[OGD] Japan CITES Authorities

2005-01-05 Thread peter croezen
Yamaga, One would expect Japan's Cites Authorities, if made aware of the website, to paythe nurserya visit and find out if it has illegal Phagmipedium kovachii stock plants and flasks, asshown in the website for which you provided the link: http://www.orchids.co.jp/Catalog/.htm

[OGD] IPA

2004-12-29 Thread peter croezen
K, Look under Department Directory and you will find membership contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] L tenebrosa 'Walton Grange' FCC/RHS

2004-12-24 Thread peter croezen
Iris who said: I can't figure out if you can do it with Wildcatt. What was the earliest cross with L. tenebrosa 'Walton Grange?' Wildcatt does not show RHS awards.Hybrid registers only show the species; not clonal names. The earliest cross with L. tenebrosa I have been

[OGD] enough is too much

2004-12-18 Thread peter croezen
An orchid forum, this is supposed to be. From politics to religion to poetry, most of ushave been yourverytolerant and patient audience, but enough is too much! You know who you are; please take your non-orchid soapbox topics somewhere else!! peter

[OGD] AOS Bulletin vol 49 (8) pp 863-867 Aug 1980 (peter croezen)

2004-12-09 Thread peter croezen
H. Yamaga who asked:Please send me the scanning copy of it to my personal address. I'm very sorry I will put you so much trouble. No problem at all, I will send it to off list, together with a questionI have for you.hirosi99 at agate.plala.or.jp ___

[OGD] AOS Bulletin vol 49 (8) pp 863-867 Aug 1980

2004-12-08 Thread peter croezen
Viateur asked: "The Difference Between Alba, Alba Form, and White",by Dr. Kenneth S. Wilsonin the AOS Bulletin, vol. 49 (8), pp. 863-867, August 1980.I would very much like to get a scan of that article. Scanned, sentto you off list. Pete

[OGD] albe, albes, albis??

2004-12-06 Thread peter croezen
Is this correctDave: Coelogyne albe;Coryanthes albes ;Cyrtoglottis albis?? Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Archives

2004-11-24 Thread peter croezen
Hi Kenneth, I noticed thatthe posts contained in themost recent OGD digests do not appear in the Nov 2004 archives. http://www.potto-webdesign.com/mailman/public/orchids/ Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OGD] Per capita income

2004-11-07 Thread peter croezen
Viateur who said: Of course, it is your right to repeat like a mantra that CITES is a trade agreement. Viateur, please get the facts before you speak. My comment was made just once; it was in response to the erroneous statement in China View: CITES is regarded as one of the most effective

[OGD] 10, or 6

2004-11-07 Thread peter croezen
if we move air up through the atmosphere it will expand and cool down at a fixed rate of 3 degrees Celsius for every 1000 feet, or 10 degrees Celsius for every kilometre it rises. I believe you are correct for dry air. It is my understanding that the rate of change for moist air is 6 degrees

[OGD] Sentence Finn Rasmussen

2004-10-30 Thread peter croezen
Finn Rasmussen who asked: Wasn't the sentence for illegal EXPORT of the material? The type material was exported back to a herbarium in Peru, lest it should be confiscated and destroyed by US authorities - which might have invalidated the name! The sentence may have been for both, possession and

[OGD] Deluxe Indoor Digital Thermometer / Hygrometer

2004-10-28 Thread peter croezen
Giles, For about $ 25.- you can purchase a Digital Thermometer Hygrometer with better accuracy than you require. Check this website: http://www.highqproducts.com/hygrometers.php I have the exact same one and it works great! peter ___ the OrchidGuide

[OGD] Kovach sentencing

2004-10-27 Thread peter croezen
Bert who said: If I am right in my facts, Kovach has not yet faced final sentencing. Correct, he has not faced it yet, but will on Nov 1, 2004 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids

[OGD] I agree with many of you.

2004-10-26 Thread peter croezen
George Norris did break the law, and he is the first to admit it. However, the punishment he got does not fit the crime and is draconian, as I and others have said before. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OGD] Moving back to the USA with CITE

2004-10-23 Thread peter croezen
To Marianne, The USFWS International Affairs web site should be helpful to you. I suggest you contact them and explain your particular situation. There is a contact us on the web site: http://international.fws.gov/ peter c. ___ the OrchidGuide

[OGD] title cut off

2004-10-23 Thread peter croezen
Sorry, title was: Moving back to the USA with CITES App I and II orchids peter c ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids

[OGD] Phrag. kovachii habitats stripped bare

2004-10-22 Thread peter croezen
Colin who said: A comment on Phrag. kovachii being decimated in Peru, could it be that the Peruvians stripped the place bare. . In my humble opinion, it really does not matter much who stripped the Pk habitats bare, Peruvians, or non-Peruvians!!! The Pk plants were removed from their habitats

[OGD] Viateur's questions 2

2004-10-15 Thread peter croezen
Viateur who said: What relation do you make between the destruction of orchid habitats and CITES ? {I would prefer to call it depletion of orchid habitats; they are sometimes destroyed , but not always.} There is no relation. These depletions happen, in spite of CITES. I used Phragmipedium

[OGD] Label printer

2004-10-14 Thread peter croezen
Tim who said: Can anyone point me toward a manufacturer or vendor who can supply a professional label printer? Try this link: http://www.amtsystems.com/Green/economy/label.html TXP3 Thermal Printer The TXP3 give the user the ability to print tags up to 24-mil thickness, 9 inches wide and up

[OGD] Fw: USDOJ news release does not mention Phrag. kovachii in the Norris/Arias case

2004-10-09 Thread peter croezen
Viateur who asked: I have heard, a couple of times at my orchid society, comments that Manuel Arias Silva was sentenced for exporting Phragmipedium kovachii. Did I miss something at some point or the species was never actually mentioned in the prosecution against Manuel Arias Silva nor George

[OGD] Entomophobia

2004-10-08 Thread peter croezen
To Bert who asked: could you please tell where you find information about such a genus. Here are a few links: http://www.wordiq.com/definition/List_of_Orchidaceae_genera http://www.orchidspng.com/nhn_cdrom_dendrobium.html http://www.orchidaceousbooks.com.au/OB12026.html

[OGD] Disa growers

2004-10-06 Thread peter croezen
Hi Tennis, Please visit Disa grower Wally Orchard's website, called Afrodisa, where you may find what you are looking for in Disa culture etc. Here is the link: http://corchard.home.comcast.net/ ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OGD] Mexipedium xerophyticum

2004-10-05 Thread peter croezen
to Aaron who said: but Mexipedium xerophyticum is on CITES Appendix I Aaron you are right, it is as you say a cute little booger, however, the genus Mexipedium is not listed on CITES Appendix 1. Here is the link to CITES' own webpage listing all CITES App I II III species:

[OGD] Re: Mexipedium xerophyticum = Phragmipedium in the USA

2004-10-05 Thread peter croezen
Aaron, Thanks for the explanation. Your ability to keep a sense of humor about such things is always refreshing and delightful. The USA interpretation of CITES rules in USFWS document you quote: USC Title 50, Wildlife and Fisheries, part 23, Endangered Species Convention only applies to US

[OGD] Warrnambool Orchids

2004-09-28 Thread peter croezen
Colin, if you wish to contact them, here is what I found: Warrnambool Orchids 34 Riverview Terrace Warrnambool VIC 3280 PH (03) 55623753 Fax (03) 55612433 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OGD] Paph. cross

2004-09-28 Thread peter croezen
Martin, Spring 2004 Wildcatt: Paph. supardii X Paph. pruestans Hybrid not registered ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids

[OGD] Re: Another take on orchids

2004-09-15 Thread peter croezen
The article Viateur provided a link for, was written by Miriam Jutta, Orchid conservation biologist and botanical illustrator University Putra Malaysia It starts with: Another take on orchids I REFER to the article Petals with a purpose (StarTwo, Sept 7), which contains factual errors and

[OGD] oops, my mistake

2004-09-14 Thread peter croezen
Segzn explics Olivares, gerente de Recursos Naturales y Gestisn del Medio Ambiente de Huancavelica, esto es posible gracias a los diversos microclimas existentes desde los mil hasta los tres mil setecientos metros sobre el nivel del mar. It was reported in El Comercio, from one thousand to thirty

[OGD] Re Steven Beckendorf comments

2004-09-13 Thread peter croezen
Steven B who said: The news seemed a lot more reasonable when I went to the link that Peter provided and found that the report actually says the habitat ranges from 1000 to 3700 m. Actually that is incorrect Steven. The Peruvian friend who sent me the link to the El Comercio article, which I

[OGD] correction

2004-09-13 Thread peter croezen
Steven B said: the link that Peter provided and found that the report actually says the habitat ranges from 1000 to 3700 m. The only link I provided was to the El Comercio newspaper report. There is no mention of any elevation in that report. ___ the

[OGD] Re Huancavelia habita in Peru

2004-09-11 Thread peter croezen
Viateur asked: .Have you been there (Amaru forest) ? No I have not, but my Lima friends in orchids are planning to go there soon. I am looking forward to a report and pictures from the Amura Forest. were you present at the Peruvian orchid show in October 2003 ? No, but my friend Alfredo

[OGD] Newly found Orchid Habitat in Peru

2004-09-09 Thread peter croezen
September 09, 2004 El Comercio, a Peruvian Newspaper, reports an exciting orchid habitat find by an engineer in the department of Huancavelica at 3700 m.a.s.l. Reporter Raul May Filio writes that the habitat has 145 orchid species in 42 genera, and that many of the species are unknown to

[OGD] Re orchid mycorrhizae

2004-09-07 Thread peter croezen
For all their diversity, orchids share one common trait: they rely solely on other organisms, particularly fungi, to survive b a characteristic which Jutta says is quite distinctive and serves as a source of confusion to scientists.B I am not even close to being an orchid mycorrhizae authority,

[OGD] Welcome back .....................

2004-08-28 Thread peter croezen
You said you were out of town for a few days?? Right; I traced you all the way from Homestead to Florida City, to Panama, and to Puerto Rico. Welcome back! So glad you found out again where you live and who you are. Your silence worried me, I feared for the worst, amnesia, Alzheimer's. (For

[OGD] friend # 3

2004-08-28 Thread peter croezen
Hey KB, Check the AOSF archives. Grow up!!! Get the facts before you speak! Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids

[OGD] Re OGD V6 Issue 345

2004-08-24 Thread peter croezen
Bill Bergstrom who said: As for Andy...give him a break..except in the case of Iris... damned if I know how he got off on that. You are unaware of the many attacks he conducts in a year on people just as undeserving as Iris?? Sorry Bill, I just don't believe you. I travel to Orchid Societies

[OGD] Andy stop it!!!!

2004-08-21 Thread peter croezen
I had promised myself never to answer Andy directly again on the OGD, I am breaking with that tradition today. Someone has to speak up, let it be me. You have for the longest time attacked all the good people on this forum, not because they deserved any, but simply because you have to satisfy

[OGD] talking about animals and orchids

2004-08-21 Thread peter croezen
Bill, I have given up my AOS membership 1.5 years ago, and I do not involve myself in AOS politics. However, in any democratic organization, nominations from the floor are normal. Not in the AOS? ok! I did not hurt the AOS financially by my resignation. Andy Easton sent me an eloquent, private,

[OGD] Woofter and Speakter

2004-08-20 Thread peter croezen
So, Peter,. A Woofter is the round thing inside a Speakter!! Well that explains it!! Must be common expressions in Andy's native ooh-ooh tribe language. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OGD] To all of you subjected to name calling by Andy

2004-08-20 Thread peter croezen
What Andy Easton believes, states, thinks, is of little consequence to the real orchid world. For those of you who are interested, I have just called Andy a liar on the AOS Forum, where he had the audacity to accuse me of being an anonymous poster by the name of Jim. In response, I have

[OGD] Marni Turkel re Harvey

2004-08-19 Thread peter croezen
Marni who said: Unfortunately, I have deleted the OGD with the letter from Harvey Brenneise with comments about the AOS, so can't read it again. Fortunately you can Marni!!! Just click on this link http://www.potto-webdesign.com/mailman/public/orchids/ When there, click on Authors in the

[OGD] I can share this with you

2004-08-19 Thread peter croezen
Andy called me a slimy woofter in his private e-mail to me. I don't know what a woofter is, but how eloquent a name! Leave it to Andy, he knows how to do things right!! We are going to miss him. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OGD] Re OGD Vol 6-issue 294- message 1 Guido

2004-07-22 Thread peter croezen
Can you recommend a list of literature? Is there a University offering Taxonomy 101 through Taxonomy xxx? If you want to do a taxonomic study, fine ... go to the university and get the literature, and start from scratch, ___ the OrchidGuide Digest

[OGD] OGD Vol 6 issue 269 re Ukraine and orchids

2004-07-06 Thread peter croezen
Hi Maureen, For orchid species, write Orchideeen Wubben in the Netherlands. Jack Wubben sells/travels all over Europe e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.orchidwubben.com Peter Maureen who wrote: I hope this knowledgeable, international group can help me. I have a cousin in Western

[OGD] OGD Vol 6 Issue 238 Asymbiotic germination and mycorrhiza introduction

2004-06-08 Thread peter croezen
Dick, Nutrient balance can indeed be a problem, when one tries to germinate orchid species seeds symbiotically on media that contain sugars etc. Asymbiotically germinated orchid species seedlings can usually be infected very easily with their symbiont and without getting into nutrient balance

[OGD] False rumors

2004-05-04 Thread Peter Croezen
From correspondence and inquiries received, I know that false rumors about me have been originated and spread by a few individuals. Please know that: 1 I have NO secret pact with anyone, Peruvian or other Nationality, to sell Phragmipedium kovachii in order to profit financially from this

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