Re: [OGD] Phragmipediums
Quote: I've seen P besseae growing in Ecuador at ~6000 ft on a northeast-facing granite cliff with water running continuously down the cliff face. They were also growing at the base of the cliff in amongst the weeds, grasses rocks. I am not even vaguely an expert on this genus. However, for what it is worth the P. besseae that are knownn in Peru (near Tarapoto) grow in seasonal semi-tropical conditions at around 500 m (say, 1500 ft) in tumbled old Andesite and limestone remnants. (This is the decayed East flank of the Andes, where the rock is wearing away.) The habitat is rocky scrubland, rapidly eroding under grazing. I suspect that many species which are seen on cliffs not so much from preference as that they are there because that is the only place that goats and other browsers do not go. The key to the more vertical of the lithophytes - as with alpine plants - is excellent drainage, and the predictability of dry seasons where these are appropriate. Tarapoto does not have a true dry season, but there are wetter periods and dry ones - the Southern hemisphere winter, now - when it does not rain for periods of a week or more. Roads that are now concrete-like become soup in January-March, as anyone attempting the Carretera Marginal at that time of year can attest: Juanjui ate my Toyota. __ Oliver Sparrow +44 (0)20 7736 9716 www.chforum.org ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Phrag besseae photo link
At 06:13 PM 9/4/2006 -0400, you wrote: Sorry I forgot to include a link to a photo of P besseae in situ http://travel.webshots.com/photo/343581987/2816448500030551835oovwAN Sandy Hardy Savannah, GA wonderful photos! BTW, Need ID 10 is Campylocentrum micranthum or a related species. ---Prem www.premdesign.com ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Contact info required
Hi Can anyone perhaps assit me with the contact info for: Marcel Lecoufle Orchidees in France. If possible an e-mail of fax number. Regards Frikkie Marais(South Africa) ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Phragmipediums
As I was only partially interested in orchids when P.besseae was first discovered was there as much fuss with cites and governments as with P. kovachi or did it get into the hands of professional breeders quickly and quitely. Even though it is easily now available from nurseries, while I was in Ecuador, I was advised that areas were still stripped of flowering plants, .Regards from Devon,England ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Lecoufle
Frikkie [Marais] asked : contact info for: Marcel Lecoufle Orchidees Orchidées Marcel Lecoufle 5, rue de Paris Boissy St Leger France Tél. : 01.45.95.25.25 Télécopie : 01.45.98.34.19 Adresse internet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] named after Korean [Singapore]
orchid-naming ceremony at the Botanic Gardens [Singapore]. This makes him [Kwon Sang Woo] the second Korean star after Bae Yong Koon to have an orchid named after him. Article URL : http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,112880,00.html * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Vascostylis Kwon Sang Woo [Singapore]
Vascostylis Kwon Sang Woo... upright flowering sprays that are white with a light tinge of violet... lip... violet-purple. Article URL : http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news06/59-KwonSangWoo.shtml * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] pollination problems
hello.. i recently pollinated one of my vandas and a renanthera with pollen from Renantia Sunrise. However, its been a couple of weeks at least, and the flower hasnt faded or dropped. Interestingly, i noticed that the stigmahasnt swollenandencased the pollen also. The flowers look as fresh as the day it was pollinated. What is going on? I have never seen something like this before.Thanksdada Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Phrag Besseae
I was among the first to see it growing in its original location..Only one small seedling left by the time we got there shortly after it was discovered..I wrote an article about it in the Orchid Digest magazine around 1980 or so..I also lectured on it for years..One thing for sure..they grew upwards. The original spot was next to a bit of a waterfall and you could be sure that their roots were kept damp..as I remember the elevation was over 3000 ft..There are pictures of the original site in that first article..and, of course that was in Peru..All the plants that I was to sell (the first in the West) were all from Ecuador..and all prior to CITES. Shipped to me by a famous collector from there. I got $500 apiece for the first plants (in bloom) and sold out in a matter of hours..They were easy to grow..and I believe easier than the Peruvian var. The main thing you had to remember about those first plants is that they were runners..You had to provide a post for them to grow up to do well. With proper breeding that seemed to have been eliminated to some extent..I grew them fine in Thousand Oaks, Calif..so coolness did not seem to matter that much..I was told by my friend Manuel Arias Silva that he discovered a second location in Peru..which he kept secret so they would not be over collected..Most of the plants he sold prior to that came from Ecuador..and he had a maid who made monthly trips by bus, to and fro..to bring shopping bags of them back to his nursery...So the upshot to this is to say that, noI never saw a location where they grew on the flats..and my supplier from Ecuador told me that his plants were extremely high up some cliffs above an army base where he was an officer..collecting them was a real adventure..Bill Bergstrom ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Rocky Mtn Orchid Retailer
Does Colorado not count in the Rocky Mtn. area anymore?? What about Fantasy Orchids in Louisville, CO? It is a huge retail orchid only greenhouse! Message: 2 Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:23:23 -0700 From: "Aaron J. Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OGD] Meyers, Hicks To: orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed"K Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>spaketh thusly: Take heart. Troy Meyers flasks species orchids for very little cost, he does it as a labor of love and an attempt to conserve these species. Aaron Hicks started the Seedbank Project with the same idea. I doubt they make a damn dime on their efforts, but they're doing something they like. Priceless! Well, I can't speak for Troy (whose operation had five people working there, last I checked), but I've been full-time on the Seedbank since March of this year. E ver since Countryside Orchids closed down, best as I know I'm the only person working full-time as an orchid retailer in the Rocky Mountain states. I also have more orchids in culture than anyone else in that territory, AFAIK. Now I'm to the point where I list flasks for sale on the web. Of course, that's taken "only" 8-1/2 years. The best way to end up with a million bucks in the orchid biz? Start with TWO million. Cheers, -AJHicks Chandler, AZ ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
