[OGD] Spareribs

2005-06-02 Thread Dr. Braem
From: Peter O'Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] Re:pollinators/creation To solve that problem we are working on the mechanism of turning a sparerib into a blonde. Guido, you mustn't scoff. Stem-cell research is producing wonderful results ... it won't be that

[OGD] Re: Orchids Digest, Vol 7, Issue 281

2005-06-02 Thread Dr. Braem
From: Charles Ufford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] Re: how was it made To: Orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" on 6/1/05 6:03 PM, Cody wrote: Bob, this topic has been discussed before, so I'll make it

[OGD] Frauleins

2005-06-02 Thread Dr. Braem
Message: 5 Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:45:47 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that there is nothing feminine about a Latin farmer, 'agricola,' nor neuter about a hot blooded, young German 'Fraulein.' Bert, may I call your attention to the fact that the Frauleins are no longer. It has

[OGD] Re: Unknown orchid

2005-06-02 Thread Oliver Sparrow
Here is a picture of an orchid found growing at 1500m in Pampa Hermosa, near Satipo in PerĂº. http://www.trekperu.org/orchid.jpg I would dearly like to know what it is - even the genus! The flowers are as illustrated, around 12 cm across. The plant stands around 3-5m tall, winding through

[OGD] Epidendrum sanctaclarense

2005-06-02 Thread Jose A. Izquierdo
I did a search and found the following: http://www.mobot.org/manual.plantas/047713/S048587.html In this page I found a description of three specimens of the species . In one case it is described as a dark green flower , in another as a white flower. 820 m - 2200 meters and in a comment made

[OGD] Epidendrum Santaclarense

2005-06-02 Thread Dr. Braem
From: Tom Foolery [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] Epidendrum Santaclarense To: Orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I have been a lurker to this list for sometime now as an amateur grower trying to absorb all the information I

[OGD] Epidendrum santaclarense

2005-06-02 Thread Dr. Braem
Ok ... my mistake ... got fooled by the upper case. Forget my earlier posting and see Viateur's information regards Guido -- Prof. Dr. Guido J. Braem Naunheimer Str. 17 35633 Lahnau Deutschland/Germany ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD)

[OGD] Pollinators created by God (Dr. Braem)

2005-06-02 Thread Nic van den Bosch
Over 25 years of orchid growing in horse manure I have not seen one failure. One lady friend of mine thinks that horse manure is too dirty to use for orchid growing. She said that she could grow better ones without horse manure. I am still waiting for her to show me a photo of one of her orchids

[OGD] Reply to Dennis.

2005-06-02 Thread Andy Easton
Title: Reply to Dennis. Dennis, sorry for the late reply, I was in The Netherlands and boy was it cold! Totally accept that your question is non-inflammatory! The AOS approved taxonomists have to meet a published standard of taxonomic scholarship AND activity and must agree to meet certain

[OGD] Re: peloric phal that changes flower types (Charles Ufford)

2005-06-02 Thread Robert Bedard
Charles, et. al.: I have several peloric Phals in my collection; they appear to be unstable, sometimes producing anther caps and pollinia, sometimes not. The degree of peloria also varies by clone and by flowering; some clones are more reliable than others. Not sure I can answer your

[OGD] RE: back to orchids

2005-06-02 Thread K Barrett
So, no input on whether Laelias root before bloom or after bloom? I received one comment off list which ran counter to my experience, so at the least I'd think there'd be some input as to orchid myth. My experience has been laelias root before bloom, and I can't recall what happens with

[OGD] smoking orchid leaves / China

2005-06-02 Thread viateur . boutot
The Qiangs smoke orchid leaves... The Qiang ethnic minority has a population of 198,300 ... in the Maowen Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. source : http://channels.crienglish.com/travel/content.aspx?cid=344 *** Do you know which orchid species end up in smoke in that

[OGD] Unnown orchid

2005-06-02 Thread Peter\(Can\) Croezen
Flowerlooks likeSobralia macrantha. I would dearly like to know what it is - even the genus! http://www.trekperu.org/orchid.jpg ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com

[OGD] Re: roots or flowers first

2005-06-02 Thread Charles Ufford
on 6/2/05 11:05 PM, Ken wrote: So, no input on whether Laelias root before bloom or after bloom? I received one comment off list which ran counter to my experience, so at the least I'd think there'd be some input as to orchid myth. My experience has been laelias root before bloom, and I