[OGD] postings...

2008-03-09 Thread brian something
c'mon, folks. give the guy a break. he wasn't saying it was inappropriate that posts are appearing in other languages, he just didn't know why. perhaps he's new, perhaps not. i wondered for a while about the foreign language and finally just accepted them figuring others are getting things

[OGD] international fair (Taiwan)

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
Group is a variety of... phalaenopsis, grown in Tainan County. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news_images/20080309/p14a.jpg photo : [caption : Wendy Lee, from Charm Sun Phalaenopsis Biotech Co presents a variety of orchids specially grown for the Dutch market, during 2008 Taiwan International

[OGD] Tampa , Florida orchid societies mentioned

2008-03-09 Thread stanhopi
Whoops!? My mistake... I wrote: member: TBOS and TCO in Tampa ...and soon to be a member of the ACO (Asociacion Orquidologico Costarricense), but I meant to write: member: TBOS and TOC . . ., thus managing to muddle my societies' acromyms in spite of an attempt to clarify things. Paul

[OGD] at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, New York (US)

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
The ninth annual Orchid Show at the Sonnenberg Gardens Mansion State Historic Park in Canandaigua... Joe Kunisch, a longtime grower from Pittsford, a love of orchids developed 40 years ago... It was either getting a psychiatrist or growing orchids, said Kunisch, who once ran a plastics

Re: [OGD] Cochlopetalums

2008-03-09 Thread Rick A. Barry
Iris asks: ...what is the purpose of the twist in the petals of this group? Harold Koopowitz wrote an article for Orchids Digest (Vol. 69/4 2005) that offers explanations for this as well as other adaptations. In brief, the twisting enhances the visibility of the flower to its pollinators,

[OGD] orchids societies in Tampa, Florida (US) / too much editing...

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
The complete info was : Tampa Bay Orchid Society: The Tampa Bay Orchid Society Show and Sale, Rainforest Orchid Fantasy is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Bayanihan Arts Events Center, 14301 Nine Eagles Drive. The event features orchids

[OGD] Scuticaria salesiana Dressler

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
Alan [Gregg] wrote : looking for the title of the paper written by Dressler in 1968 in Orquideologia 3(2): 3- on Scuticaria salesiana. reference is : ANDREETTA, Angel M. DRESSLER, R.L.: 1968'Nueva y llamativa Scuticaria del Ecuador' in Orquideologia, Vol.3, No.2, p.3.

[OGD] Smithsonian Environmental Research Center / Edgewater, Maryland (US)

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
there are 44 different species in Maryland... interesting facts available to visitors of the Plant Ecology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center[SERC] in Edgewater. One of the main missions of scientists there is to study orchids and their unique relationships with

Re: [OGD] Joe Kunisch

2008-03-09 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 3/9/08 6:08:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: he grows hundreds of different types of orchids The media always get things garbled up. Joe grows hundreds of orchids (maybe thousands), but he specializes in Paphs and Phrags. He carries several other popular types for sale,

[OGD] Book for sale

2008-03-09 Thread Giles Smith
I have a surplus copy of Helen Valmayor's 1984 book on Philippine Orchids that I would like to sell to raise money for our local orchid society. Anyone interested please contact me offline. Giles Smith Malibu Orchid Society ___ the OrchidGuide Digest

Re: [OGD] Dressler article

2008-03-09 Thread icones
Greg, Viateur already gave you the correct citation (Bob Dressler wrote the description, not the article). However, if you would like a color copy of the cover which has Scuticaria salesiana on it, let me know off line. icones - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: