[OGD] chat rooms
Have any sites discussing the WOC. I understand they are quite active with judging results JCK. **Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300025 48) ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] business (US)
Bob Fuchs' nursery in the Redland... orchids, collected by his grandfather and placed in the nooks of oak trees more than 60 years ago. Fuchs, the owner of R.F. Orchids nursery and a third-generation grower, remains an... advocate of old-school orchid techniques despite the pressures of foreign competition and a booming market that has placed the once rare blooms in big-box stores and supermarkets. ... Fuchs... specializes in unique and hard-to-find varieties... the 19th Annual World Orchid Conference... orchid enthusiasts... converge on Miami-Dade for the... event, including visitors and vendors from every continent save Antarctica[why not ?] The past decade has brought... growth to the orchid market, with wholesale values increasing more than 200 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ... Orchids are second... to poinsettias as the most popular potted plant in the United States. Florida is one of the top-producing states... with nearly $50 million in wholesale volume. California and Hawaii are also big producers. ... While facing increased land costs, small-scale nurseries are struggling to find a niche in an increasingly competitive market. Larger operations are constantly looking to perfect production and modernize their facilities. ... Homestead-based Kerry's Bromeliads, one of the largest orchid growing operations in the country, with about half a million units in stock during the peak four-week period around Mother's Day. ... said McHatton [Ron..., director of education for the American Orchid Society]. Where we are today is basically orchid as a commodity. The market demands that you modernize. You can't really afford to grow something that takes 10 years to flower.'' ... He predicts smaller nurseries will eventually find a foothold in catering to customers looking to move beyond a one-time orchid purchase. ''The smaller boutique nurseries I grew up with are really struggling. It's hard to compete with a $15 phaelonopsis in a Home Depot,'' he said. ``You may have a thousand people buy an orchid and 900 will eventually throw it away. But the rest will get hooked, and they're going to go to a nursery like Bob's.'' Fuchs -- whose potted plant sales have increased 75 percent in the past decade and whose business has an annual revenue of $1.5 million -- offers tours of greenhouses on weekends and employs staff members who can answer detailed questions about orchid maintenance. He is also part of a group of Redland business owners hoping to market the area as a destination for agri-tourism... The [World Orchid] conference... has sold out the 334-room Sheraton... The Taiwanese government... backed orchids as a replacement for an ailing sugar industry, offering low-interest loans and other incentives. In 2004, a group of Hawaiian growers unsuccessfully filed suit against the USDA to block the importation of Taiwanese orchids. The country now supplies more than a quarter of orchids worldwide, according to the Taiwan Trade Center in Miami. ... ''Orchids have become the chic thing, and it's yet to hit its peak,'' said McHatton. ``We're at a point that whatever you can produce, the market will absorb.'' [comments welcome !] URL : http://www.miamiherald.com/business_monday/story/385401.html * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] QA / bud dropping
Q. ... moth orchid... with buds bloomed for... a couple of weeks before the remaining buds dried up and fell off... ? A.[Denise Corkery / Chicago Botanic Garden] phalaenopsis... discolored or dropping buds usually signal one or more problems with temperature or watering. Moving plants from one environment to another can create a houseplant version of transplant shock, especially in the winter when insufficiently protected plants are exposed to cold outdoor temperatures. Make sure newly purchased moth orchids are carefully wrapped for the trip home. Once there, avoid placing plants by windows where nighttime temperatures can drop suddenly and/or fall below 65 degrees. Moth orchids also require soil[!] that is evenly moist. Plants should be watered until excess moisture is dripping from the container's drainage hole. Use only room temperature water. Then allow the potting material to become slightly dry before watering thoroughly again. Moth orchids will not tolerate soggy roots, so do not allow containers to sit in saucers with standing water. When repotting, use a quick-drying terra-cotta pot and fast-draining, bark-based orchid mix. Moth orchids blossoms should last for two to three months. URL : http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/home/chi-0120qampa_orchidjan20,1,1168433.story?ctrack=1cset=true * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] magnifier
Victorian-style orchid magnifier from Smith Hawken. ... magnifying glass... balanced on an adjustable counterweighted... The 34-inch-high gizmo, with a silver-coated steel wire frame... can stand or hang... $159... smithandhawken.com URL : http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/home/chi-0120clips_sub_jan20,1,3483992.story?ctrack=3cset=true photo : http://images.smithandhawken.com/img/product/9/965244-l.jpg * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Any pictures/blogs from the Miami WOC?
For those of you able to get usenet newsgroups people have started posting their pictures from the WOC in Miami. alt.binaries.pictures.orchids Any one know of any other sites/blogs with pics? K Barrett N Calif, USA _ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] 19th WOC pictures
Some excellent 19th WOC pictures can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/minicatt/sets/72157603794773297/detail/ peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] WOC
I just returned from the World Orchid Conference and it is the best one yet. The displays were wonderful and the quality of the plants unsurpassed. Krull Smith received 47 medals for their plants alone. Their paphs were unbelievable! They had to do a lot of climate control to get the multi-florals to bloom this time of year. There were many wonderful exhibits and it looked like the whole event was well attended. The speaker line up had a wide variety that would satisfy just about everyone. Florida did a great job! Singapore is the next one in 3 years. They have a high standard to meet after this one. Congratulations Florida!!! Bev ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Edmond Albius (Reunion)
Edmond Albius... inventer... un procédé simple, efficace et reproductible... de fécondation artificielle de la vanille. ... un peu partout dans les plantations de lEst de lîle, le jeune esclave dispenser aux Blancs son enseignement... Sa découverte... prendra toute son importance lorsque Loupy, un planteur de Saint-André, aura mis au point son système de préparation de la vanille permettant de donner à celle-ci le parfum... on avance lidée que linvention ne peut être de lui car un Noir ne peut faire preuve dautant de créativité et de doigté subtil. On dit même que la méthode lui a été soufflée par un jardinier botaniste de renom[Jean-Michel Claude Richard qui sest illustré dans le développement du Jardin de lÉtat] alors quil est âgé à peine de sept ou huit ans. Vers 1913... on allègue quEdmond nétait pas noir, mais blanc... son portrait ait été fait par Roussin et quon lait pris, plus tard, en photographie. Edmond na été affranchi que le 22 septembre 1848... Il ne reçoit pas de la colonie la pension demandée par des planteurs malgré les services rendus et les fortunes accumulées à compter de 1848 par les propriétaires... Il est arrêté dans une affaire de vol de bijoux, condamné à cinq années de travaux forcés, mais libéré à la demande de son ancien maître et dautres propriétaires avant la fin de sa peine. ... En 1880, il meurt dans un hôpital rural à Sainte-Suzanne. A 51 ans URL : http://www.temoignages.re/article.php3?id_article=27388 * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Cosmetics
orchidées... par les chercheurs de Guerlain. Quatre ont été retenues pour la gamme Orchidée Impériale... deux nouveaux soins dexception, dont un sérum. ... extrait moléculaire dorchidée... potentiel de régénération des cellules de la peau... favorise le processus naturel de protection de lADN, il agit sur une protéine aux propriétés anti-inflammatoires et neutralise une enzyme à lorigine de la surproduction de mélanine, garantissant ainsi léclat de la peau... le Sérum est enrichi dun biofilm (cocktail de protéines, lipides, sucres et dune molécule de synthèse), sorte de maillage qui retend les traits, redonne de léclat au visage. Ainsi « défroissée », la peau est plus réceptive aux actifs du Sérum. ... cet élixir... dans son flacon bleu saphir lisse le grain de peau et les rides, hydrate durant toute la journée et rend lépiderme plus lumineux. ... nouvelle Crème Orchidée Impériale URL : http://madame.lefigaro.fr/beaute/tentations/543-luxe-et-botanique# photo : [caption : GUERLAIN Sérum orchidée Impériale] http://assets.madame.lefigaro.fr/images/photo_set_item/picture/000/043/319/2y9dqc/2201_GuerlainSerum.jpg see also : http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod27830093parentId=cat6910736masterId=cat000308index=0cmCat= * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] business (US) / Spanish
URL : http://www.elnuevoherald.com/101/story/147057.html * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] art - Orchid Conservatory / North Carolina (US)
Orchid Conservatory... Art at the Garden 2008 will center on... orchids. Artists, photographers... will pay homage with paintings on silk, photographs, watercolor... Exhibit runs through March 18. ... Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden... Belmont, N.C. URL : http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/art_garden_art/Content?oid=263351 * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Singapore at the World Orchid Conference
At the... 19th World Orchid Conference in Miami, orchids from Singapore picked up 26 awards for individual plants as well as two top display awards. ... the garden display created by Singapore's National Parks Board in partnership with the Orchid Society of Southeast Asia, taking the Gold Medal for International Display and Best of Show award, along with two other top awards. The design titled Orchids in Harmony... a 50 sqm display of a modern Asian courtyard garden which also reflects the cultural diversity of Singapore through the use of different colours and types of tropical orchids. Describing Singapore's success in Miami as an outstanding win the CEO of NParks said the award is also an affirmation of the calibre of local talent. The win also could not be timelier, especially since Singapore is hosting the next World Orchid Conference in 2011 said Mr Ng Lang. ... the last time Singapore played host was in 1963. The winning Singapore display was created by Alan Tan Chye Soon, Assistant Director of NParks. This is the second Gold Medal win at the World Orchid Conference by 37 year-old horticulturist who designs gardens and floral displays for NParks. ... Singaporeans should get a glimpse into similar winning designs by the NParks team later this year at the biennial Singapore Garden Festival. The festival will be held at the Suntec Convention Exhibition Centre from 25 July to 1 August. URL : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324361/1/.html photo : [caption : Orchids in Harmony] http://www.channelnewsasia.com/imagegallery/store/phpP4W5DZ.jpg * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
