Re: [OGD] Keiki initiation
Tennis and all, Keikis are quite frequent on the tops of pseudobulbs, especially for Lycastes and Sophronitis and a host of other genera. Many orchids and other tropical plants respond to the application of the plant hormone cytokinin which is the key factor in Keikigrow Plus. Sorry to sound like I'm advertising but more information is available on our web site. Just type my name into Google. All bests, Jim Brasch Plant Hormones Canada http://www.orchidmall.com/hormones *** ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] snails and slugs, continued.
Friends, Superb info arriving both on and off line. Will try to summarize in near future. Discussion seems combined with cheap, throw-away Taiwanese or other mass produced hybrids. Has anyone notice slugs emerging from these plants? That was my first suspicion, but dreadful wet weather may be the real cause, as reported in local garden advisories. All bests, Jim ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] snails and sllugs
Hi friends, This summer's weird weather, so far, has left me with a plague of snails in my hobby greenhouse.I lose the new growth of phals about one or two a night. I have sprinkled every pot aand the gravel floor with the standard (Safers, etc) snail baits and installed the guaranteed beer snail trap. A few slide in there, but the proportion of beer to snails is not favorable. I collect any visible snails about two hours after nightfall. Any further suggestions would be appreciated. Any advice on or off line would help me protect what remains of my sanity. All bests, Jim Plant Hormones Canada James D. Brasch, Director P.O.Box 40583 Burlington, Ontario Canada L7P 4W1 phone: 1-905-335-1713 fax (24/7-secure) 1-905-335-3071 e-mail: (24/7-secure) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.orchidmall.com/hormones ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Vanilla planifolia
Vanilla planifolia This orchid does not sprout pods, but develops seed pods from hand-pollinated flowers. Since the flowers last only one day and are best pollinated at very early hours of the day, the pods develop infrequently. We have had pods in the past and I will transfer pollen on ours at Royal Botanical Gardens tomorrow. A friend from Sri Lanka suggests that the top of the plant must droop down. Ours does and flowers regularly. Jim Plant Hormones Canada James D. Brasch, Director P.O.Box 40583 Burlington, Ontario Canada L7P 4W1 phone: 1-905-335-1713 fax (24/7-secure) 1-905-335-3071 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Propagation and conservation of orchid keikis
VB and all, You can get full information on initiation, nurture and removal of keikis, including a slide show, by Googleing (has that become a word?) Plant Hormones Canada. You can also write me off line. All bests, Jim Brasch Burlington, Ontario ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] slide conversion to digital
Jim Asher's presentations on Paphs was one of my earliest orchid memorable moments. I hope someone will convert his 35 mm slides todisc. I am trying to convert mine for myself and our society web page. Can anyone recommend a slide converter that would make this possible. I have a quotation $1.49 a slide from a local photo shop. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Jim Brasch Burlington, Canada -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:00 AM To: orchids@orchidguide.com Subject: Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 62 Send Orchids mailing list submissions to orchids@orchidguide.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Orchids digest... Today's Topics: 1. Jim Asher's slides (Nicholas Plummer) 2. Re: Jim Asher's slides (Nicholas Plummer) 3. Re: Photos of orchids in the field, Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61 (Jim Pyrzynski) 4. Re: Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61 (Oliver Sparrow) 5. Re: greenhouse wet pads ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 6. Tokyo Grand Prix 2008 (stuart H) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:56:54 -0800 (PST) From: Nicholas Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] Jim Asher's slides To: orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Wow, I certainly hope that some appropriate individual or society has the skills to archive and preserve Dr. Asher's slides. An excellent talk on the cochlopetalum paphs by Dr. Asher was the subject of the very first orchid society meeting I ever attended. As a wet-behind-the-ears graduate student in genetics AND an orchid neophyte in Michigan during the early/mid 1990s, I was tremedously excited to meet not one, but two, distinguished geneticists who were also enthusiastic orchidists: James H. Asher and James V. Neel. Since I went to that _other_ school, I knew Dr. Neel better than Dr. Asher, but it was a privilge to hear Dr. Asher lecture, both on slipper orchids and on deafness genes. Sadly, both men are no longer with us, but hopefully their legacies will live on. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:58:27 -0800 (PST) From: Nicholas Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OGD] Jim Asher's slides To: orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 forgot to sign my last email... Nick Plummer Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:24:19 -0600 From: Jim Pyrzynski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OGD] Photos of orchids in the field, Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61 To: Orchid Guide Digest orchids@orchidguide.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Jim - contact Dave McAdoo, [EMAIL PROTECTED], of the Native Orchid Conference, Inc. There are a number of images on the Conference's website and but he (or you) would have to contact the photographer for a higher resolution image if you need that for your purposes. Are you interested in Florida natives only or US in general? Jim Pyrzynski -- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:07:29 + From: Oliver Sparrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 61 To: orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Quote: Many are obsessed with fertilizing their orchids and I see far more killed by overfertilizing than under , hence half recommended strength I couldn't agree more. Personally, I have almost stopped applying fertiliser altogether. Plants in the wild get remarkably little - rain wash nitrate and sulphur, bird dung, insects that die when nesting in the root ball - and seem none the worse for this. If you fertilise a lot, you get vigorous but soft growth and tend - IMHO, but without the sort of controlled experiment that is needed to test this - reduced flowering. (I am sure that hybrids - which I do not grow - are selected to respond to a high nutrient regime. I am talking about orchid species.) Soft growth
[OGD] Epipactis helliborine
Epipactis is common here around the west end of Lake Ontario. It pops up in my lawn, but prefers my wife's herb garden and the numerous Hostas around the edge of my wooded lot. The Ontario Department of Agriculture has designated it as a noxious weed. It annoys would be English gardiners who manicure extensive lawns. Last summer it developed very poorly. Some late springs it is very abundant. Jim Brasch Burlington, ON ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] orchid preservation for display
Friends, We at the RBG (Burlington, Ontario) have been asked to supply orchids (and a few other plants) for a permanent display at the Royal Ontario Museum. There is some urgency for this project and I would appreciate any advice either here or off line that would help us cooperate with them. Please also include comments on reservations that you may have. Jim Brasch Burlington, Ontario ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Ant control
For Tim and others, We find a good way to control ants in the greenhouse, rock garden, around the house generally is to add borax ,available in large supermarkets--at least here in Canada-- to Carnation millk until a stiff paste is produced. We add a little red coloring. Mix thoroughly and drop little 'cookies onto wax paper. In a few days the cookies will become solid and they can be placed along the ant paths or in pots, etc. Be sure to keep them away from kids and pets. Borax carried to the queen usually cleans up the sand piles. Good luck Jim Brasch Plant Hormones Canada Burlington, Canada. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 4811 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] scale
friends, At risk of repetition attack the scale with spray flask with one litre of rain water add 10 ml (two teaspoons) of ordinary drugstore mineral oil add three drops of ordinary kitchen detergent Spray thoroughly without damage to flowers, pets, children, furniture or spouses. For slugs I keep three toads in my greenhouse. Not perfect but they also get most sow bugs. For safe pest control Jim Brasch Plant Hormones Canada -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3971 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Horticultural oil
Just in case my earlier message went awry, note that horticultural oil is ordinary mineral oil found in many medecine chests, especially in use for younger children. Adding a few drops of kitchen detergent makes it a fine eliminator of scale. (add 10 ml to one litre of drinking water plus 4 drops of detergent. Sorry for repetition. Jim Brasch ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] leaping wasps
Oliver, et al: I have an excellent film on wasp pseudocopulation which demonstrates that old and young alike do not jump indiscriminately. I suppose odour does help. Jim Brasch ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83
I want to support VB's suggestions about horticultural oil to combat scale. It may be helpful to realize that horticultural oil is ordinary mineral oil which you can relieve from your wife's (etc.) medicine cabinet where she stores materials for little ones. Much cheaper and does the same thing. Just add 10 cc/litre of water and add a few drops of ordinary kitchen detergent. Keep a spray bottle handy and blast away at any sign of scale. Of course a serious infection requires the methods recommended by VB. This method is safe as far as children, pets, spouses, etc are around your orchids. Good growing Jim Brasch ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Royal Botanical Gardens Annual Show
Hi friends, Those willing to venture into the new risky territory of Canada and not too far distant may wish to join us at our annual show next Saturday and Sunday, March 10, (12PM to 5 PM) and/or Sunday March 11 (9 AM to 5 PM) Photographers 8-9 AM Sunday morning. This annual exhibition and sale is one of the largest in Canada and is now celebrating its 26th year. A Celebration of Orchids welcomes one and all to Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington Ontario, 680 Plains Road W, Burlington Ontario (near junction of Hwy 6 N and Hwy 403 just east of Hamilton, ON. Come not only for the displays and flower arrangements but for Paintings and Photography, hourly raffle and a huge sales area all with warm fellowship. A warm Canadian welcome to all from this blustery storm-tossed weekend which is blowing on us today. Great weather promised for nest weekend. Welcome one and all!!! Jim ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 29
For salep use Google and Wikipedia. Much information. Jim Brasch Burlington, Canada - Original Message - For an article on the uses of orchids which I should submit later this week, I was asked to provide a complementary comment on the dangers associated with the consumption of salep. So far, I have been unable to find any mention of any contraindication for the use of salep. Are you aware of negative side-effects which might result from the use of salep ? Please provide references with any answer. *** -- ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com End of Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 29 ** ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] autogamy
The Chinese discovery of an orchid that reproduces itself was reported not only in Nature, but in the Toronto Globe and Mail this week. This morning they also reported a thank you letter from a correspondent who suggested that the discovery has also enlightened the English language, although the expression may be a bit obscene. Go Holcoglossum amesianum yourself Science permeates all. All bests, Jim Brasch McMaster ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
