[OGD] wardii after
John [Waddington] asked : Does anyone know who is the Ward referred to in Stanhopea wardii named by Lindley in 1838? Possibly, E. Ward, English orchid enthusiast and collector. [see Mayr, Hubert 1998Orchid Names and their Meanings, page 488] *** Regards, Viateur ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Does the colour black exist ?
Fredclarkeara After Dark, one of the blackest orchids URL : http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071105/NEIGHBORS37/71105014 *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Tolumnias
Try Joane Molenock, theholloworchids.com/ She has been growing breeding them for years. Iris ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Vanilla / cooperatives [Madagascar]
créer des coopératives financières a permis à plusieurs milliers de producteurs de vanille du nord-est de Madagascar de maintenir la tête hors de leau. Le prix de la vanille, principal produit dexportation de cette île de locéan Indien, diminue progressivement depuis 2003 ; cette année-là, lépice avait atteint le prix record de 450 à 500 dollars le kilo, avant de tomber à 50 dollars le kilo au début de lannée 2005, puis à environ 30 dollars le kilo en 2007. La vanille est principalement produite dans la région... de la Sava, dans le nord-est, où quelque 70 pour cent de la population dépendent de cette épice, selon le Fonds international des Nations Unies pour le développement agricole (FIDA). Lagence avait lancé le système des coopératives en 1998/99, à une époque où la vanille avoisinait son prix actuel. ... la... réussite du projet avoir su lier la production et les ventes à un système dépargne et de crédit... La vanille... est une des cultures les plus consommatrices de main-duvre... il faut compter pas moins de cinq ans entre la plantation et la production de lextrait de vanille mature. ... la vanille... fleurit... deux ans après la plantation... Les gousses de vanille sont préparées pour produire la vanilline... les gousses sont bouillies, puis séchées lentement pendant trois ou quatre mois... Les prix records de 2003 ont encouragé dautres pays, tels que la Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, lOuganda, lInde, le Costa Rica et la Colombie, à se lancer dans la culture de la vanille URL : http://www.irinnews.org/fr/PrintReport.aspx?ReportId=75200 in English : http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75174 *** more news in French, Portuguese and Spanish : http://pages.infinit.net/viateurb/nouvelles_sur_les_orchidees-accueil.htm *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Acrolophia barbata (South Africa)
a rare orchid near Nature's Valley on the Garden Route... Acrolophia barbata is a naturally occurring Cape orchid. It's the rarest of its genus, which occurs from the Cape Peninsula to the Eastern Cape. Populations of this orchid are generally small, comprising only a few plants which are pollinated by a small bee. ... A barbata has a sweet scent, which probably attracts the bee. ... The plant has 65 blossoms... it was found on private land... Author William Liltved, who is writing a book about Cape orchids... travelled from Cape Town to see the plant URL : http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/news/n07_08112007.htm *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Art (Australia)
Tony Lennon has put together a show Penjing and the Sydney Rock Orchid. Lennon grafts orchids onto shaped sandstone forms... The exhibition is... in Emu Plains until December 2. Lennon said: In the late 1980s... find orchids growing near the most wonderful sandstone sculptures... I knew at once that if I could learn to carve sandstone... I could provide orchids with the perfect thing to grow on. URL : http://stmarys.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/orchids-star-as-artwork/1083041.html *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Paph hermannii
Iris, Paph hermannii is a recognized species from Viet Nam. The 'x' designation indicates a natural hybrid. P. hermannii has been reputed to be a natural hybrid, usually between Paph henryanum and some other species. It is not available in the U.S. without accompanying documents, though it has been available in the black market for many years. Regards, Rick Barry ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Dry seasons: Byrne, baby, Byrne
Simplificar es el arte de los angeles, y el trabajo de los diabolos, complicar. The angel's art is to simplify, and the work of the devils' is to complicate matters. P O'B Quote: But my point is that it is really tricky trying to predict the correct dry-period rest times from gross climatic data. Of course it is, which is why species orchid growing is an art and not a science. Sympatric species - Calanthes vestita and triplicata, for example - may be in the one case deciduous and in the other, not. However, the one grows in much more strongly drained situations and in more light than the other (in my experience, but I'm willing - and sure to be :-] - corrected.) It needs to drop its leaves for the drier period, whilst C. triplicata mostly gets by intact. Again, others may differ, but I find that the deciduous Calanthes need their rest if they are to flower, and indeed usually do so off the bare bulb. This is, however, fine tuning. Climates can be starkly different. Singapore is not monsoonal and whilst it get less damp from time to time, nobody would say that it had a true dry season. However, the genuinely monsoonal areas, from Northern Australia at one extreme to Nepal at the other have hard, harsh seasons. Nepal has three months of rain (June-August) sandwiched between a couple of dampish months; and the rest is dry as a Bath biscuit, cooking to 45C on most days in April-May below 500m. Thus central Himalayan plants need / tolerate / are adapted to (but anyway won't flower without) a corresponding period of dormancy. __ Oliver Sparrow +44 (0)1628 823187 www.chforum.org ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, re;000501c8218d$03860800
Not adding much to the help so far offered but in Jay Pfahl's site he notes that Ward was an English orchid Enthusiast 1800s which could mean that he wasn't a professional and maybe not someone whose name is likely to be found in publications. In other words, not a big orchid name (?) Jay Pfahl doesn't quote his source but maybe a quey to him might help. John Stanley - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: orchids@orchidguide.com Message: 9 Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:24:50 -0800 From: The Waddingtons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] stanhopea wardii To: orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Does anyone know who is the Ward referred to in Stanhopea wardii named by Lindley in 1838? Obviously couldn't be Frank Kingdon Ward. Perhaps Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward of Wardian cases? I assume Lindley's description says but I do not have access to it. John Waddington ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Stanhopea wardii
For John Waddington, who asked about the identity of ³Ward² for whom the species name of Stanhopea wardii was given (OGD Vol. 9 Issue 343): It is difficult to find much at all, and Mario Blanco already provided the location of the original description. However, in Jay Pfahl¹s Orchid Species Encyclopedia, he notes that the common name is Ward¹s Stanhopea, and that Ward was an English orchid enthusiast in the 1800s. URL: www.orchidspecies.com/stanhopeawardii.htm At another web site the original publication was described, and further states that the type species was from Mexico and the name was later revised by Conrad Loddiges. URL: http://autrevie.com/Stanhopea/stanhopea_wardii.html That isn¹t very much, but I hope it helps a bit. Keep searching. You may find more. Best wishes, and good luck. Charles Bracker ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] on ceramic tiles (US)
photo : [caption : Landscape photographer Wolfgang Kohz's pictures are offered on ceramic tiles framed in mahogany. The Phalaenopsis Orchid, shown here, measures 9 3/8] http://a330.g.akamai.net/7/330/2540/20071101205630/www.giftsanddec.com/articles/images/GDA/20071108/71108IN_wolfproducts.jpg URL : http://www.giftsanddec.com/article/CA6496649.html?desc=topstory *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Stanhopea wardii
According to Jays, Mr ward was an English orchid enthusiast during the 1800s. Paul, Oz. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Dry rest
I have had an interested in dry rest plants for quite a few years. About 1.5 years ago I put together a talk called Give It a Rest for the Orchid Digest Speakers' Day. It is not an easy topic, there are so many variables, not only in nature and from species to species, but from one clone to another and from one greenhouse to another. The best references for me are undoubtedly Margaret Charlie Baker's work. Their books have been mentioned here, but they also have a website where you can pick and choose which species you want to find out about. Try looking at http://orchidculture.com/. There are some sample sheets you can view for free and the others are $1.00 or less per species. A pretty good bargain to be a better grower. I have given this talk a number of times in the last year and a half and I am usually asked for a list which I haven't had. This seems like a good time to do it. I will sit down in the next week or so and list many of the plants that I think benefit from a dry rest and post a note here when it is ready. Here is the link to a great map of seasonal conditions: http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/ Marni -- Marni Turkel 2080 Llano Rd 1B Santa Rosa, CA 95407 Phone 707-579-5567 Fax 707-579-1116 Stony Point Ceramic Design http://www.marniturkel.com http://www.BarrelRims.com Sonoma Urn Company http://www.sonomaurn.com ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
