The AOS has a stated leaning toward ex situ conservation. While this is
fine, unless more effort is put toward conservation of habitat, orchids
in the wild will become more like redwood trees; curiosities of a wild
time gone by. Is there any group that is working towards this goal?
There was
Aaron was right, the original publication was in Blumea, as given below:
I'm sure Peter will straighten me out on this, but TROPICOS notes that it
was published a little earlier by de Vogel in Blumea 30(1): 199 in 1984.
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In response to my comment
Hello OGDers :
In a press release, United States Attorney for the Southern District of
Florida indicates :
defendant, George Norris, a resident of Spring, Texas, was sentenced to
seventeen (17) months' imprisonment and two (2) years of supervised release
at a hearing in Miami, Florida, Federal
Regarding Don's question about who informed on Norris, no one knows for
sure, although earlier suspicions about Eric Christenson seem entirely unfounded.
Perhaps no one informed. Attention could have been drawn to Norris simply
by the fact that he offered the tainted species,
The sentence is correct.
This species receives the longest dry spell of any in my collection. The
mature pseudobulbs end up with severe crenation, and do not plump up until about
the following October. The new inflorescence does not appear until about April,
from the new growth which started in
Thanks Peter (Croezen) for the links about Jose Jeronimo Triana (1828-1890).
One did not work and the other is about Triana's writings :
'Manuscritos. Documentos botanicos de J.J. Triana'
by Angulo Mendez, Sandra / Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia.
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Of course, before posting my query to
The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
... Thailand's proposal on ... the hybrid orchid is ... being discussed and
a final decision is expected by 13-14 October.
source :
http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=31600
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Regards,
Viateur
Peter,
Epipactis helleborine is not a tropical S.E.Asian plant; I know nothing about
it. Maybe someone else on the list has some answers. I'm not enthusiastic
about the idea that a growing plant can throw an internal switch and suddenly
become autogamous because of some external stimulus and
Viateur who asked:
I have heard, a couple of times at my orchid society, comments that Manuel
Arias Silva was sentenced for exporting Phragmipedium kovachii.
Did I miss something at some point or the species was never actually
mentioned in the prosecution against Manuel Arias Silva nor George
C. pendula in my backyard (coastal southern CA) gets regular watering all
year round and blooms dependably every year. Where I have seen it in
Mexico, there does seem to be a dryer season early in the year, say for 2-3
months before easter, but totally dry is not the case. The wild plants do
I would agree that the dry period I give does not sound right.
After I first obtained this plant I grew it like my other odonts, and it did
not flower.
Subsequently, for me, it did not set an inflorescence if watered after the
new growth; and the buds blasted if watered after the buds appeared.
I guess I know as much about all this as anyone and I can tell you that George (nor
Manuel) had anything to do with Kovachii...And believe you me I know plenty about that
too...To tell the truth George was screwed all the way down the line. SOMEONE sent
him an Email offering
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regarding Kathy Barrett's assertion that import authorities in Miami
are
lax, what is the evidence?
Bert -
On the Face of it:
Norris and Arias were sucessful in their crime BECAUSE THE PORT OF MIAMI WAS
LAX IN PERFORMING INSPECTIONS.
It says so in their guilty
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