Re: [OGD] Sauleda '76 article
Hello Nicolas, I have the issue of AOS with the article. Would you like me to scan it, or do you prefer Xerox-copies? Kind regards, Bert van Zuylen The Netherlands - Oorspronkelijk bericht - Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: woensdag 1 september 2004 10:21 Onderwerp: [OGD] Sauleda '76 article dear OGD, I wonder if anyone have an access to this rather old article I need: Harvesting Times of Orchid Seed Capsules for the Green Pod Culture Process, Ruben P. Sauleda; American Orchid Society Bulletin 45(4):305-309. I would greatly appreciate your help! Please contact me. Thanks in advance. Nicolas - Nicolas Juillet Department of Ecology and Evolution Biology Building University of Lausanne 1015 Lausanne Switzerland Mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: + 41 21 692 42 43 Fax: + 41 21 692 42 65 - ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] new orchid encyclopedia
Hello ODGers, I would like to introduce a new orchid encyclopedia. The complete encyclopedia of orchids was compiled by Zdenek Jezek from the Czech Republik. It was issued by Rebo International from Lisse in The Netherlands. Originally it was written in Czech, but there are also English and Dutch issues. It's a hardcover book with 304 pages and some 680 pictures in color. It gives an introduction to orchids in the first 30 pages, deals with tropical orchids from page 32 up to 261 and deals with terrestrials from page 262 up to 298. The pictures are often a bit pale, but the flowers can be recognized easily. I do not know how the English translation is, but in the Dutch version are some rather odd mistakes. But best of all: the price. I've bought the Dutch version for only 10 euro. A friend of mine brought me the Czech version when he returned from a holiday over there, and I had to pay only 12 euros for this book. The German version is offered for 15 euros by several bookstores. If you would like to order the English version, please contact: Bookmart PREMIER DRUM SITE BLABY ROAD LE18 4SE WIGSTON, LEICESTER UK Tel: 0044 116 275 9060 I do not know if the book is available in the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. If not please feel free to contact me off-group and I ask Rebo if I can order it for you. No extra charges, you pay what I have to pay!! Kind regards from The Netherlands, Bert van Zuylen ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Re: Sauleda '76 article
Nicolas, Dr. Sauleda's table for Harvesting Times of Orchid Seed Capsules for the Green Pod Culture Process is published with permission on my website here - http://www.orchidworks.com/ozone/greenpod.htm Greg I wonder if anyone have an access to this rather old article I need: Harvesting Times of Orchid Seed Capsules for the Green Pod Culture Process, Ruben P. Sauleda; American Orchid Society Bulletin 45(4):305-309. I would greatly appreciate your help! Please contact me. Thanks in advance. Nicolas ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] and again
'Stainless steel rust resistance indeed! Iris, once again your lack of knowledge is showing. I believe Peter corrected you on the Equatorial day length also. Could be a trifecta with your next post. Accurately yours, Andy Easton And YET again, Andy's there to make sure people know they've made a mistake. Why, oh why, does Andy seem to enjoy doing that? Again to Andy, either contribute to the list, or SHUT THE HELL UP! Cody Cruise Valley Pest Consulting ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] American Cattleyas
American Cattleyas Courtney Hackney's book on cattleya hybrids was produced as a limited printing, based on preorders. The AOS has contacted him to purchase whatever stock he has remaining. Before that happens remaining stock can be purchased through the retail site: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The web page is at: http://roseg4art.com/Rose7.htm I have no connection with either the author or publisher, and have not received any renumeration for this post. A friend of mine told me about the book some months ago and I pre-ordered a copy. It is a very nice synopsis of Cattleya hybridizers, breeding lines and species traits. AND has pictures illustrating each breeding line to boot. Its one of the few orchid books I've sat down to read from cover to cover - not just looking at the pictures or reading solely about the item I was interested in. K Barrett N Calif, USA _ Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back to School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Promaeneas
Dear friends, we are trying to build a complete collection of promaeneas (I already have a couple). Do you know where we could buy them? In UK is nearly impossible to find them. Thanks in advance. C R ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Daylength at the equator.
Dave wrote: The daylength at the equator *regardless* of your height (altitude) is precisely 12 hours every single day of the year. Now this holds only directly on the equator. This is because the light always hits the earth exactly perpindicularly (90 degrees) at the equator. Actually, the sun is only directly over the equator (incident at 90 degrees) at the time of either equinox. When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, the sun is almost 90 degrees incident on the tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north latitude), and when it is winter up north the sun is almost directly over the tropic of Capricorn(23.5 degrees south latitude). This is because of the tilt of the Earth (about 23.45 degrees). So daylength does vary at the equator, being longest at the time of an equinox, and shortest at the time of a solstice. Helga Gray Wildcatt Database Co. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Some new additions to my orchid species photo site
Hi everyone, I've been working on my website the last few nights - it's a love-hate thing you know. I recently spent a day at my friend Dan Newman's Hanging Gardens greenhouse, and those photos can be found at: http://www.orchidphotos.org/images/orchids/HG/Aug2004/index.htm The August 2004 San Francisco Orchid Society meeting is up at: http://www.orchidphotos.org/images/orchids/SFOS/03Aug2004/index.htm And I put letters N and O of the thumbnail based Species Photographs up online. Those can be accessed from the main page at: http://www.orchidphotos.org/ Coming soon: The last meeting of the Pleurothallid Alliance of the Bay Area and more letters in the thumbnail based Species Photographs. Enjoy, and let me know what you think! Thanks. -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Re: Orchids Digest, Vol 6, Issue 363 malipoense color
Ron, I have bloomed 25 or so malipoense. All were the species. All were divisions of what may have been collected material purchased here and there in the US. (I have never done any importing myself). I have had color vary from vivid lime green, to deep dark green, to pale green, to gray green, to yellow green. Your description of yellow green flowers does sound like it is the normal species, just a less than common colored form of it. If the features of the staminode, column and form of the flower and the foliage conform to the type descriptions for malipoense, then you have the real deal and not likely a hybrid. The problem with judges is that they are not taxonomists, and will often make taxonomic decisions without knowledge of what is normal range of traits for a population. I was surprised by the variations I have seen. Email photos to a taxonomic authority like Drs. Guido Braem or Eric Christenson and see if they concur. Malipoense is a well known concept, a couple of good photos, face, side, foliage and staminode should suffice to verify an identity. Then show it again the next time it blooms with a copy of the note from your authority. Good luck ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Nymphenburg Botanical Gardens, Munich
Hello, I had a look at Eric Hunt's lovely photos, and it occurred to me that some of you might be interested in some photos of orchids in bloom at Nymphenburg Botanial Gardens in Munich. I'll update it next time I go (these date back to April). http://offpollen.typepad.com/photos/orchids_at_nymphenburg_ga/index.html Cheers Sandy -- www.pollenatrix.com Botanical discipline, daily. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Dendrobiums - OGD 6/366
Dear Peter, Thanks for the continuing discussion. One the one side, perhaps you are gaining a convert to your idea - however, I will need to consult with the work of Clements Jones first, and see if I may prefer their version better. In the meanwhile, let me advance a few thoughts here: 1. Pollinators: I live in the midst of what is thought to be one of the most mature of Floral Kingdoms; the Cape Flora. The ecological sophistication brought to our local plants by an apparently long, little-interrupted evolution as a community, means that we have large numbers of good examples of oligophily - that is, pollination of a species by one to very few species of pollinator - not only amongst the orchids, but in numerous other plant families. For me oligophily is always uppermost in my mind. Of course, the Cape Floral Kingdom is also not the Australasian Tropical Rain Forest. Regarding One species of carpenter bee is known to cause pollination of several species of large-flowered tropical Asian orchids:- Polytropy (the visiting of a wide range of plant species by one species of pollinator) does not logically exclude oligophily. I agree that the one orchid species, one insect species hypothesis is a gross simplification - there are many other factors which need to be taken into consideration, but there is a grain of wisdom in taking this hypothesis as a starting point, and then going out and disproving it in the species being studied. The process of disproving would be, in itself, very revealing. Regarding the significance of flower size in relation to a pollinator; I believe that for any particular flower size, where a number of different flower sizes occur in a group of related plants, correct placement of the pollinaria - so essential to successful pollination - only takes place on an appropriately-sized/shaped insect. 2. As plants are continuously evolving - I like to see a species, paradoxically, as a final product which is a Perfect work in progress, and about which nothing is final. We see them as they are today. Seeds will fly around the place and make changes down the line. To evaluate breeding barriers in terms of allopatry; one needs to assess things as they are at present - the result of what has gone on so far. Today's species are not tomorrow's species - on a somewhat larger time frame. 3. As I pointed out, Plants are not mosquitos of course, and their genetic differences seem to hold a different rank to those of animals, so I agree with you here. There appears to be much more of a continuum exhibited in the DNA profiles in plants, when compared to the clipped, defined DNA profiles that can be seen to represent animal species - the latter making the job of the animal taxonomist so much the easier. Finally. We may be comparing apples and onions here. There are a number of forms of Species. Your taxonomic unit appears to be what is called a Morphological Species: defined as the smallest population structurally distinct and distinguishable from all others; a very practical and pragmatic approach - the only fascile one that can be applied by the compiler of a Regional Flora. My taxonomic unit is probably the Biological Species: which can be defined as natural populations of living, reproducing, genetically related individuals isolated from other populations by barriers to gene exchange. This is a lot more airy-fairy - but its elegance appeals to the aberrant proteins that float around in my skull. This approach better suits the compiler of the Monograph of a genus. There are yet other forms of Species. Regards, greig russell Kommetjie. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] More Chlorine
The active ingredient in bleach is not gaseous chlorine but hypochlorite ion, which is not volatile. Accordingly, bleach needs no confinement to work properly. It destroys the amino acid tyrosine, a constitute of all complex proteins, on immediate contact; the rest of the organic matter follows close behind. Perhaps it seems too easy to accept without performing traditional orchid rituals, but bleach is really that effective and can be used with confidence to clean pots and sterilize cutting edges. If viral RNA or DNA is not destroyed instantaneously by hypochlorite, [a possibility I doubt very much] remember, viral nucleic acid is not infective without ancillary protein structures which enable it to penetrate cells. I cannot supply a time table of the rapidity of destruction of every chemical entity, but it does not take much to destroy functional protoplasm. Twenty-four seconds should suffice, 24 hours gives one a safety margin. I would sooner be suspect of the oven than an exposure to good strong bleach.Bert Pressman ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] removing rust from Stainless steel
see this page http://www.tipking.com/tip/4541.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Bleach and dirty pots - thanks for the info!
Thank you, Bert Pressman, for your informative post. When you have many pots to do as I do, this method will save me a great deal of time and effort! ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
