[OGD] Christieara Sharifa Alsagoff

the combination Sharifa Alsagoff. He did, however, make Lewisara Fatimah Alsagoff, which has round blue-purple flowers and could easily be mistaken for a Christieara. Selamat Hari Raya Puasa. Peter O'Byrne ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids

[OGD] Orchid Keeper's Rant

with your name. We do like to know who is talking to us. Cheers, Peter O'Byrne in Singapore ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Cost sharing

Concerningsmall Orchid Societies being unable to afford good speakers, Dan talks about a group of local orchid societies sharing "speaker expenses" so they can afford good speakers and stimulate interest. Dan: is for the local socities to "synchronize", i.e., co-ordinate monthly meeting

[OGD] Arthur Freed

Orchids Inc. was not Arthur Freed, but his brother Hugo Freed, who is the author of New Horizons in Orchid Breeding, 1979. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo

[OGD] Photographers only Sunday 8-9 am.

r photographers only. For larger shows, I like to see two hours on the Sunday morning, say from say 7am to 9 am. If you have some twenty plus photographers with tripods etc., you need that time to get your turn at the popular displays. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide

[OGD] Invigorating an O.S.

Frikkie who asked for useful information on: how to invigorate an orchid society which have become stagnant, old and non-responsive? There can be many reasons why your society has reached this stage. It is hard to address your specific problems, without knowing the details. The most

[OGD] AOS financial data fiscal year ending June 30 1999

To give you some idea whatpercentage of income was used for lobbying in the fiscal year ending June 30 1999, hereis theGuide Star published Financial Data from the AOS' FORM 990 (July 1 1998 - June 30 1999) RevenueExpenses Contributions $ 369,545Program Services $ 2,016,731 Government

[OGD] Dr. Yamamoto's e-mail address

Hi Hiroshi, Appreciate your help; thank you kindly for the e-mail address. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Phalaenopsis gigantea articles

to Peter Lin's excellent article on Phalaenopsis gigantea. Peter is the owner of Big Leaf Orchids in Texas. http://www.phalaenopsis.net/Info/gigantea.htm ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo

[OGD] Phalaenopsis gigantea

Hi Viateur, My comments were not directed at your post, but at the article youprovided a link to. I should have read your entire post, which I did not. Sorry. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com

[OGD] More WOC problems

Several Canadians purchased plants at the WOC in Dijon, only to lose them as the result of stupidity, arrogance, or both.. The Canadian Import permit instructs the Vendors/ Agriculturalauthorities what must be stated in the phyto sanitary documents. One of them being that the plants must

[OGD] What a bloody shame!!

If David Hunt's source is giving us the facts re the rude treatment WOC vendorsreceived, if it is true, what a bloody shame!. Ihope thatFrance will sincerely apologize to all and compensate those who have suffered humiliation and severe financial losses. Ihope that theFrench

[OGD] WOC Dijon, treatment of vendors (part 1)

I understand how embarrassed Uri Barukprobably is about all that happened at the WOC held inhis country, France. Whether he agrees or disagrees with the vendor's claims neither matters, nor does it make themgo away. I doknow a few vendors who were at Dijon.One of them happens tobe a

[OGD] Fw: WOC Dijon, treatment of vendors (part 2)

Most of the foreign sellers had big problems; some could not receive their plants at all and knew theywould have BIG BIG problems because the costs for this show were very very high. Also some people had paid to have a sales stand and when they arrived were told: "No,.. the value you paid

[OGD] Hanna Nina Rasmussen and Finn Rasmussen

symbiotic fungi. Hanna is a very knowledgeable and pleasant person, to meet, as I found out when she came to my home. To the best of my knowledge, she is not related to Finn Rasmussen, but perhaps Finn can tell us himself. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest

[OGD] Jerry Fischer's Pk flasks.

purchased at the WOC in Dijon. Not even close to what the picture shows in the Peru-Flora Brochure. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] There ought not to be any confusion, CITES cleared it up!

Peter Croezen's remarks on legal flasks left me so confused :In Singapore, the local authorities insists on CITES II certs together with Phyto when it comes to importing Appendix I flasks e.g. slipper orchids. Their belief is that when flasked up, CITES I will be down graded to CITES II

[OGD] The two year agreement, should not be endorsed by INRENA

I don't understand this kovachii 2 year agreement. Is this just between Jerry and INRENA or between anyone and INRENA? In other words, will it be 2 years before we see seedlings offered for sale in US or not? Manola Arias was selling Phragmipedium flasks, at the WOC in Dijon France, that

[OGD] follow up,

Heather who said:In other words, will it be 2 years before we see seedlings offered for sale in US or not? Whoever purchased Pk flasks from Manola Arias can sell the seedlings right away, to anyone in his or her country. Forget that you signed a ridiculous "2 years no selling" document

[OGD] INRENA and CITES

Michael who said: Not intending to dispute your assertion, I would be interested in having you expand on thereasons for the following statements by you that the INRENA agreements are illegal under CITESand are not legally enforceable:"If what Jerry stated is true, and if it was indeed

[OGD] dirt

Steve, take your blinders off. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Dirt

To Ray who said: Peter, have you ever gone climbing in the remote regions where P. kovachii grows, or done something similar in the forests here? Yes, I have! While your implication that the dirt on the hands in the photos were as a result of illegal stripping of plants, it is also

[OGD] Jerry Lee Fischer on Manuel Arias Silva

I considerJerry Fischer to be a very nice man, knowledgeable inorchids and arespected businessman, butJerry, I take exception to your statement: As for the Manuel Arias saga, I would like to suggest that the true story of what really happened with his arrest has not been properly

[OGD] Jerry, very questionable comments.

To Jerry who said: The Arias family has spent a great deal of money and made a huge effort to produce kovachii flasks and to produce may other Peruvian species from seed. Jerry, please, the latter isamyth and probably another charming story, told you on your recent visit to the Arias

[OGD] Like Jerry, I say, 'nough said.

Hi, I have decided that I have said all I wanted to say about Pk and Arias. (No need to thank me !!! ) It will get more boring, the longer wecarry on about it. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http

[OGD] Part 2

Jerry Fischer, who wrote this long paragraph and a lot more:... I posted the announcement of my purchase of the Flasks of Phrag. kovachii on this forum for several reasons. One

[OGD] Fw: Jerry here is a brief response to your post 1

I divided my response over two posts. This is the first one.Feel free to scroll past both of them! Jerry, who said: I think it is time to let things lie with the Arias Saga. Well now, I will decide that.You are too late anyway, for I already posted the following: "I have saidall I

[OGD] Jerry here is a brief response to your post 2

can, please..Peter, I know you are friends with Manrique, the other person who was allowed to collect 5 plants of PK by INRENA. Thank you for giving me

[OGD] WOC and Orchid Stamps

For the16th WOC in Vancouver, Canada issued a booklet with several orchid species postage stamps. These were sold at the WOC, so people did not have to get out of he building and finda post office. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD)

[OGD] WOC Dijon treatment of vendors

Stuart who asked : Any word on were the plants confiscated have ended up? Were the plants sent to botanical or other institutions?? (perhaps local growers commercial or otherwise??) David Hunt's original post gives us one clue.: Philippines stall had all their plants confiscated and

[OGD] FIX frozen rusty small fan motor shaft

rust from the rotor shaft, 9.Apply some lubrication to the full length of the shaft with oily cloth (thin oil) 10. Lubricate BOTTOM housing "ball bearing." 10.Reassemble all, making certain the markers on the housing parts are opposit

[OGD] Purchasing orchid propagating media with, or without agar?

For anyone who is new to propagating orchids in-vitro and new to making medium, Aaron's suggested two Phyto TechnologiesLaboratories media P668 and O156 are excellent. You do need to add Agar, and Phytotechlab's A 296 works fine. If you decide to purchasethe alternatemedia talked about,

[OGD] Yellow Cypripedium Eastern Maritime Canada

arviflorum var. parviflorum, or Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Cypripedum and mycorrhizae

spring, I do not know. What is important to note is that Cypripediums at a given time(s) in the year do use orchid mycorrhiza as their nutrient source. I hope this helps, Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchi

[OGD] Cyps, mycorrhizas and substrates

Wilford who said: Although the fungus appears to be essential for germination of seeds in nature, once there are roots, they are infected and the fungus is no longer needed in the substrate for growth and flowering. Your statement is essentially correct, but can bea bit misleading in

[OGD] Unnown orchid

Flowerlooks likeSobralia macrantha. I would dearly like to know what it is - even the genus! http://www.trekperu.org/orchid.jpg ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com

[OGD] Unknown orchid

Dennis is correct. Eric Christenson ad Dave Bennett are the ones who will be able to identify the Sobralia. I was thinking of Sobralia altissima, which I believe grows at a much higher elevation than 1500 meters, where Oliver's' was found growing. However, I must say that I did seea

[OGD] New e-mail address.

From 20 /6 we will have a new e-mail address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please change your addresslist. Thanks. Regards, Peter and Laurina. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo

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