The journalist reporting on the wettest place on Earth forgot, as
journalists seem to do, a small detail. If he had said ' wettest place on
the surface . . .' he would have decreased the number of possible locations.
li'l frog
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The Brave New World of Orchid Nomenclature.
There is an intergeneric named Matsudaara = Barkeria x Cattleya x Laelia x
Sophronitis.
I hope this helps to confuse the issue :-)
Have you called the vendor yet?
li'l frog
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I bet eliminating automatic replies will cut down on the message load for
OGD, too.
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Hi,
How many of us have OGD subscriptions for each computer -- home PC, work,
laptop -- that are convenient, but redundant? Would cutting down on the
duplicates help ease the load? If there are a couple of hundred duplicates
. . .
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From OrchidWiz: Encyclia atropurpurea v album, 'Henrique' CBM-AOS, 83
pts, 2 -20-1970.
An oldie, but goodie.
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the
name is not scandalous, or already in use within the breeding group. Until
it is registered with the RHS, its official designation is plant a x plant
b.
Thanks! Ah, so many questions!
Good growing - Nancy
Hope this helps.
Li'l frog
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Il n'existe que deux choses infinies, l'univers
Try the Mid-America Orchid Congress web site. They keep up with all the new
names, renames, new combinations. It was updated in January.
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Hi Nancy
If both shows are AOS judged, you may show them at both shows, and be
eligible for ribbons and trophies at both, but for AOS awards only one time.
This may be a good thing; if the plants are at their prime for the first
show, you can have them available for judging then. If they are not
The last time I heard anything about Zuma was that they were only going to
deal wholesale, and no longer sell retail or by catalog/mail. That was some
time ago, I don't know if it has changed since then.
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No Phal Teddy Bear; however, there is a Phal Adri Witanta Husada 'Teddy
Bear'; Phal venosa 'Teddy Bear'; and Dtps Blessed 'Teddy's Bear'. Not much
help at all.
No hits on a name for the cross.
li'l frog
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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:41 PM
To: 'the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD)'
Subject: RE: [OGD] Orchid Guide .?
Unfortunately, people have personalities, and sometimes they clash. There
are differences of opinions
Orchids :-)
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Subject: [OGD] Science is where you find it.
Under the category of 'Science is Where You Find It' I'd like to recommend
about color or form is available.
li'l frog
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Subject: [OGD] Cattleya jorg
can anyone help with any info on Cattleya jorg
many
Four flowers on six spikes; chartreuse dorsal and lateral sepals; good
orange color in petals and lip. NS 9.0, DS 2.5 x 5.0, Ptl 2.5 x 5.0, LS 2.5
x 4.5. Exhibitor, Maurice E Powers, Olympia, Wa, Nov 4, 1972, Tacoma Orchid
Society Show.
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Better still -- the Mid-America Orchid Congress has a cd with an actual
person saying the names out loud for you to hear. It should be available on
their web page www.midamericanorchids.org
li'l frog
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I have a father, a brother, and a son who
are red-green color blind. We didnt start looking for this until
we got our first color TV many years ago. Dad was in charge of the new,
expensive device, and turned the knobs on it until he got the color just right
it was totally blue and pink.
Color blind AOS judges? I wont make
a snide remark that we all (not judges) thought you all were color blind. But seriously,
I remember reading somewhere Orchids? Handbook on judging? -- that
all AOS judges had to pass a color perception test to become students. Has
that changed?
Ed will be pleased to know that his reply system is working perfectly
perfectly perfectly perfectly perfectly . . .
li'l frog ribbitt
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Thank you for eloquently expressing one of the frustrations of a group
effort, such as this.
li'l frog
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Subject: [OGD] Light bulbs or is it lightbulbs ?
How many group members does it takes to change a light bulb?
Does
sides
to every story, how many aspects are there to the topics chosen to be
examined on this site?
li'l frog
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income.
The income per foot devoted to orchids probably varies widely, and the big
box outlets probably make more. Please don't interpret what I write. Read
the words that are printed.
li'l frog
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My little green tongue is firmly in my little green cheek. Ribbit.
li'l frog
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On OGD 266 Li'l Frog said
the
ones sold from nurseries.
li'l frog
ORCHID POPULARITY STILL GROWING IN US
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Floriculture
Crops Survey for the year 2002, compiled by the National Agricultural
Statistics Survey, orchids are growing in popularity in the United States
If you go to www.iosoc.com, you can find a list of the books in the library
of the Chicago Judging Center.
li'l frog
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Cool!!! We're famous --- or is that infamous?This might be too much
honor.
li'l frog
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Herman has several plants that are more than 6 ft tall, and they are always
a hit at shows he attends. The general public doesn't think of orchids
being as large as trees.
li'l frog
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Hi -- There was a gaudy ad in last month's (or the month before?) Orchids,
the AOS Bulletin. I have seen the product at various orchid shows, probably
being resold by other vendors.
li'l frog
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Can't fool Mother Nature?
li'l frog
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http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp
. A verbal brawl, including blows below the belt, is extremely bad
for everyone who is exposed to it.
li'l frog
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And that has what??? to do with orchids? We all come from different
countries, different religions, different upbringings. Can we please share
and enjoy what we have in common -- orchids -- instead of beating each other
up on topics that we know will cause disagreements?
li'l frog
. Can we please
share
Li'l and enjoy what we have in common -- orchids -- instead of beating each
other
Li'l up on topics that we know will cause disagreements?
Li'l li'l frog
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. Peters of various ilks will try to convince us of their righteous
politics, which is their right, and we can't do anything about it. Get over
it.
Can we please go back to talking about interesting orchids, and RO systems,
and fertilizers, and not personalities?
Thank you all so much.
li'l frog
Jose and Eric, check with Ecuagenera. They are finding, describing and
naming new species, and many of them carry the 'portillae' name. They may
have more information on it. It may be too new to be in any of the
previously existing literature.
li'l frog
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, respect
it or not. We don't need to know everyone's opinion of other people's
warts.
li'l frog
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even. If you have a few dollars left over, that
is good. This is mostly an exercise in feeding your orchid passion.
Have fun. Enjoy the flowers.
li'l frog
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and can be linked from the Orchid Mall.
I'm sure there are others. Have fun looking!
li'l frog
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I got the story about the plants being fumigated the plastic chips. Was
there more? I got that post several times.
li'l frog
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to leave their homes and come here.
li'l frog
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Never posted before, but must say this: ANDY EASTON is one
Try New World Orchids, in Michigan. He shows a variety of them, some with
variegated leaves, and other variations.
li'l frog
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comments and opinions below, from li'l frog.
The simple-English
Me too. Its
very strange seeing something I wrote so long ago. At first I thought I might
have a virus that was resending archived emails, but that wasnt it. Is
there a computer person in the house?
lil
frog
I am getting a slew of bounce notices for messages I sent to this
list
curiosity is growing.
li'l frog
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[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which
had
Hi Eric -- Can you let us know which gardens? I cannot imagine what kind
of enforcement they can impose. Check your camera at the gate?
There are so many people with cameras -- isn't that part of the enjoyment of
going to a garden? You can take a memory with you.
Li'l frog
Sent
Does your county have an agricultural extension service? They might be able
to test for you, or let you know of someplace close that can do that for
you.
li'l frog
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Does anyone
has the best interest
of the AOS at heart, and is the only person who even KNOWS what is best for
the AOS. I find that surprising. There are lots of positive suggestions on
both the Forum, and here on OGD, if only someone would act on them, or even
reply to them.
li'l frog
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elected soon. They won't know our concerns unless we let them know.
I wonder what cut-backs have been made at Headquarters?
Li'l Frog
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There is a lot of discussion about this on other sites. There is a lot of
unhappiness with the way AOS is spending our money. There are questions
about allotments for conservation, education, the library, and other real
member-oriented services that are not being seen to, to the satisfaction of
Also, the AOS web page has a link to the RHS orchid registration records.
You can check either the name of the plant, or enter one or both of the
parents, if known, to get the information you need.
Li'l frog
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