[OGD] photos / AOS, Delray Beach, Florida (US)

2008-08-29 Thread viateur . boutot
The Color of Light: Photos of orchids by Anthony Merone... American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden... Delray Beach URL : http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/652049.html ** Regards, VB ___ the

[OGD] Peristeria elata / expoferia in Las Minas, Herrera (Panama)

2008-08-29 Thread viateur . boutot
La Expoferia del Espíritu Santo... anualmente se celebra en... Las Minas, provincia de Herrera... Peristeria elata, posee un encanto especial por tener la forma de una pequeña paloma blanca con las alas abiertas, insertada en el centro de sus pétalos. Fue el 21 de octubre de 1980 cuando la

[OGD] QA / Phalaenopsis

2008-08-29 Thread viateur . boutot
Arthur Chadwick... president of Chadwick Son Orchids Inc. answers : 1) Q: ... looking for a Phalaenopsis that is orange with blue spots or blue with orange. I'm hoping for University of Virginia colors. Is this possible?... Answer: ... Orange and blue are rare hues in orchids, even rarer

[OGD] vanilla / Oaxaca (Mexico)

2008-08-29 Thread viateur . boutot
Red Chinantla- Presidium Vainilla ... vainilla... necesita calor, humedad y sombra... Alguna vez fue ampliamente cultivada en México, las mujeres la utilizaban para perfumar el aceite de mamey que conservaba el cabello sedoso. El cultivo de la vainilla cesó en el siglo XIX, pero se reanudó en

[OGD] orchid pollen

2008-08-29 Thread K Barrett
Harry at Andy's orchids wants me to correct the impression my posts have given about Andys Orchids, and I agreed. Harry ALWAYS said they'd SEND me some pollen.He NEVER said they'd sell me some. I, ME, YO, MOI, assumed they meant sell, becasue in the real world no one does something

[OGD] a northern marsh orchid / England (UK)

2008-08-29 Thread viateur . boutot
Studfold Community Nature Project... we have hoped to find an orchid and... we had success at last – a northern marsh orchid. URL : http://www.nidderdaleherald.co.uk/nidderdale-news/Upper-Nidd.4437721.jp * Regards, VB ___ the

Re: [OGD] Flasking Success Questions

2008-08-29 Thread Thomas Hillson
Barbara, I have been flasking for years as an amateur, but I have seen lots of the problems you are describing. Typically, I try to replate all my protocorms with in three months after they have started swelling. They are growing well at this point in time and continue to do so in the

[OGD] Protocorm stuff

2008-08-29 Thread Aaron J. Hicks
Barbara [EMAIL PROTECTED] queried thusly: An analogy I suppose would be similar to the timing of orchid repotting. You would refrain from general repotting in the winter, opting instead for the accelerated growth in the spring to jumpstart the plants into establishing themselves in new