Re: [OGD] Dressler article

2008-03-09 Thread icones
Greg, Viateur already gave you the correct citation (Bob Dressler wrote the description, not the article). However, if you would like a color copy of the cover which has Scuticaria salesiana on it, let me know off line. icones - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: S

[OGD] Book for sale

2008-03-09 Thread Giles Smith
I have a surplus copy of Helen Valmayor's 1984 book on Philippine Orchids that I would like to sell to raise money for our local orchid society. Anyone interested please contact me offline. Giles Smith Malibu Orchid Society ___ the OrchidGuide Digest

Re: [OGD] Joe Kunisch

2008-03-09 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 3/9/08 6:08:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > he grows hundreds of different types of orchids > The media always get things garbled up. Joe grows hundreds of orchids (maybe thousands), but he specializes in Paphs and Phrags. He carries several other popular types for sale, es

[OGD] Smithsonian Environmental Research Center / Edgewater, Maryland (US)

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
"there are 44 different species in Maryland... interesting facts available to visitors of the Plant Ecology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center[SERC] in Edgewater. One of the main missions of scientists there is to study orchids and their unique relationships with fungi.

[OGD] Scuticaria salesiana Dressler

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
Alan [Gregg] wrote : "looking for the title of the paper written by Dressler in 1968 in Orquideologia 3(2): 3- on Scuticaria salesiana." reference is : ANDREETTA, Angel M. DRESSLER, R.L.: 1968'Nueva y llamativa Scuticaria del Ecuador' in Orquideologia, Vol.3, No.2, p.3.

[OGD] Dressler article

2008-03-09 Thread Greggy6392
I am looking for the title of the paper written by Dressler in 1968 in Orquideologia 3(2): 3- on Scuticaria salesiana. Any help would be appreciated. Alan Gregg ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/

[OGD] orchids societies in Tampa, Florida (US) / too much editing...

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
The complete info was : "Tampa Bay Orchid Society: The Tampa Bay Orchid Society Show and Sale, "Rainforest Orchid Fantasy" is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Bayanihan Arts & Events Center, 14301 Nine Eagles Drive. The event features orchid

Re: [OGD] Cochlopetalums

2008-03-09 Thread Rick A. Barry
Iris asks: ...what is the purpose of the twist in the petals of this group? Harold Koopowitz wrote an article for Orchids Digest (Vol. 69/4 2005) that offers explanations for this as well as other adaptations. In brief, the twisting enhances the visibility of the flower to its pollinators, ba

[OGD] at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, New York (US)

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
e.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A2&Date=20080309&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=803090366&Ref=AR&Profile=1003&MaxW=550&MaxH=650&title=0 2) caption : "Joe Kunish... owner of Bloomfield Orchids... amongst the orchids on display at Sonnenberg Garden's Orchids Show

[OGD] Posts in other languages

2008-03-09 Thread ROY LEE
To Viateur, my original post, I thought was a simple question about the foreign language postings. In most of the replies its has been explained why they are so. These were the answers I expected to see and appreciate, not for one minute expecting to arouse such a heated discussion. In light of thi

[OGD] Tampa , Florida orchid societies mentioned

2008-03-09 Thread stanhopi
Whoops!? My mistake... I wrote: "member: TBOS and TCO in Tampa ...and soon to be a member of the ACO (Asociacion Orquidologico Costarricense)", but I meant to write: "member: TBOS and TOC . . .", thus managing to muddle my societies' acromyms in spite of an attempt to clarify things. Paul Mi

[OGD] international fair (Taiwan)

2008-03-09 Thread viateur . boutot
"Formosa Lady Debby" presented... by the Formosa Horticulture Group is a variety of... phalaenopsis, grown in Tainan County." http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news_images/20080309/p14a.jpg photo : [caption : "Wendy Lee, from Charm Sun Phalaenopsis Biotech Co presents a variet

[OGD] postings...

2008-03-09 Thread brian something
c'mon, folks. give the guy a break. he wasn't saying it was inappropriate that posts are appearing in other languages, he just didn't know why. perhaps he's new, perhaps not. i wondered for a while about the foreign language and finally just accepted them figuring others are getting things from