[OGD] Oops
In a message dated 1/7/06 6:02:01 AM, I wrote: Sometimes there is a blue-green oxygen fixing bacterium Sorry, that's nitrogen fixing. Iris ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Pk
I must admit though, since it's likely already gone from it's native habitat, it's good too see some being hybridized and kept alive. Yeah, but if it is already gone from its native habitat, that is only because so many people were obsessed with hybridizing it and keeping it alive at home. I haven't heard of condos or highways being built on Pk hillsides, just thousands of obsessed orchidists talking about how amazing the plant is.We orchid growers haven't come out of this situation smelling like roses. Note also that the hillsides were stripped long before artificially propagated plants could possibly have been generated in large numbers, so we can't blame CITES for preventing legal trade this time. We have seen the enemy and he is us. Nick -- Nicholas Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] little insect attack on seedlings
Hi all, I've been having trouble with my young cattleya seedlings (only 1-4 months out of flask) getting ravaged by some tiny little bug that looks like a little black dot off a newsprint. I haven't got a 'scope at home so that's the best I can do. When I wipe them off with my finger, they feel gritty, so they've got some substance to them. The damage to the leaf is silvery and pitted, and often leads to the death of the leaf if not the seedling. I've tried a number of things, but can't seem to discourage or kill them. I would really appreciate some suggestions as they've just about wiped out my compots. Looking over my plants in horror, Julia ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Pk flasks, seedlings
Cody, I have also seen the Pk prices you talk about. Did you read the terms? The ones you are talking about do come from Peru's legal Pk lab # 2 and, as far as I know, will not be available until March 2007, for the owner signed abusiness contract with the vendor that he would not sell the seedlings for 2 years from date of purchase. Let me tell you that the first Pk seedlings coming from Peru's legalPk laboratory #1, operated by Alfredo Manrique are now in the USA and should be available from Glen Decker, possibly in 2006. You will have to contact him, or wait for the first ones to become available in Canada. In a few months Alfredo's Pk flasks are expected in Canada and the seedlings will go on sale as soon as they are ready. I expect the prices to be very reasonable. Peter Cody: I was quite surprised at the prices one certain orchid nursery was offeringPk hybrids for...$250 US and if it was an international order, it had to beat least $1000 US. OMG people, where is the reality in this? Does thatnursery think so many people have the money for a plant costing that much?Maybe it's just an ego trip to be able to say ' I've got a Pk hybrid, haveyou gotten yours yet?" ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
