If they are hybrids I dunno! If they're sspecies then try IOSPE
orchidspecies.com or the Bakers website orchidculture.com
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I just
Have you tried Ian Walters at Burliegh Park in Queensland ?
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If you want to use a Thai lab, let us know.
Glenn
Glenn
I recieve complimentary issues of Flower Tech which is geared towards the
production and marketing of ornamentals world wide
the latest issue has a cover story on Taiwan Phals
http://www.agriworld.nl/public/file/pdf/20060928-06-08_flt9_4.pdf
There is also a brief editorial from the editor Anabel
I used to own a 40 acre pecan grove that bordered a woodlot and got to like the
taste of pecan fattened squirrel, much better than eating crow (they, the
crows, destroyed many more nuts than they ate trying to pick them out of the
husks to eat);-)
Paul
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My wife will attest to the fact that thrips are active at all times of the day,
they bite her!! I just had to break out the Avid and treat the whole greenhouse
because she could't work in there even during the day. Most people are
oblivious to the fact that thrips are present but some people her
Jeez I guess I shoulda' read Holttum before growing my Vandas and related
bare root. Lucky for me my plants can't read or they may have died years ago
Paul
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The secret to better fog is higher pressure, if you go above 100-150 psi you'll have to scrap the PVC and go to copper.
A small booster pump can make a significant improvement in your fog output
Something like a little FloJet can boost your pressure to90 - 100 psi for about a $100.00 and a little
It's amazing where imidacloprid shows up, Merit is not the name I am familiar with, I originally started using it as NTN but now the Turf and Ornamental labeling is Marathon. I was looking at an ad one time for the new (at the time) systemic flea killer for dogs and guess what? there it was again.
The trick is in the size of the water drops, the smaller the better to get "flash" evaporation which will keep the humidity up and not get your plants overly wet. Of course quantity of water will also come into play if you have exceptionally good air exchange in your greenhouse you will need to inc
Iris,
We grow ours in Teak Baskets with a few chunks of chopped coconut husk, they are hanging outside under a piece of lattice and get a routine hosing as well as the summer rains without rotting.
If you want to grow them on a bench I would suggest a clay pot with Aliflor and coco chunks so they w
Try Carol Stiff's great site Kitchen culture.com
-Original Message-From: Erueti Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2006 04:01 PMTo: Orchids@orchidguide.comSubject: [OGD] Home tissue culture
Hi,
My name is Erueti Wilson. I am from New Zealand and grow species o
Oliver,
>Nevertheless, it does make the>(legitimate, to-be-encouraged) orchid business look a little - what - slow?
If you want slow try selling only species!!
Paul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchids http://www.bluemoonexotics.com >-Original Message->From: Oliver Sparrow [mailto:[EMAIL PR
Dan,
We have a C.aloifolia (sp?) that we purchased from a local grower that bloomed beautifully last year, we have yet to see if it will do it again this year. In warm and humid SW FlPaul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchids, http://www.bluemoonexotics.com
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You can also look into "Solarization" rather than baking or steaming to kill snail eggs, and a multitude of other unwanted things. All it takes is a week of bright sunshine and some clear plastic. Should be easy in CAPaul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchids http://www.bluemoonexotics.com >-Origin
I find it difficult to believe that orchids are in a position to "fritter away" excesssugar.To paraphrase a common _expression_ 'guttation happens', the plant has no control over the environmental conditions that cause guttation ie; high soil/media moisture and low transpiration due to high humidit
Dot,
Guttation is a common occurence in plants and can even be a source of moisture for orchids from the plant they are growing on. It is generally associated with root pressure exceeding the ability of the plant to transpire ie. a well watered plant in high humidity, as occurs at night. It general
Bob,
I don't know about the snow and ice issue but Aluminet certainly helps hold in the heat in the winter just as it keeps it out in the summer (3-5 degrees F difference over black shade cloth) If you have it on the inside some type of retractable system would be worth looking into so you could op
Paula,
We grow all our Angraecums (mostly warm growers) in teak baskets with either lava rock or Aliflor as the medium, that way we dont have to repot as often since the media doesn't break down and cause root rot. Bark mixes rot too quickly in our warm and humid conditions, we use coco chunks for
We grow our specimen Phals in slatted baskets with a minimum of media, to start we hang the basket in the tradtional horizontal position then once they are well rooted on we hang it on it's side so the plant is oriented as in nature to reduce the water standing in the crown. Sometimes when we flip
Jay,
That sounds like business as usual for OFE ;-)
I have had good luck with Tropical Plant Products in Orlando for orchid related products http://www.tropicalplantproducts.com/ their website could use some improvements but once you get a price list and order by phone or FAX they are prompt at get
Julia,
Have you tried Tropical Plant Products in Orlando?Paul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchidshttp://www.bluemoonexotics.com
-Original Message-From: Redman, Julia C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:34 PMTo: Orchids@orchidguide.comSubject: [OGD] NZ sphagnum
Julie,
I think you may have another fungi killing your plants, I don't think Pythium expresses as a black mold on plants.
With that said here are some recommendations from UC Davis
A.
MEFENOXAM
(Subdue Maxx)
COMMENTS: The granular formulation may be applied preplant or the liquid for
Viatuer,
Perlite dust is considered an inhalation hazard.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11453674&dopt=AbstractPaul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchids http://www.bluemoonexotics.com >-Original Message->From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR
Juli,
Dr. Bream's comments on E. ciliare clear up an issue for us. We have an E. oerstedii that we always thought looked like an E ciliare except for the bloom time.
Guido, Do we have an E. oerstedii or is it the variety of E ciliare you cited?
Paul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchids
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Nancy,
We all have our impossible dreams, my wife wants to be able to grow masdevallias and a few other pluerothallids. In SOUTHWEST FLORIDA! where we rarely see temps below 75F in the day and freezes are an event not a daily occurence. Try doing that after your Aluminet blows off in a hurricane!!
Cody,
I'm not sure about the mites but it works well on scale and mealybugs, Apply it as a "sprench" weekly for three consecutive weeks. that will protect your plants for several months. Drenching doesn't work well on orchid media and sprays have their limits on something as slow growing as orchids
my daughter works at the Santa Fe teaching college Zoo.
They are having a free open house the weekend of the 9th
http://admin.sfcc.edu/%7ENEWS/pressnews/2005_09/fallzoo.htm%20
It's kinda neat, no plants for sale though.
If you have lots of time drive down to Selby in Sarasota ( about three hours fr
We have an Aqua fog XE 500 on an oscillator that works great but would definitly be overkill in your greenhouse maybe the new smaller 400 would work. One caveat on the 500 and larger is they are noisy (that turboprop is really moving)
Paul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchids
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Speaking of orchid production there is a very informative article in the latest issue of Greenhouse Grower on the production of Phalaenopsis written by Erik Runkle, Matthew Blanchard and Roberto Lopez of Michigan State Univ with Yin-Tung Wang of Texas A&M. The sponsers for the research were Gloeckn
Paul,
We have used Coco products now for several years and have had very good experience. For plants that need a coarse well drained medium we use 1/2" chips plus medium Aliflor (lava rock may be a good substitute) Used in a clay pot or teak basket it lasts for years without breaking down and turni
Hi Jean,
Sounds like the kind of weather that causes us problems with our Paphs too. High heat and low humidity especiallyif the skies are clear can be a real stressor on a lot of orchids. if you know in advance that you are going to have that kind of weather in advance put up extra shade. We have
Leslie,
We grow ours in clay bulb pans and a mixture of Aliflor and coco chips, seems to be working so far but then they are only 4' tall. D. discolor, D. streblocerus and D. lasianthera as well as an unknown hybrid that looks like it's some kind of Den Phal.Paul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchidsht
Anthony,
What do you have on top of your cap mat? We remove the perforated plastic that it comes with and use a black ground cloth, never noticed any algae problems. It is steam sterilized between crops so that may be why.
Paul LeBlanc
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Cody,
Either Mavrik or Avid should work well on flat mites, Ultra fine oil will also work if you know it's safe on your genera.
Paul LeBlanc>-Original Message->From: CC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2005 11:10 AM>To: 'OGD'>Subject: [OGD] flat mites>>I'm curious to know wha
I frequently judge High School science fairs in the area of Botany, you'd be surprised at how many times high school kids reach similar conclusions. Usually the error in the experiment is much clearer than the error in this one.
Paul LeBlanc>-Original Message->From: Dr. Braem [mailto:[EMAIL
Dr. Braem,
It's not only the list. I have a work e-mail that is not used for anything but internal e-mail and it is getting the same stuff as this one at home. The best one is the bounced messages that I never sent.
Paul LeBlanc
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Try googling the following phalaenopsis mericlones FCC/AOS or whatever the equivalent top ranking is for the Australian orchid society.
Paul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchidshttp://www.bluemoonexotics.com
-Original Message-From: Ron Boyd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday,
Nancy,
R. digbyana is not noted for it's free flowering but I have heard somehere that it is dependent on UV to trigger blooming hence it's reluctance to bloom under glass or polycarbonate. I have no source for this info and cannot vouch for it. I grow mine outdoors in SW FL and still get only spor
Mike's right, large scale operations use steam boilers for sterilizing new media and throw out all used pots without question
-Original Message-From: Mike & Candy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:53 AMTo: 'the OrchidGuide Digest \(OGD\)'Subject: Re: [OGD] Re: The
Open the windows and doors or your AC will more than double the cost of electricity in that equation, still cheap and convenient if you can get it by the 'Boss' and don't mind toting clay pots in and out of the house
Paul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchids
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Paul,
I don't know about S. pallidus but we grow S. cecilae as a Vanda in an empty basket kept warm and humid. A few are throwing spikes now so they seem to be liking that.
Nothing beats the fragrance of V denisoniana now in bloom in the greenhouse and wafting across the backyard to poolside ahh yu
Unvented gas heaters biggest problem is ethylene not CO2 the better the combustion chamber the less ethylene generated. Here in FL our greenhouse can afford to be somewhat drafty but even still we lose flower quality when using unvented heaters.
If you have a tight house you will need to vent the h
Bert,
What's your user name at webshots? The link you sent is for you to get in and edit your albums, something I don't think you want us doing.
Paul LeBlanc
http://community.webshots.com/user/bluemoon268
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Michael,
I agree with Aaron, You can't beat Phyto's one liter prepacked solutions for ease and simplicity as well as cost/effort.
Paul LeBlanc>-Original Message->From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 02:42 PM>To: Orchids@orchidguide.com>Subject: [OG
Kenneth,
The trick to shortening time from deflasking to flowering in catts is to not let them "rest" but to keep them on long days ( 16 + hrs ) and warm so that they continually put on new growths. Then when they have reached the size for blooming to let the natural trigger ( short days, diurnal t
Julia,
Yellowing of the leaves from the stem outward usually indicates a problem in the stem. In my experience it has usually been a rot that starts at the base of them stem and moves upward. I have "rescued" one or two of these by removing it from the pot and cutting off the base of the plant unt
Lisa,
If you don't have roof vents above an internal shade cloth you are defeating your purpose of heat reduction. Black, green or Aluminet the problem is still the same. If you put the shade cloth on the roof then the typical shade cloths should be suspended at least a foot above the glazing to r
John,
How handy are you? I made a fog system out of copper pipe and fog nozzles that is hooked to a $150 Karcher electric pressure washer and a cycle timer as well as a thermostat. I don't know how long the presure washer will hold up but it is going on its second season without problems.
Paul a
I'm interested in the method of using two temperature sensors (thermocouples) to derive RH. What type are you using and how do you set one as a "wet bulb"
Paul and Diane LeBlanc Species Orchids, Ferns and Bromeliads http://www.bluemoonexotics.com
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