[OGD] Phragmipedium kovachii hybrids
In OGD V9, #297, Peter Croezen gave the following advice: If customers decide to sell their legal Phragmipedium kovachii seedlings within North America, it would be prudent for them to supply each purchaser with a photocopy of their own legal certificate, write the name of purchaser and number of seedlings purchased on that photocopy and and sign it. This way the new owners have proof that their Phragmipedium kovachii was obtained legally, just in case some authorty should question it. This would indeed be prudent, because the authorities are indeed preparing to act. Page 265 of the current (Sept-Oct 2007) edition of The Orchid Review contains the following warning: it is common knowledge that in addition to INRENA certified P. kovachii plants, many others have been removed illegally from the wild and smuggled abroad. Some growers in possession of uncertified material are said to be growing second generation P. kovachii hybrids. As a result the RHS, as International Cultivar Registration Authority for Orchid Hybrids, has decided that all future applications to register hybrids involving P. kovachii must be accompanied by copies of the appropriate CITES and INRENA documentation. Peter O'Byrne ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Reverse Pksychology
Snap! Hook, line and sinker! *G* K Barrett N Calif, USA The question was asked, Who is Alfredo Manrique?[snip] peter _ Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Café. http://www.cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_SeptWLtagline ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] once more: unknown orchids
Dear all, thank you very much for all the answers you've sent me, it was impressing. If I'm not mistaking the orange Coelogyne was bought at the Popow Nursery in Germany, but I have to check that with the owner. As soon as I'm sure I'll let you know. And yes, it is amazingly pretty. The names I got for the first pink Dendrobium are Dendrobium decockii and Dendrobium wentianum, for the second one Dendrobium vexillarius and Dendrobium habbamense, D. hercoglossum or D. linguella. I hope it will help the owner of the plants to end his quest. The first Bulbophyllum was called both Bulbophyllum blumei and Hapalochilus nitidus. The second was called Bulbophyllum masdevalliaceum. No name yet for the Gongora and the Cadetia (which might be C. mulderae?). But what amazed me most of all was the incredible number of views! At this moment 1258 times... Many thanks to all of you, and please: keep 'm growing! Bert van Zuylen ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Orchids to Know and Grow / book / Sheehan and Black
Orchids to Know and Grow... a 312-page softcover book from University Press of Florida... co-written by Thomas J. Sheehan and Robert J. Black, ... illustrated by the late Marion Ruff Sheehan URL : http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070922/REALESTATE/709220606 ** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Let's put our energy in saving all species; never mind the hybrids.
Peter O'Byrne who writes: This would indeed be prudent, because the authorities are indeed preparing to act. Page 265 of the current (Sept-Oct 2007) edition of The Orchid Review contains the following warning: it is common knowledge that in addition to INRENA certified P. kovachii plants, many others have been removed illegally from the wild and smuggled abroad. Some growers in possession of uncertified material are said to be growing second generation P. kovachii hybrids. As a result the RHS, as International Cultivar Registration Authority for Orchid Hybrids, has decided that all future applications to register hybrids involving P. kovachii must be accompanied by copies of the appropriate CITES and INRENA documentation. Peter, as you know, I was speaking about Phragmipedium kovachii the species. I could not care less about the hybrids. However, the Orchid Review article you quote is a smoke screen. Why is this new rule just for Phragmipedium kovachii and not for all Lady's Slipper species They are all on CITES Appendix I. It just does not make any sense, unless you know what preceded this ill conceived decision for one species. By believing and acting on lies submitted by sour grapes Pragmipedium kovachii competition of CJM, who in registering Phrag kovachii hybrids were beaten to the punch by CJM's Glen Decker and Alfredo Manrique, Julian Shaw, the Orchid Registrar, made the mistake of nullifying their properly registered legal Phragmipedium kovachii hybrid. When Julian finally realized that he should not have acted on lies and realized that he was taken for a ride, he reversed his decision back to the correct one, namely that CJM and Piping Rock's Glen Decker were first in registering the Phrag. kovachii hybrids made in the INRENA licensed, number one legal Phragmipedium kovachii nursery, Centro de Jardineria Manrique. Orchid registration with all its faults and uncertainties has worked fine for all these years; it will still work fine today without the need for all this extra paperwork brought on by lies and dishonest people dealing with just one species. peter . ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
