[OGD] Algae
Hi All This algae thing is interesting, in that I did ask, some time back, if algae was a good scout or a bad one, and Prof. Joseph Arditti, when he was still answering queries on this list, answered that green algae would fix nitrogen on roots. Since then, I have not worried too much about it. I have to say that the clear pots that you speak of are not available in my part of the woods (Perth, Western Australia), so I am reduced to using cut down soft drink bottles and the like. It works for me Tony Tony's Orchid Page http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/ Wanneroo Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page2.html Wanneroo Newsletter http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page49.html The Species Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page18.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Orchid Education
Hi All I'm sure I read on the list a message regarding an orchid society that had a program for educating school children about orchids, but I do not seem to be able to find the reference anywhere. Could somebody point me in the right direction please? Tony Tony's Orchid Page http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/ Wanneroo Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page2.html Wanneroo Newsletter http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page49.html The Species Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page18.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Fungus gnat
Why don't you just hang up a few sticky fly paper? Works great for me. Tony Tony's Orchid Page http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/ Wanneroo Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page2.html Wanneroo Newsletter http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page49.html The Species Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page18.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Euro Green Asia
Hi all I have been in contact with George Hample of Euro Green Asia Orchids from Thailand and he has given me permission to post his email on OGD as an explanation of his position re the damaging info that has been posted here recently. Perhaps this will clear matters up. This email was initially sent to a friend of mine and then passed on to me. I think it is worth pointing out that a group of us orchid lovers from Perth Western Australia visited Euro Green Asia Nursery in Thailand in Feb/March this year and subsequently bought a large shipment of orchids from him. This is not to say that all went without a hitch, but in the long run all turned out well and the orchids that he sent us were in fine condition and well grown. The shipment he mentions is our second which should arrive here within the month. Tony Dear Ken, Thanks for your e-mail and here the answer to it. Mr. David Grove came this year to our orchid nursery, pretending to buy plants. He was looking around, asked many questions and left. We never have heard from him again. Maybe he does not understand our operation at all and I doubt that he has any qualification to judge my qualification as an electrical engineer. For sure he has no qualification to judge our species. Our nursery in Thailand has altogether 362 registered entries of Appendix II and 30 of Appendix I. All of this entries are regularly checked by the Cites department of Thailand. Without an approval from them no plant would leave the country. To the size of our nursery here in Thailand, the plants you have seen there are the one we keep a close watch on and dont entrust them to our growers. Beside this we have approximately another 2.8 hectare with plants to the north-west of Bangkok and three contract growers working for us. Another big part of plants listed in our price list are coming from our nursery in the Philippines, about 24,000 square meter in size, at the Sierra Madre of Eastern Luzon. With both setups together we can claim that we have one of the biggest nursery, cultivating Asian orchid species in Asia. However, it will be a lesson for us to scrutinize people first before we let them in to visit our nursery, especially when they turning a visit later on into adding to a smear campaign. Regarding Mr. Lowder, the announcement at his web page has disappeared already and he has received his plants. We regret that we have not reacted much earlier and shipped the plant before but sometime circumstances are not always in our favor, first our health problems here and than the problem with the Vietnamese Cites department. Ken, please give our regards to Tony and the other members of your group. The plants you have ordered will be delivered as promised and we hope that this mess with Dwayne Lowder will not destroy our so far good relationship. Best regards George and Edith ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Hybrid Orchids in the Wild
Hi All The late Ron Heberle, a self taught expert on the native orchids of Western Australia, was always happy to point out that so many of the wild orchids in the southwest of the state were natural hybrids. (there is almost no artificial propagation of WA native orchids within WA). He took many photos to prove his point, showing a hybrid with both its species parents. Check the url below to see what I mean http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/Caladenia88.htm Fortunately, much of his life's work is available to all on the internet at The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia. http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page18.html Enjoy. Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Orchids Down Under
http://www.orchidswa.org.au/ A visit will give you a chance to see the unique WA native orchids at their blooming best. And for a preview of WA's native orchids, see the url below. The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia (Inc) http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page18.html Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] fire-grown orchids,
Hi Steve http://www.orchidtrek.com/aussie/aussieconservation.html Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Eating Orchids
A long while back, someone posted a url for a French (I think) site that has recipes for dishes that included orchids. Does anyone remember it and if so do you know what the url was? Cheers Tony Tony's Orchid Page http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/ Wanneroo Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page2.html Wanneroo Newsletter http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page49.html The Species Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page18.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Natural Hybrids
>I am wondering why we don't see more natural hybridization between orchid species. I'd appreciate an explanation and/or some guidance on which reference(s) might shed some light on this. Thanks Hi Many of the native orchids of Australia and particularly Western Australia, hybridise very readily. I have seen patches of Caladenia orchids for example, which tended to display the full spectrum of behaviour for this group, with size variations from quite tiny to quite huge, and colours from white to red and all shades in between. This group were all growing in an area no more than 12ft square and also included a number of other genera such as Diuris etc. The late Ron Heberle had a 'thing' about the proliferation of natural hybrids and was always quick to point out the difficulties for taxonomists telling one from another, and which were or were not species. Many of Ron's photos of both the species and hybrids can be see here. http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/Caladenia1.htm Tony The Species Orchid Society http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page18.html Species Orchid Society Newsletter. http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/page17.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] orchids in disturbed areas
Hi All I lived for many years in the deep southwest of Western Australia where the only orchids that grow are terrestrials. I noticed a couple of things that may be of interest. Across the road from the house that my wife and I built was a disused timber mill. At the top of the hill there was an area perhaps 3m x 5m where the topsoil (20cm) had been taken off with a front end loader of some kind. This left the sub soil which was nothing but ironstone pebbles. It is as hard as rock. Every year masses of terrestrial orchids grew through the ironstone. Caladenias,(Spider orchid) Diuris,(Donkey orchid) etc, and loads of natural hybrids too. There were far more orchids growing on this patch than the surrounding area with great topsoil. I also noticed one time, on a dirt track, that had been graded, that a Diuris was growing on the top of the mound that the grader had pushed to the side of the road. I do not subscribe to the idea of disturbing orchid environments for the hell of it, but they do often seem to survive despite some of the dumb things that we humans do to them. Tony Wanneroo Orchid Societyhttp://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page2.html Wanneroo Newsletterhttp://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page49.html The Species Orchid Societyhttp://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/page18.htmlSpecies Orchid Society Newsletter.http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/page17.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Conservation
objective. The url below will take you to a presentation that I made to the Orchid Safari group in November 2003. This conservation effort is ongoing each year until the bulldozers move in. http://www.orchidtrek.com/aussie/aussieconservation.html Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Oceoclades spathulifera
Hi Linda and all While looking for some info on another Madagascan orchid species, I stumbled on this French web site. It mentions Oceoclades spathulifera but though doesn't give any specific cultural info for it, there is info on many other Oceoclades species. The site is in French but the Google translator renders it understandable to English speakers. It has a long url so it may be best to cut and paste it into your web browser. Good luck anyway Tony http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://madaorchidee.free.fr/les%2520orchidees%2520de%2520madagascar/pages%2520alphabetiques/page%2520PST.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsobennikoffia%2Bhumbertiana%2Bculture%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] E-books
Hi all Here is a Gutenberg project that I had a hand in Tony http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks04/0400681h.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] East is East, West is West
Message: 4Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:58:30 +1000 (EST)From: Phil Diamond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [OGD] East is East, West is West and never the twain shallmeetThe following gem of advice is to be found on a horticultural internetforum administered by the American Brugmansia and Datura Society:"The main thing is to plant them on the east side of your home, or thesunrise side of your home if you do not live in the United States orCanada"Cordially, Phil Hi Phil They are obviously mathematicians and have worked it out with a pencil. LOL Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Green Pod Time
From: "Margaret Lomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [OGD] Green Pod Time Good eveningCould anyone please tell me the green pod time for Trichopilia tortilis?I haven't been able to find information for this particular one so far.Many thanks,Margaret in Northland NZ Hi Margaret Barry's Orchid Page has Trichopilia spp. at 135 days for green pod. http://members.iinet.net.au/~barryg/SPECIES.htm Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Xanthopan morgani praedicta pictures
From: "danny lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OGD] Xanthopan morgani praedicta pictures? The members of the Species Orchid Society of Western Australia were fortunate enough to have a mounted specimen donated to the by Michelle ANDRIAMANAMIHAJA of Malala Orchids, Madagascar. Anyone who would like a copy of the pix that I have taken should send me an email Tony http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/page18.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] CO2
Dr. Charles E. Bracker wrote >For the supplemental CO2 to benefit the orchids, four factors must come >together: >1. Closed environment >2. Large number of plants for the space included >3. Proper frequency of application of the CO2 (Determined by trial and >error) 4.> Proper amount of CO2 applied each time (Also determined by trial and >error) >For Tom Hillson and others, I hope your experience is half as successful as >mine has been. >Good luck with whatever method you choose. Hi Charles I have wondered about using CO2 for some time now and I can see how this method should work well. I would be interested to know the cubic capacity of the rooms your orchids are housed in and some idea of the size of the dry ice you use. (by cubic measure or weight?) Thanks for a great idea. Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] CO2
Many thanks to Charles Bracker for a great explanation regarding his CO2 experiments. If it works for him, it should work for me and I shall give it a try. I have a dry ice retailer quite close to my home so supplies are no problem. I will report back in 3 months Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] C02
Hi Iris >Then as the > weather warms up and more outside air is allowed in, root growth starts up > again. > >This is the old fallacy of post hoc, ergo propter hoc. Well Latin not being my forte, I have very little idea what that was all about so will make no comment. >You have no comparison >to know exactly what causes the plant growth to slow down. You have not >controlled for temperature, light, daylength, & other factors. I have not 'controlled' for anything. I am a hobby grower and I do quite nicely if I do say so myself, despite not controlling for anything. What I am saying is that my observation over the last 15 years of growing orchids in the same hothouse, is that when winter comes and the temps drop, I close the house off for most of the day to keep out the cold. Sometimes it is closed all day if the outside weather is really cold. It would seem to me that in these circumstances it would be only natural that the green stuff in the hothouse would use up all/some/lots of the available CO2. Spring arrives and a number of things happen. None of which are 'controlled' for. There is more light. There is more heat. The days get longer. This allows me to let in more air from outside which is now not cold. Indeed the swamp cooler cuts in and blasts away for hours. Comparing this situation to the previous situation during the depths of winter, it is no surprise that growth start again in some orchids. During the winter, the house is kept at a min 15C and some shadecloth is removed to let in more light, but the one factor that I can't do much about is the resultant drop in CO2. The same must be happening to many orchid growers around the world. Charles E. Bracker must be suffering from the same problem in his closed off basement (?) rooms. Hence our attempts to increase the CO2 in our respective growing areas. Iris, if you are looking for scientific proof, you will have to talk to scientists. Most of us work on the basis of 'if it works, it works'. Not very scientific but the best we can do. >CO2 must have some effect. I breathe on my orchids every day, and some of >them bloom. >Iris I hope you are controlling for your breath. Is that two breaths per orchid? Or three? I breath on mine too and have a good percentage that bloom during the winter. Even so I feel sure (how un-scientific is it to 'feel') that additional CO2 during the winter would result in even better flowering. Happy growing Tony ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] snails and sllugs
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