[OGD] GORILLA HAIR

[Paulie]

Hi All;
We knew 'Gorilla Hair'  as Palco Wool a good many years ago.   I did as
many did, that is put a big dressing of it on the top of pots of cattleyas.
And got bawled out for my error!
This redwood product is too acid for orchids and was told by an orchid
judge [no less] that you should only use 1/5 redwood with fir bark.
Hope this helps someone.
Pauline Ritchey
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[OGD] False rumors

[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 species
  which in my opinion  has suffered enough already at the hands of idiots
  and greedy people.

2. I will NOT have Phragmipedium kovachii flasks, or divisions,  for sale
   in the next few weeks.

What I have said, and continue to say, in my presentations to orchid
societies
is the following:

A. When INRENA decides that  legal flasks of Phragmipedium kovachii  may
be exported from Peru with the proper CITES and Phyto Sanitary
documents, I will have such flasks for sale in Canada.

B. Flasks of Phragmipedium kovachii  that I may offer for sale at some point
in time, will be legal, and each flask will be delivered  with a printed copy
of the
original CITES documents, it's authenticity verified, by myself, with INRENA.

C. I expect a very limited number and will sell such flasks, at costs, to
people
who I know are capable of propagating them from seedlings to flowering plants.

Peter
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