[OGD] Re: Peru, Huancavelica

You wrote: El Comercio, a Peruvian Newspaper, reports an exciting orchid habitat find by an engineer in the department of Huancavelica at 3700 m.a.s.l. Reporter Raul May Filio writes that the habitat has 145 orchid species in 42 genera El Comercio is a solid paper. I assume that they are

Re: [OGD] growing Phalaenopsis violacea-borneo on window sill?

Phal bellina likes it warm and humid with moderatly low light levels. Warm is easy and so is the lower light levels the trick is going to be keeping the humidity up when you are heating or air conditioning. Paul LeBlanc -- Original message -- Hey everybody, I am

[OGD] El Comercio - geography of Peru.

Oliver (Sparrow) : You wrote : This is a very arid area of exposed limestone outcroppings around the mercury mining centre of Huancavelica. In the article, the orchid habitat mentioned is described as : a zona boscosa y llena de matorrales en el paraje denominado Amaru, en la provincia de Tayacaja

Re: [OGD] Flowers not emerging from sheath.

I do not grow that many Cattleya's, but for the few I do have I have seen the same problem. I found through arbitrary testing on my plants that if I over water the plants while the buds are developing they emerge with no problems, if I underwater they blast, and if I water them as I normally

[OGD] Bush Snails

I have been privy to lots and lots on info on Bush snails for all of my 30 years in the orchid area...Sorry to report that they are a true menace and are not easily controlled. The big problem is that they have no sense of smell so that the normal deterrents do not work well. The only tried and

[OGD] oops, my mistake

Segzn explics Olivares, gerente de Recursos Naturales y Gestisn del Medio Ambiente de Huancavelica, esto es posible gracias a los diversos microclimas existentes desde los mil hasta los tres mil setecientos metros sobre el nivel del mar. It was reported in El Comercio, from one thousand to thirty

[OGD] tree fern in the UK ?

Hello OGDers : A correspondent living in the UK mentioned in a recent e-mail : We cannot obtain tree-fern fibre over here any more as it is now , itself, on CITES as a endangered species. * If I am right some genera and species have been removed from CITES' Appendix II: genera

[OGD] cattleyas named after Indian tribes

Hello OGDers : According to the TIMES-DISPATCH (Virginia. US) Chadwick Son Orchids Inc. in Powhatan County, has named orchids after Indian tribes. Could you provide the names ? source :

Re: [OGD] tree fern in the UK ?

Dear Viateur, On the UK and EU Orchid Forum, there is someone currently selling tree fern pots... so it seems as if tree fern is available and still importable to the EU. Here is the link: http://www.rob-rah.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=131 Just in case this link doesnt work, I include the text

[OGD] Re: violacea on windowsill

Hello Yves, I think you could do well with phal violacea as long as you can keep the night temperatures above 65F in the winter. I have violacea and bellina seedlings under a fluorescent shoplight that gets no sunlight, but I have some heat and plastic around the spot to keep the temp at least

[OGD] Re: bush snails

For the person who found they had snails in their pots: A while or so back, I found I had snails and was wondering about how to get rid of them. It turned out that some research had been done and that caffeine had been found to kill snails. Caffeine could be found by purchasing no-doze and other

[OGD] Re: Native American Names

In a message dated 9/14/04 8:05:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chadwick Son Orchids Inc. in Powhatan County, has named orchids after Indian tribes. Could you provide the names? I don't know about them, but WW Wilson named dozens of Paphs after Indian nations or clans. If you go to the