[OGD] Orchid video
Message: 5 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:54:49 +1200 From: Wally Lomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] Help To: orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Is there someone out there who knows where I could beg, borrow, buy some orchid slide / DVD / Video programs for our orchid council library. Hi Wally, I am putting the finishing touches on a DVD of images of the best orchids seen at the best orchid shows in Florida in 2005 and 2006. The master was shot on HD, and though there is currently no affordable HD DVD recorder, the footage looks better than standard definition video. In particular the colors are amazingly rich and saturated. I had hoped to be shipping by now, but it takes a lot longer editing when you are working with HD, since the files are huge! The DVDs are $22US, which includes first class postage anywhere in the US. Overseas orders add $4.50 because of additional shipping costs and dealing with customs forms. You can pay using your Paypal account (send payment to this e-mail address) or by sending a check to the address below. All the profits will be going to a project currently under way to re-establish native orchid populations in the South Florida area. Best regards, Jim 2312 Bourgogne Drive Tallahassee, FL 32308 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] End of needed Oncidinae photos for IOSPE
Dear OGD's This is the end of needed species photos for the Oncidinae. I will be moving on to the Dendrobium next Trichocentrum brachyceras Trichocentrum brenesii Trichocentrum brevicalcaratum Trichocentrum coataricense Trichocentrum cymbiglossum Trichocentrum dianthum Trichocentrum estrellense Trichocentrum hoegei Trichocentrum obcordilabium Trichocentrum panduratum Trichocentrum popowianum Trichocentrum recurvum Trichocentrum viridulum Trichocentrum wagneri Trichopilia albida Trichopilia backhousiana Trichopilia dalstroemii Trichopilia gracilis Trichopilia grata Trichopilia modesta Trichopilia olmosii Trichopilia peruviana Trichopilia rostrata Trichopilia santos-limae Trichopilia similis Trichopilia steinii Warmingia buchtienii Warmingia margaritacea Warmingia zamorana -- Jay Pfahl The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia www.orchidspecies.com ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Phragmipediums
Oliver, I was not being critical of your post, but merely gave another perspective of Phragmipedium habitats inPeru. The pictures you refer us toat URL http://www.trekperu.org/travel02.html. are absolutely wonderful; congratulations!! Picture # 3 shows a patch of Phragmipedium boissieranum (note spelling) photographed in sunlight, which isno proof they grow in full sun all day. South facingcliffs and wallsof East West Valleys, or along East West roads, shaded most of the day, may receive sunlight in the earlymorning and late afternoon; thus Phragmipediums growing on themcan be photographed in sunlight. The long leaf shadows, down and to the left of one P. boissieranum inthe # 3picture, more than likelyindicate that this plant was photographedon a south facing wall, or cliff, early in the morning. Travelling all dayfrom Moyobamba to Chachapoyas, searching the steep cliffs and walls along the road for orchids, we only found one patch of Phragmipedium boissieranum, though off road theygrow likeweeds wherever there is sufficient moisture for them. This single patch perhaps 10 x 10 meters, was on the south facing black "rock" wall(hardened thin layer of clay like substance) near the 405 km marker. I wasclimbing on thatblack "rock," to reach a hugeclump of Phragmipedium boissieranum about 2 meters up, when all of a sudden the "rock" gave way and I came down with it, sliding on and exposing thewet clay below it. (No, the orchids did not come down.) That clay remains wet from water that runs below the surface in that particular location.The Phragmipedium roots are in the clay, or inpockets of debris on its dried hard surface. Phragmipediums which grow in pockets of debris on these "rocks" often havelong roots growing out overthe exposed surface, for these roots are shaded and notdehydrated and killed by the sun. Thanks againfor the super pictures Oliver, theyan excellent window on travelling inNorthern Peru. peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
