[OGD] 19WOC & CITES

Tim, thanks for asking. Information about plant inspections, USDA, CITES and so on is posted on the 19WOC website (www.19WOC.com). For those reading along, if you're planning to stay at the conference hotel, please make your reservation very soon. There are only a few rooms left! There are se

[OGD] 62nd Miami International Orchid Show

Frank, thanks for your interest in the Miami International Orchid Show! We plan to post the full list of awards on the South Florida Orchid Society's website (www.sforchid.com or www.SouthFloridaOrchidSociety.org) soon. I can tell you that the AOS granted 34 awards, 30 to orchids and 4 to exhib

Re: [OGD] Miami International Orchid Show

The Miami International Orchid Show is sponsored/presented by the South Florida Orchid Society, Inc.. Information about the show is available from the SFOS website:    www.SouthFloridaOrchidSociety.org or    www.sforchid.com (same site) Julie R.F. Orchids _

Re: [OGD] orchid roots

re "vandas in situ"... if our gardens here are an acceptable substitute, c'mon down to Homestead and visit us. We have all kinds of epiphytic orchids (species and hybrids) in the trees on the property, including vandas and other vandaceous genera, cattleyas, dendrobiums, oncidiums, grammatophyllums

Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 7, Issue 460

(this will be posted on our website, if our webmaster gets his power back soon...) After the Hurricane Dear Friends, Thanks, sincerely, to all who have sent inquiries, prayers and best wishes for our staff and nursery. Although Hurricane Wilma left a wide swath of damage across most of South F

[OGD] Re: Orchids Digest, Vol 7, Issue 379

Peter, Robert Fuchs will purchase the set, if you do not already have another buyer. Please contact us off-list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to discuss further. thanks! Julie R.F. Orchids (for Bob) ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http:/

[OGD] cut flowers for judging

It's possible, yes... we do it from time to time. You need to plan ahead a little, at least to have the necessary supplies on hand. These include a box large enough to accommodate the inflorescence with plenty of room to spare, so that packing (and possibly insulating) materials can be added. You

[OGD] Re: computer virus stuff

Yes, we have been hit with the same (apparently) German spam, junk, etc., a lot of "returned" email that we never sent. Whatever the source, the virused computer definitely has a lot of our emails in the address book. (as Eric noted, if you receive any of this junk with our return email address on

[OGD] Den. secundum

Sharon, we grow Den. secundum either mounted or in baskets, so the canes can lean or hang as they please. Best time to "repot" would be at the first appearance of a flush of new roots. Be sure to fasten it securely to mount or basket, and support the top of the plant so the new roots can get a goo

[OGD] Robert Fuchs' Response

Dear OGD Subscribers, Now that I have returned from the 18WOC and France, I want to clarify some issues that have been bandied-about here in the past week or so, especially as my name has come up on several occasions. First, with respect to Bert Pressman's allegations of improprieties before and

[OGD] collecting in the wild

Viateur, I can't speak for any other tour operator, but as I do work with Bob Fuchs on our (R.F. Orchids) tours I can tell you unequivocally that he hasn't escorted a collecting tour in quite a few years. The tours we put together today may involve orchid events such as shows or conferences (he le

[OGD] Proliferating orchids

Martin, all... (sorry to get in late on this...) Regarding pollinators, at least some species and hybrids don't seem to need a specific pollinator.. I have seen (in my own collection and in the plants established in the garden trees here at the nursery) seed capsules on many orchids. A year or

[OGD] Odd dendrobium

Eric, This may be Den. Bonnie Riley, our recently-registered cross of (Den. farmeri X Den. chrysotoxum). We have a lot of the plants, and for the most part, the plant habit and flower form strongly resemble the farmeri parent. The flower color, however, is yellow. It varies a little from soft t

[OGD] Vanda bark

We'll "second" the comments about growing vandas with no medium in the baskets. We grow all of our vandaceous orchids this way (we do mount a few of the smaller species), in baskets with no other medium. With proper watering, good air circulation and high humidity in the growing area, no additio