Re: [OGD] Cym Sue
Hi all, many thanks to all who replied on and off line. Plenty of good info on Sue. RHS must have gone down at the wrong time for me perhaps. Cheerio and thanks again for the help Ron Boyd Today's Topics: 1. Re: Cym Sue (Stephen Early) 2. Re: Cym. Sue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3. Cym Sue (ROY LEE) ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] affine
From: "dennis READ" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] x affine To: "Orchiddigest" Orchids@orchidguide.com A while ago I purchased Coelogyne speciosa x affine and Coelogyne speciosa x affine as two obviously different plants as the leaves were completely different One has been identified as Coel.gibbifera and the other as Coel.naja by experts in the field of coelogynes. I was intrigued by the word ' affine ' and have discovered that it it is Greek or Latin and means affiliated to, similar to, approximating to or some such phrase. It seems to me that collectors thought it was similar to Coelogyne speciosa and named it so . Perhaps this happened to the Paph gratrixianum x affine. Just a thought. Regards No-one knows why De Wildeman chose the name "affine". To suggest that he did this beacuse of a Coelogyne hybrid is rather far fetched. The name was probably given because the plant is very, very close (and now is generally regarded as a synonym) for P. gratrixianum. The plant is thus very close to P. villosum and P. insigne. Enough affinities nearby and no reason to go look at Coelogyne hybrids. You can rest assured that botanists know the meaning of "affine", especially those from Europe that have studied the old languages. Guido Braem begin:vcard fn:Guido J. Braem n:Braem;Guido J. email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;work:+ 49 (0)6441 65333 version:2.1 end:vcard ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Sue, double entendre
Sue is a cross of Showgirl with Peter Pan.Sue is often cream and other pale colours and can have better shape than Peter Pan. Is popular because get good quality. I sold that script to a guy in the LA area who makes movies, right after he'd bought my short story What the Actress said to the Bishop. Of courseSue was a better shape than Peter Pan (isn't everyone ?) butShowgirl had better curves. Ido remember some discussion about Sue being cream the Director was against the idea, 'cos he said coffee was more more popular with the marks these days, but he was certain he could work some cream into the movie at some point.Good quality ... I don't think that was his intention. Cheers, Peter O'Byrne In Singapore ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Franklin Park Conservatory / annual orchid show (Columbus, Ohio)
Franklin Park Conservatory offers... the Jewels of the Jungle during its annual orchid show... Jewels of the Jungle Orchid Show through March 26 source and news item : http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/LIFE09/602120320/1025/rss05 *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] OGD V8 #6 Silicon in Orchid Cell Walls
Gene Howard asked about Silca in Cell Walls. Bob Dressler in "Physiology and Classification of the Orchid Family" discusses the inclusion of silica bodies in orchid cells sheathing vascular bundles as a presumed reinforcement oforchid tissue [pp 23,25].However I was surprised to learn from the municipal water processors that Miami tap water is loaded with dissolved silica, making it questionable what advantage it is to add additional silica as silicate to our orchids. When I clean pots with bleach, a source of Calcium, many of the pots are covered with an acid insoluble white material which cannot be Calcium Carbonate.and is presumably Calcium Silicate. Why would I want todeface my potsby adding more silica to my orchids? I suspect, as long as no valid experimental evidence to the contrary is available, that the hardening effect on orchids of silicate supplements is just another horticultural myth.Bert Pressman ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] one of the smallest orchids - Notylia mirabilis (norae)
Here's one more addition to the smallest orchids category: Notylia mirabilis (synonym Notylia norae) from Venezuela. It is described and photographically illustrated in G. C. K. Dunsterville's Introduction to the World of Orchids, and also in his Orchid Hunting in the Lost World (and Elsewhere in Venezuela). The latter is a collection of the many articles that Dunsterville wrote for the A. O. S. Bulletin over many decades. There's an excellent photo of N. mirabilis on page 120. The entire plant, including inflorescence is photographed next to a thimble (as it is in Introduction to the World of Orchids), which looks massive compared to the plant. The original A. O. S. Bulletin article reference is: Some Small Venezuelan Orchids - I, Vol. 46, May 1977, pages 406-414. Brian -- Brian A. O'Brien, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College 800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, Minnesota 56082 U.S.A. e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. (507)933-7310 fax (507)933-7041 http://www.gustavus.edu/~bobrien ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Vanilla
Viateur wrote: Vanilla Of all the many tropical orchids only two are used for commercial purposes: Bourbon and Tahitian. It flourishes in Brazil, Mexico and Peru and is also grown in Indonesia, Tahiti, Madagascar, China, and the Cormoro Islands (formally known as the Bourbon Islands in the nineteenth century)... * My research a few years ago and published in 'Orchids Australia' in August 2000, revealed that the main commercial species of Vanilla is V. planifolia (from Mexico), with V. tahitiense (Note spelling) a long distant second place. Colin Hamilton Webmaster Australian Orchid Council/OrchidsAustralia Rockhampton, Qld. Australia www.orchidsaustralia.com If K-Mart is lowering prices every day, how come nothing is free yet? ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] silicon
I regularly use ProTekt as a fertilizer additive. However, I use it as a pH adjuster for my paphsI add it to my fertilizer to bring it up to a pH of about 6.7 or soSince I am now using the MSU formula (First Ray's version, lower in phosphate) I add 1/4 tsp to a gallon when I add a tspn of MSU. (I used more ProTekt when I used Dynagro, because it was more acidic.) Does it strengthen my orchids and prevent disease? inhibit sucking insects? A resounding NO! But it is a simple and economical (on my scale) method of keeping my paph's fertiliser from being too acidic (other orchids get straight MSU). Take care, Eric Muehlbauer in silent, snowbound Queens NY23 by 10:30lots more for my 2nd round of shovelling in the afternoon.2nd greatest snowfall in NYC history... ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Vanilla
Colin Did I not read somewhere recently in the Digest that V. planifolia (from Mexico) and V. tahitiense are one and the same species and that it was a French plot a long time ago that secretly transplanted V planifolia into Tahiti and claimed they were a different species. Steven Viateur wrote: Vanilla Of all the many tropical orchids only two are used for commercial purposes: Bourbon and Tahitian. It flourishes in Brazil, Mexico and Peru and is also grown in Indonesia, Tahiti, Madagascar, China, and the Cormoro Islands (formally known as the Bourbon Islands in the nineteenth century)... * My research a few years ago and published in 'Orchids Australia' in August 2000, revealed that the main commercial species of Vanilla is V. planifolia (from Mexico), with V. tahitiense (Note spelling) a long distant second place. Colin Hamilton Webmaster Australian Orchid Council/OrchidsAustralia Rockhampton, Qld. Australia www.orchidsaustralia.com If K-Mart is lowering prices every day, how come nothing is free yet? ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Philip Cribb
I do not know Dr. Cribb or his publications but I have had several scientific manuscripts published. The approach I took on authorship was that the first author was the one who wrote the manuscript because that person would know the most about the research. Other authors would have contributed something to the work - perhaps design, perhaps some of the work or data, perhaps help with the data analysis, perhaps a supervisor for the program. John Waddington ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
