Thomas,
Another tactic for "I am both trying to keep the cold out and the very
expensive heat generated by my furnace in the greenhouse" on cold days
("A week ago it was still over 100 in my greenhouse but the outside
temperature was 10 degrees.") is to have several fans at the top of your
gre
Nicholas,
I am not sure I am following you or I am missing something. You ask: My primary
concern is how to insulate it on winter nights while still being able to vent
the greenhouse on sunny winter days?
The system you linked to: I'm considering a wet wall system (e.g.
http://www.greenhouseme
This is only for the new Apples running on Intel processors.
The newest Parallels runs Windows applications without leaving the Mac OS
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129442-c,nonwindowsoss/article.html
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21252
Apples finally waking up to the potential. I am s
With all the talk lately on the OGD of extinction, habitat destruction,
and decline, I though it would be a good time to put in a plug for 1%
for Orchid Conservation (1% FOC).
Organizations that participate in 1% FOC commit to budget 1% or more of
their net revenue towards in situ orchid conser
Hello John,
I believe, the program (pipermail) that is used on the OGD to
automatically send postings to all readers only sends posts that are
sent in plain text or the plain text portion of a post. In this example
("An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL://pipermail/orchids_orchidguide.com
Neil Paur asked about how to control his major problem with Spider mites.
I am wonder out loud on this, but since sulphur is poisonous arachnids I
am bet that a sulphur based fungicide spray would also work on mites.
Mark Sullivan
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Hello Bettina Sohst,
Another arrow you can add to your quiver on your fight against snail and slugs is to buy some flexible screening that is used on screen doors and windows. Cut the screening so it is large enough to cover all the drainage holes at the bottom of your pots when place inside t
William Fitz wrote:
If I live in the USA or any other country that signed CITES, can I set up a
lab, propagate hybrid orchids and sell them legally (not for export)? Or
does one need to get permissions first as well as register the parent
plants?
Thanks.
The short answer:
CITES only applies
Hello Buzz,
Interesting website with a different point of view then climate
alarmist, as they put it. Their main argument is that CO2 is a
"amazingly effective aerial fertilizer". "Is carbon dioxide a harmful
air pollutant, or is it an amazingly effective aerial fertilizer?"
From time to time
Hello Cynthia in Prescott, AZ,
I agree it is important to keep perspective, and to look at all
possibilities when trying to figure something out. Even though I may
hold a current position on something, I will change my opinion in light
of new evidence or a persuasive argument. You are also righ
Hello John,
CAM occurs in many orchids (thick leaved as oppose to thin leaves) and
all succulents plants. Basically plants that are exposed to water stress
have developed this biochemical adaptation.
Mark
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Hello John,
When I wrote: "Are there aspects of climate change that could be good?
Sure. Few things are black and white. Bert doesn't have to take his
orchids in now because frost has hit in many years. (I am not saying
Bert doesn't see the downside to climate change.) It is all a matter of
pe
Cynthia wrote:
"Well, some of you that responded to my email about change causing speciation
have seemed to imply that in the past change has been gradual, much more
gradual than our current 'global warming' that we are debating if it really
exists."
Actually none of the responses I have read
"Correct me if I am wrong, but is not environmental change a major cause of the
creation of new
> species? Is this not a silver lining? Change is the only constant in the
> universe. It is the nature
> of humans to object to this fundimental fact.Cynthia, Prescott, AZ
I have to agree. If the
Quote from an article Viateur posted on the OGD:
"The significant progress towards achieving the Plant Diversity
Challenge targets for plant conservation is due almost entirely to the
dedication and expertise of more than 50 voluntary societies, charities
and local people," said Plantlife's chi
Hello Iris,
Just another thought on chilling phals, if you try the ice method, I
would use a cooler and those reusable gel packs (medical or you can get
a sporting good stores along with the cooler) that you could freeze
during the day.
Cheers,
Mark Sullivan
1% for Orchid Conservation
http:/
Hello Iris,
Chilling phals to 34 to 40 in the refrigerator is to cold, but you could
turn up the refrigerator's thermostat. There is no reason that that
would not work.
As far as ice, I wouldn't put it in a pot. You could try an experiment.
Put the ice in a large container with lid (bucket, gar
Hello Cynthia,
I think it is great that you are creating a picture gallery of virused
plants. What is the testing that is being done to identify them as
having a virus?
Mark Sullivan
1% for Orchid Conservation
http://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org
I appreciate Dr Cribb's mentioning of 1% for Orchid Conservation (1%
FOC) and his comments on the need to save orchid habitat . I think the
saving of orchid habitat is something most of us can agree upon. I see
no reason why there cannot be a nature reserve in the valley that P.
kovachii grows
The following link is to an interesting article that while its main
subject is the environmental problems of the world use of synthetic
(natural gas based) fertilizers, it also goes into the natural fixing of
nitrogen, and the process and history of the industrial making of
fertilizers.
http:/
At the risk of being confused with our own orchid news hound, and
scooping him in his own backyard.
"The good news: Filters made from plants—which host toxin-digesting
microbes—can help create purer air. Canadian biologist Alan Darlington,
46, helped come up with the idea in 1994, at Ontario's
I have always wonder about people who grow orchids that when they flower
smell like rotting meat.
Mark
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Hello Alan,
Somewhere along the line of growing orchids, I was told that the secret
to growing orchids was “Grow the roots the rest will follow.” I do
believe this to be true though maybe overly simplistic.
I believe that the size of the upper part of the orchid is limited by
the root size belo
Sulphur Powder is poisonous to arachnids. I can't vouch for leaches.
When I was in the scouts we used a sock of which the bottom end was
filled with sulphur powder. We would bang the sulphur powder against our
lower legs dusting them to keep chiggers off. I guess with 11 year old
boys you have
Wendell,
Wouldn't it be funny if Monsanto was actually behind the development of Roundup
ready coca. They already produce other round up ready agricultural crops, in a
nice circle of profit. Coca would be like hitting the mother load. Quick call
your stock broker and buy Monsanto today!
Cheers
http://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org
Orchid conservation is a subject that we hear about from time to time on
forums, in magazines and with society meeting speakers. We are appalled
to hear about habitat destruction or the decimation of species by
illegal collecting such as in the case of
John Stanley wrote: “What puzzles me is that most orchid leaves seem to
have a pretty impermeable, if not waxy, outer layer (at lest on their
dorsal surface) and I would have thought the stomatal pores to be too
small for the ingress of water (unless assisted by a wetting agent that
would creat
mickinmontana asked:
"Have we visited this topic recently?Sorry but I didn't use foliar spray until recently
[WONDER GROW]. Believe I've read that plants can't utilize organic nitrogen, until it is
broken down by bacteria & fungi in the soil/compost. "
This is a myth. When you say organic nitr
Paul wrote:
"The real question is whether "hyperspecialisation" is real, an appropriate term, or
merely a hopeful exaggeration based on limited observation."
To add or suggest to Paul's interesting responses: I suspect that in a number of cases
what may see as "hyperspecialisation" may not be f
You may want to try asking Oakhill Gardens. I have a Phal pulcherrima
'Lakeview Yellow Splash' from them, and I believe they use 'Lakeview'
clonal name some of their other orchids.
Mark Sullivan
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Bert wrote:
"We were informed by Norris that he had to pledge his home in Houston as collateral for Arias' bail and Arias stayed with Norris pending a sentencing hearing."
Since Arias skipped the country, does that mean Norris lost his home?
Mark
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Based on what Charles and AJ pointed out and a little more
reading, “catch roots” would be better called phototropic or negative
gravitropic roots. The reason phototropic roots would be correct is
that
epiphytic orchid roots photosynthesis.
My hypothesis is that in upward aerial roots auxin i
Hello Dennis,
After looking at Tennis's picture of catch roots, I agree that the roots
would be more of a deterrent then a landing place for small insect
eating birds. They look more like the spikes used to fortify positions
in war before barbwire and razor wire. Having thought about catch roots
Iris wrote: "In the size particles we use in orchid media, the charcoal holds onto the
excess salts for two years, after which it reaches its capacity & the salts
are released into the medium. That is one reason to repot your orchids every
two years."
Boy, I would like to see the scientific stu
greig russell wrote "Orchids Digest, Vol 7, Issue 119":
Scientific Method no longer has the clean bill of health that people once assumed. Making the results fit the expectations, to ensure continued funding, was its death knell.
The scientific method does not include "making the results fit the
Ray,
There is no doubt in my mind you know what you are doing in regards to
semi hydroponics.
I was only trying to note to Roy and others who are trying to use an all
perlite mix, that an all perlite mix would work better in a semi
hydroponic system as you describe on your website, then in the w
Upon re-reading this part of my statement, it is to general of a statement. I
was think about small perlite.
Though on a quick read of Ray’s Semi-Hydroponics Basic he writes “The
medium is another key component of the culture technique; it must be
inert so it won't decompose, fairly uniform in p
Ron, your all perlite potting mix is running into two problems and I
suspect a third: The water retention properties of a porous,
irregular-shaped and small particles.
Porous materials like perlite can store water within themselves. There
water retention is high. As you know perlite also floats
To Joe and Helga Gray, the AOS, Wildcatt Database Co., and other
involved in the digitization of Orchids Magazine:
I appreciate the time and commitment that you are doing to see this
project through. The digitization of the Bulletin and Orchids is a big
undertaking, but will be a great service
Ray wrote:
(This one is probably semantic) Seems to me that an EC meter is measuring the
conductivity of a solution, not of the components of it, per se. Maybe true salts affect
the conductivity more than other minerals, but they are all involved in the solution
conductivity to some degree. M
Ray asks: Does anyone have any factual background as to why we focus on TDS?
Ray, I don't think you will ever nail down a factual background as to why we focus on TDS as oppose to EC.
My thoughts:
I do think most orchid growers don't use a TDS/EC meter and don't have too. Most growers rely on fell
I will take a couple shots in the dark as to why Terry is having a
problem with his post showing in the digest form of the OGD. (It appears
from other people's post that those who receive OGD posts individually
they have no problem getting Terry's post.)
A. He wrote the post in Word or other typ
<>Bridge to link Brazil, Peru -- and 2 oceans Highway through Amazon
seen as threat to rain fores<>t
The full article can be read at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/05/MNGV39LDL51.DTL<>
Interesting excerpts from the article:<>
Leaders of Brazil and Per
The bill HR 5096 which may be cited as the `Flagship Species
Conservation Act of 2004', in my opinion is a mixed bag from a
conservation point of view. Currently the individual species acts are
getting 5 million each per year for a smaller group of species like the
Asian and African Elephant Co
<>The bill HR 5096 Peter Tobias refers to can be found at:
<>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.5096:
You may have to copy and paste the link. Make sure you get the colon at
the end or you get a blank page. <>* *
<>
<>The bill will have to be rewritten to include flora. It is currently
Marianne,
On moving a private collection of orchids from France to the US, I would direct all my questions to the US Fish & Wildlife. Save all correspondence, get names, and follow all directions to the letter. It does not matter how anyone on the OGD, or how you read CITES, what matter is how the
Viateur:
<> How do you define conservation?
Why do you think CITES is both a conservation and trade treaty?
What are the conservation aspects of CITES? <>
<>
<>The issue of whether CITES is a conservation or trade treaty has been
pounded into the ground fairly thoroughly on the OGD. What I am
int
Wilford,
I know you are a very good grower of orchids so I value your information. I just want
to double check that this is correct.
You wrote:
"The plant will usually start a new growth sometime in Dec or by Jan, and from then
until blooming no more water and no more fertilizer should be given.
I agree for the most part when Karen Frederiksen say "Sorry, but I
believe we are fooling ourselves if we believe our plants are in anyway
part of preserving the species.. though if we share and make our plants
available we might be able to take pressure of wild collection, and use
them to educ
Viateur
How about St Swithin? He has a nice primary hybrid named after him.
"On his deathbed Swithin begged that he should be buried outside the
north wall of his cathedral where passers-by should pass over his grave
and raindrops from the eaves drop upon it." from
http://www.newadvent.org/cathe
I recently submitted a Phalaenopsis leaf with the problem to my local
county (San Francisco) State (CA) Agricultural Representative. I also
gave him pictures of my Phals with the problem, a printed out copy of
Steve Wilson web page
http://www.geocities.com/tlswilso/Phal_problems_2-15-04.html, a
Michael wrote:
Here's a question: many of my plants have started to put out new leads.
Generally, I like to have my fertillizing schedule coordinate with the
seasons, which means I'm due for a slow down soon, but since so many of my
plants seem to starting another active growth phase...I donno...
Andy,
You are more convincing when you make your arguments based on issues
like as you have with David Grove. You are less convincing when you
include attacks that are personal like whether someone has other
interests then orchids, one of your more benign personal attack
arguments. Of course yo
, *b and such happen because you write your post in word, copy and paste into
your e-mail send
message, and then your e-mail program converts it to plain text to send after you
press the send button. Before you press the send button everything looks good, then it
shows up on the OGD with
Viateur in Orchids Digest, Vol 6, Issue 322 states:
"It should be interesting to see if the question is part of the
political debate during the coming months", referring to the US
Conserve Roadless Areas Directive.
<> Unfortunately, I don't think environmental issues will be too
prominent in
AJ wrote:
"Not specifically directed towards Gary, but has anyone with this
mystery phal syndrome (occasionally referred to as the phal
"microfungus") ever sent out leaf material for diagnosis by a plant
pathologist?"
I will take a sample phal leaf to the California Plant Pest Diagnostic
Cent
Viateur in the Orchids Digest, Vol 6, Issue 287 asks:
<>" What is the purpose of the following decision (?):
<>"America's agriculture secretary, Ann Veneman, ended a directive that
protects almost 60m acres of national forest in western states from road
building. The states will instead be allow
Like with most "white collar" crimes, the charges and convictions are
usually based on the cover up and conspiracy and not as much the root
crime of smuggling, embezling, illegal stock trading, or whatever. Ask
Martha Stewart. If they don't get you on that, the tax man will.
If icones is right a
AJ,
You may want to investigate temperature buttons. This link is for a full
system http://www3.sympatico.ca/photologic/dr.htm
The temperature ibutton http://www.ibutton.com/ibuttons/index.html
seem to sell individual parts with a temperature ibutton sensor starting
at $2.23. I haven't investi
icones,
I appreciate your words. I wasn't exactly sure what you would say. It is
true in criticizing "exemption of all hybrids from the CITES" proposal
coming from the OSG/IOCC, I was not attacking you. At one point I
thought of including "I am not trying to shoot the messenger." I do
think a
Bert,
You wrote:
Remember that horticulturists are free to enhance their products
indefinitely with artificial fertilizer containing all minerals required
by their products. "Mother Nature" has nothing to do with this
construct. She is primarily the product of fuzzy 19th century thinking,
w
Bert,
When I wrote "On global warming, I agree one study not going to say
much. I also agree in the end Mother Nature is in charge, but when a
deforested mountainside sends a landslide through a village at the
bottom..."
I was responding to
Hello Mark,
Global warming isn't the problem, the p
Bert,
You were correct in your first posting when you stated that I was mixing
CO2 use for growing orchids, and CO2 and global warming, for that I
apologize and should have made two separate postings. When I posted the
article on " Carbon dioxide theory debunked" (not my title) from the
Washin
Hopefully, thinking more clearly this morning, even with using CO2 you
shouldn't run into any nutrient limiting factor as long as you use a
complete fertilizer maybe even one with nickel.
Uh... Landslide
Mark Sullivan
Putting two and two together and getting one
Actually what interested me about the "Carbon Dioxide Theory Debunked"
article was that elevated level of carbon dioxide caused rapid growth
the first year, but was limited by a nutrient deficiency the following
years. On this forum when carbon dioxide on orchids has been discussed
in the past,
One topic that comes up on the OGD every now and then is the use of
carbon dioxide to speed up orchid growth. This is an interesting article
on carbon dioxide and plant growth. One thing to keep in mind that AJ
Hicks has pointed out in the past is that orchids are survivalist, and
can grow in l
POTUS
It is good to hear from a fellow clear thinking, patriotic American who
can put two and two together and get one. You are truly righteous. I
would go further but I have a reputation of being spineless to keep. It
is part of my secret plan to stamp out extremist fundamentalism. We know
wha
Nancy,
I dont have any problem with all hybrids being excluded from CITES.
Even though I tried to spell out my criticism I guess I was not clear
enough for some people, though I know icones knows what I was getting
at. I will try and be clearer for you.
The Orchid Specialist Group and Internat
Carson,
I agree I dont see much of a savings for orchid business though one
possible benefit to orchid businesses is the of greater number of
hybrids being available to them without questioning or having to
establish whether the parents are CITES compliant. Of course this is all
up to what the
icones,
Taking an example of a shipment of a few boxes of Paphiopedilums, what
are the mechanisms that will save inspectors time and effort? Will the
importing country inspectors take a shippers or exporting countrys
word that all the Paphiopedilums are hybrids and are in compliance with
CITE
I just have to question this logic.
At the International Orchid Conservation Congress 2004, the congress and
the Orchid Specialist Group (OSG), SSC, IUCN adopted two proposed
changes to CITES one of which is that all hybrids be excluded from CITES
and CITES Documentation. Am I the only one that
One way to greatly reduce the mess from soaking and washing coir is to
use a pillowcase. Hopefully one you dont plan on using for anything else.
What I do:
Drop the brick of coir in a pail of water and soak over night.
Pour everything into a pillowcase. Smash up the brick in the pillowcase,
fir
I should say from the beginning I am not against ex situ conservation,
but there are a few underlying problems. Forgive me for a bit while I go
a little off the orchid subject, but I will bring it back to orchids.
The Bush Administration has not only brought endangered species listing
to a halt
This was posted on the orchid species forum:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/Programs/bdes/cp/index.html
In summary, the petition requests that the Bush Administration cease
delaying Endangered Species Act protection for 225 of the nations most
imperiled plants and animals. One of the
A Proposal to Raise Money and Awareness for Orchid Conservation
This has nothing to do with CITES.
The Raising Money and Awareness Program
A label would be created with the picture of an orchid and words like
Grown from Flask or Born in a Flask, and A percentage of sale for
Orchid Conserv
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