Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 10, Issue 215: Heating Bills

2008-07-28 Thread tenman
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[OGD] Habenaria repens / South Carolina (US)

2008-07-28 Thread viateur . boutot
"In the Southeast... lady-slippers, grass-pinks, whorled pogonia, rosebud orchid, bog-rose, and showy orchis... aquatic, mostly seen in very wet places. It [Habernaria repens] occurs from southern Virginia all the way to eastern Texas, and then south into South America. In our area, it is a fai

[OGD] Cattleya violacea festival (Venezuela)

2008-07-28 Thread viateur . boutot
"Cattleya violacea es conocida en Venezuela como la “Flor de Canaima” o la “Superba del Orinoco”. Con más de 200 especies exhibidas pertenecientes a 50 géneros de orquídeas culminó la Primera Exposición Nacional de Orquídeas en el marco del Festival de la Cattel[le]ya V[v]iolacea... en las inst

[OGD] Tomnibus (US)

2008-07-28 Thread viateur . boutot
"the Senate is working on a "Tomnibus." ... inspired by Sen. Tom Coburn... Oklahoma Republican... The Tomnibus wraps together dozens of bills... The bill would authorize a new greenhouse facility to house the Smithsonian Institution's orchid collection... The Tomnibus is expected to come to a vo

Re: [OGD] Orchidaceae-philes (Australia)

2008-07-28 Thread Orchid Obsessions
Link to Bill Dobsons website with pictures of some of his orchids. http://members.optusnet.com.au/bdobson/ Jan On 29/07/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Cary Polis... > Bill Dobson... > Mick Korzenowski... > > ... north to tropical Queensland, home to a... profusion of sp

[OGD] "Do Not Mow" / Florida (US)

2008-07-28 Thread viateur . boutot
"Jennifer Reinoso is... dedicated to a few... colonies of native terrestrial orchids that grow in the median and alongside U.S. 92 west of Daytona Beach. For five years... she has monitored and protected these threatened orchids. Under her care, they have flourished. "I love Florida's wildflowe

[OGD] Orchidaceae-philes (Australia)

2008-07-28 Thread viateur . boutot
"Cary Polis... Bill Dobson... Mick Korzenowski... ... north to tropical Queensland, home to a... profusion of species... they are enthusiastic orchid cultivators... Korzenowski and Dobson leaning more towards... native orchids of Australia, while Polis prefers... species from other parts of the

Re: [OGD] Heating over the winter

2008-07-28 Thread Thomas Hillson
Right now, I am planning for the future, I am looking at reducing the volume in my greenhouse by double lining it with plastic to reduce the volume I need to heat. I also am looking at moving the plants closer together. I am also looking at solar heating methods I can implement to reduce my

Re: [OGD] Nak. Edwin Hausermann

2008-07-28 Thread Thomas Hillson
I have two of them I purchased, as my wife liked them. Mine have bloomed repeatedly usually twice a year with no problems in flowers being deformed. It could be you have a problem plant or more likely some environmental factor cause the aberration this flowering. I have seen several plants

Re: [OGD] Heating Bills

2008-07-28 Thread iriscohen
On Jul 28, 2008, at 6:00:03 AM, Mark wrote: With the jump in the price of energy, supposedly there will be high  heating bills this winter, I was wondering what effect this maybe having on people who grow orchids especially in colder climates? Here in Central New York, USDA Zone 5, home greenhous