[OGD] Re: bessae?

In a message dated 1/23/05 3:01:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "I recently obtained a couple of phrag. bessae, d'allessandro and hybrids. Now one of them is flowering and the flower is totally misshapen: the petals are concave and the pouch cannot separate. I posted a

[OGD] Orchids Down Under

NZ International Show. This will be held in Hamilton from Thursday 1st September to Sunday 4th September 2005. For further information check the Orchid Council of New Zealand website www.orchidcouncil.co.nz or you can email me off list. Margaret Lomas I will be there in Hamilton, NZ in early

Re: [OGD] paphiopedilum rothschildianum

Ron, The time from flask to flowering for a Paph. rothschildianum will depend a lot on the parents of the flask. Some parents are very good at producing seedlings that will rapidly grow and bloom, while others seem to insure a very reluctant grower and bloomer. I find that seedlings with Paph.

[OGD] Cymbidium Society of America

The Cymbidium Society of America will hold its 30th Cymbidium Congress Saturday March 5th in Santa Barbara. Its webpage didn't have current information (as of Saturday 1/22), but other messages here talking about speaker line ups reminded me of the CSA's line up. They will have Hadley Cash

[OGD] Cymbidium Society of America

The Cymbidium Society of America will hold its 30th Cymbidium Congress Saturday March 5th in Santa Barbara. Its webpage didn't have current information (as of Saturday 1/22), but other messages here talking about speaker line ups reminded me of the CSA's line up. They will have Hadley Cash

[OGD] orchid breeder - Thailand

FYI : Prasartporn Smitamana has for several decades devoted himself to breeding new species of hybrid orchids. He also plays a dynamic role in keeping indigenous species alive and flourishing in their original habitats across the northern region. ... Prasartporn is an orchid breeder and

[OGD] Masdevallia species for IOSPE

Dear OGD's I have been hard at working on expanding the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia www.orchidspecies.com. I am just about to eclipse 5000 species in 540 genera. I need some help with the genus Masdevallia with which I have 250 difrernt species represented on IOSPE. The references

[OGD] references - genus Masdevallia

Jay : For some of the species you listed I have references which, hopefully, you will find useful : 1) Masdevallia corniculata Rchb. f. 1878 : Orchids and Ecology in Colombia, To the Rescue of Paradise, [p. 238]. Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Orchids, p. 283. Monographie der Gattungen

[OGD] deformed phrags

I do not grow many phrags, but for what it is worth, I had a Phrag. Eric Young which would regularly bloom with the first flower having no petals, but the rest of the flowers being just fine. It got to the point that I just ignored the first one, as I knew the next one would be just fine.