[OGD] kovachii / Falmouth, Massachusetts (US)
in OGD V9 #25, viateur provided us with this media clipping: "Glen Decker is not only a vendor and a member of the society, but he is an adventurer who brought a rare orchid out of a jungle in Peru. He is cultivating it in greenhouses in California and Hawaii. It is called kovachii for short. He will give a talk on that adventure which will include excellent pictures." That is well within the time-frame that I predicted. The flood has started. By the end of this year you won't be able to move at an Orchid Show without knocking over a P. kovachii. Amazing how quickly they grow (er ... from flask), isn't it ? Peter O'Byrne ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Phrag. kovachii Viateur
Though Glenn did visit the Pk habitat, he did not bring this species from the jungles of Peru. The Pk seedlings he and I offer for sale were artificially propagated in the legal Pk nursery Centro de Jardineria Manrique in Lima Peru and legally imported into the United States and Canada. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Pk seedlings
Peter, I agree that illegal mature Pk are being traded all over the world. However, what Glenn and I are offering for sale are Pk seedlings with a leaf span of less than 10 cm and yes, these are from legal flasks germinated more than three years ago,2003, by Alfredo Manrique in his legal Pk laboratory. We both supply legal Pk certificates with every sale, duplicate copies of which are returned to Alfredo Manrique in Lima for INRENA, the Peruvian CITES Authority. Peter who said: >Amazing how quickly they grow (er ... from flask), isn't it ? ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] new species ? / photo (Malaysia)
http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/1/21/nation/p10Embi.jpg caption : "Ruil excitement: Embi holding up the orchid species he and fellow environmentalist Madi found at the Ruil mountains in Cameron Highlands for closer scrutiny." *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Rick Cruz, photographer / Florida (US)
"Rick Cruz... into the Fakahatchee Strand State Park in Collier County in December... found a stunning white orchid. It was the albino form of the native clamshell orchid [Prosthechea cochleata]. Cruz photographed it on the spot, recording a flower that had not been seen since 1960. That photograph is among Cruz's works on display at Everglades National Park and will be among orchid art shown at the Tamiami International Orchid Festival Saturday and Jan. 28... says Cruz... Two years ago, Mike Owens, then the manager of the Fakahatchee Strand [State Park], called me when there was a ghost orchid in bloom and asked if I wanted to see it. ... He explained how things were happening to the ecosystem and how people were poaching orchids, and it occurred to me that this was my new mission: to show people what is there and what we have to preserve.'' Now 38, Cruz has plunged headlong into that mission of photographing threatened and endangered native Florida plants... Cruz will display orchid photographs including the ghost orchid [Dendrophylax lindenii], clamshell, pygmy orchid [Encyclia pygmaea ?] and Cranichis muscosa, an orchid rediscovered in 2004 after 99 years of being lost. ... Cruz... ''Last year, I discovered 15 ghost orchids at the Fakahatchee that had not been documented before,'' he says. ``That place is now named for me: Cruz Slough.'' He also has been one of the few people to experience the scent of the ghost orchid. ''I've been out there from midnight to 4 a.m., sniffing the ghost orchid,'' he says. ``It's amazing. You sit there and it seems like every 30 or 40 minutes, it throws out a chum trail of perfume to attract a sphinx moth.'' article URL : http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/home/16501405.htm *** photos : http://www.miami.com/images/miami/miamiherald/16501/272294517698.jpg caption : [INTO NTO HIS WORK: Rick Cruz stands knee-deep in Matheson Hammock to photograph plants. He has waded through the Fakahatchee Strand to capture threatened or endangered species.] http://www.miami.com/images/miami/miamiherald/16501/272294534199.jpg caption : [UNCOMMON: A ghost orchid thrives in the Fakahatchee Strand.] http://www.miami.com/images/miami/miamiherald/16501/272294550700.jpg caption : [FOCUSED: Cruz captured this albino clamshell orchid in the Fakahatchee Strand in December. It hasn't been seen since 1960.] *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Offer withdrawn to Tour Thailand and 2007 IPA Symposium in Taiwan
I've decided it's best to withdraw the offer to tour Thailand with the option to attend the IPA Symposium. A far better airfare is posted in the Phal Digest #2007-4 by Yin-Tung Wang. What a huge savings! No need for group rates. The EVA Air site shows even lower economy airfare roundtrip to Taiwan for as little as $780! If you act very soon you may even still get the free lodging offered by our hosts at the TIOS. That, my friends, is less than many stateside vacations! If you want more info just send me an email. Lee___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] art / Florida (US)
"Donna Torres and her students will exhibit work at the Tamiami International Orchid Festival [27-28 January 2007]. ... Miamian Donna Torres... Last year... she and her student, Pauline Goldsmith, organized a group show called Tropical Botanical Art, which was shown at the Wirtz Gallery in South Miami. Torres and Goldsmith have teamed up again to organize the group display for the Tamiami International Orchid Festival. An adjunct professor of art at Florida International University, Torres" article URL : http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/home/16501419.htm?source=rss&channel=miamiherald_home photo : http://www.miami.com/images/miami/miamiherald/16501/272296844339.jpg caption : ["THEY LOVE ORCHIDS: Donna Torres holds greeting cards that she designed. She and Pauline Goldsmith, left, have organized the Tropical Botanical Artists group."] *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
