01M lye solution? Thornberry does acknowledge the viricidal effectiveness of chlorine but makes no attempt to determine the viricidal effectiveness of TSP experimentally, nor compare it quantitatively to chlorine. He also advocates the effectiveness of milk [!] as a disinfectant, but few of us would place our hopes on milk where it really mattered, as in protecting a prize plant against virus. The alarming aspect of this cautionary tale is the willingness of many old timers to place their blind trust in poorly documented sources, even advocating it to beginners as gospel, when the literature abounds with studies of simpler and more effective alternatives. With regard to Spellcheck and typos, it can be treacherous. When a document contains proper names or abbreviations not in its lexicon, it often suggests a close entry that is. If a number of corrections are made in a given email it will not be transmitted without a recheck. I often regard this rechecking as perfunctory, having just completed the checking procedure, and I simply keep clicking the ignore option. Spellcheck is relentless and again attempts to reinsert its own preferences during the recheck, e.g., Scully could become Sully. That is how, on occasions, I have been embarrassed in misspelling the names of correspondents, who could suspect simple carelessness as the culprit.Bert Pressman ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] C. quadricolor
Sorry..but no way can you say that C. candida is a valid name for C. quadricolor..It was written up years after the original write up for quadricolor ...and as for any other mentions of the plant itself in any publications..no true descriptions were written...Look it up...The only valid name is quadricolor..full stop...unless you can come up with a full taxonomic description written before the one in Gardeners Chronicle in the 1860 s...Bill Bergstrom ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
