[OGD] spenders at the international show (Taiwan)
"International buyers from 22 countries, including Japan, the United States and Germany, are expected to be big spenders at an international orchid show in southern Taiwan later this month... the 2007 Taiwan International Orchid Show... will be held March 10-18 in Hobi, Tainan County. ... around 50 per cent of the orchids sold around the world coming from Taiwan. The Council of Agriculture (COA) has listed orchids as the flagship product of Taiwan's agricultural exports, with the production value of orchid exports climbing every year. The Taiwan Orchid Grower Association said the production value of butterfly orchids [Phalaenopsis] registered an annual increase of 43 per cent last year, while slipper orchids [Paphiopedilum] also enjoyed growth of 30 per cent. ... the orchid show received orders of NT$800 million (US$24.24 million) in 2005 and NT$1.3 billion in 2006 and predicted that orders will break NT$2 billion this year. ... the biggest challenge facing Taiwan's agriculture is international marketing... the establishment of a biotech orchid park in Tainan County, as well as the holding of the orchid show, are aimed at solving this problem. The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), which is joining the Tainan county government in sponsoring the show for the first time, has assisted international marketing by inviting more international buyers to attend the show. Yeh Ming-shui, TAITRA deputy secretary-general, noted that Taiwan's orchid industry... enjoys a competitive edge in propagation, as well as in research and development." article URL : http://au.biz.yahoo.com/070308/17/14ttx.html Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Phrag Haley Decker Timeline
> > Barbara, once again do your homework before you raise doubt about Glen's > honesty. > > What you are doing is mixing up CJM's excellent hybrids with those of the > competition > Jerry Fischer, excellent Phragmipedium grower, (note!!! Vendor for the > competition, )here is > what he said in a recent post on another forum: > [Peter] > > > > >> I need to make a correction. In an earlier post I stated that Glen Decker >> from >> Piping Rock Orchids brought flasks of kovachii and >> kovachii hybrids into the U.S. in March of 06. That is incorrect. >> They were brought in the month of Dec. 05 so it is quite possible >> to have hybrid plants in bud at this time. >> My apologies to Glen and members of Slippertalk. >> Sincerely, Jerry Lee Fischer >> Peter, With all due respect to you and also to Jerry Fischer, by your timelines that is only 14 months. How many phrags have any of us (including the Phrag Masters of the world) bloomed 14 months from flask? You see, this is so confusing to many, I am sure. There was a time when you would not believe that anyone could have a seedling of Pk almost 12" a while back (which is most likely a Pk hybrid). That plant is not ready for blooming yet and that was from flasks imported in April of 2005, 23 months ago. Now you are telling the world that Glen has a plant that IS big enough to bloom in only 14 months? Hybrid vigor and small parent aside, how is this possible? Do you guys have some new fertilizer or such that you are using? Sorry Jerry, I disagree with you. Barbara ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Riverview Orchids ceases operation / Ohio (US)
"The Riverview greenhouse business dates back to 1924, when Italian immigrant Frank Bosco moved his greenhouses from Salineville to Liverpool Township acreage... The business expanded with the help of sons Sullivan Sul and Charles Chick Bosco, who had helped Frank in the greenhouses as young boys after the death of their mother Rosa. When the main building, salesrooms, garages and some greenhouses burned in 1935, young architect Robert Beatty was hired to design a new building. Riverviews distinctive English Tudor style front was the result... During the 1950s, Frank Sr., Sul and Chick had 35 employees working in three distinct areas florist, greenhouses, and orchids (and later landscaping and nursery) selling both wholesale and retail... Chuck, son of Chick, and Frank Jr. later joined the family business. ... the orchids business split off about 1959. In the 1960s... Riverview... was known... as the country's largest orchid grower and shipper. Riverview employed 100 full-time employees. Today, Riverview Florists and greenhouses continue to operate under new ownership. Charles Bosco manages the estate of his father, who died last June... As recently as 10 years ago, Riverview Orchids... employed 400 local people for the weeks leading up to those holidays [Easter and Mothers Day]... They packed and shipped millions of orchids... Riverview Orchids has ceased operations, reportedly done in by three factors: a shortage of temporary labor, an increase in the minimum wage, and declining demand. ... the late Chuck Bosco... sold Riverview Orchids LLC four years ago to Mike Vantusko of Parma, Ohio. The Boscos helped Vantusko run the operation the past three years. Chuck Bosco died this past June at age 62. When Ohio voted in the raise in the minimum wage, (Vantusko) said it was going to boost his costs $125,000 a year and he was done. He closed it up and went back to Cleveland, said Charles Bosco. ... The passage of Issue 2 in the November election raised the minimum wage in Ohio from $5.15 to $6.85 as of Jan. 1. ... We sold all over the country, Charles Bosco said. Kmart, Wal-Mart, Giant Eagle, Walgreens, Albertsons... Back in the 90s, for both holidays... we shipped three million cymbidium orchids. ... cymbidium... Workers would place the stem of each orchid in a small vial of preservative-treated water and put the corsages in clear plastic containers, ready for sales display. They were packed in crates, then in refrigerated trucks for shipping. The rising cost of natural gas in the 70s made growing their own orchids... impractical for the Boscos. They grew all the orchids themselves up to about 1980, said Charles. They had to keep 25 acres of glass greenhouses 83 degrees in January to make them grow... Though Chuck Bosco kept a few orchids for sentimental reasons, all blossoms for the holiday business were flown in from Holland." article URL : http://www.reviewonline.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=6625 Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Bletilla striata in the garden / North Carolina (US)
"a shade garden plant that blooms in early summer... Bletilla striata... The foliage emerges in April. May and June, bringing forth... flowers... purple or white... Plant in moist to well-drained soils protected from the afternoon sun" article URL : http://www.charlotte.com/280/story/44053.html Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Cayman Islands
"26 orchid species recorded from the Cayman Islands, and three of these are found nowhere else... One... is Cayman's National Flower, the Wild Banana Orchid (Myrmecophila thomsoniana) that is abundant in all natural areas. Other native orchids include: Pleurothallis caymanensis, Encyclia boothiana, Dendrophylax fawcettii, Tolumnia variegata, Cyclopogon elatus and Prescottia oligantha." article URL : http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1020510 Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Ann B. Smith / 1924-2007
"Ann. B. Smith... of Columbia (South Carolina / US)... died... March 6... Born March 28, 1924, in Skilesville, Ky... served as secretary and program director of the Tallahassee Orchid Society. ... She and her husband, active members of the South Carolina Orchid Society" article URL : http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2007/03/08/obits/doc45ef763052316915754623.txt Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Barbara onece again
Barbara, referring to me again, says: >"There was a time when you would not believe that anyone could have a >seedling of Pk almost 12" a while back " I remember your posting that nonsense.I knew then, what you have only learned recently, namely that Pk seedlings grow extremely slow and Pk hybrids grow very fast. That 12" seedling you pushed as proof of superior Pk growing, was in fact a hybrid even if had been 6 inches, it did not have the characteristics of a Pk seedling, which you would also not know. Amazing how you change your "assumptions" from one extreme to the other. Then you believed a Peruflora Pk seedling could be 12", and today, one half year later, you do not believe that a CJM Pk hybrid can be 12" plus and flower. You were wrong then, and you are wrong now. Who truly cares that an unknown in the slipper world disagrees with an expert like Jerry Fischer, who knows that CJM won the Pk hybrid race fair and square. I respect Jerry for his expertise and honesty. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Paintings / Kansas City, Kansas (US)
"F.L. SCHLAGLE LIBRARY ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER: Finding Orchids: Paintings by Jill Tichenor... closes April 13." article URL : http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/events/16845437.htm?source=rss&channel=kansascity_events Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Powell Gardens / Kansas City, Kansas (US)
"ANNUAL ORCHID EXHIBIT: include Orchid Allure: A Botanical Arts Exhibit. Opens March 10. closes May 13" URL : http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/events/16845437.htm?source=rss&channel=kansascity_events Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Israel
"large orchid nursery in Maaleh Hahamisha... Sandy Kaye... two weeks ago... arrived in Ra'anana as a new immigrant from New Jersey, where she left behind an orchid collection Kaye... has come to purchase the orchid that will launch her new collection. ... phalaenopsis... common in Israel. In the U.S. she had oncidium... The hothouse used to belong to... Yitzhak Navat , a veteran kibbutz member, who made the orchid his life's work... Israelis cannot get enough of the plants. In recent years the local orchid market has constantly expanded. Most of the plants are imported from Holland. They are sold not only in nurseries but in florist shops and grocery stores as well. Last year, Utopia, a botanical garden in Kibbutz Bahan in Emek Hefer, opened its doors with 500 species... The Sahlavim BaSharon nursery in Rishpon, owned by Itzik Ben Yair and Tami Sharon... a collection of thousands of orchids. Most are common species, sold at average prices, but there are also rare blooms that cost thousands of shekels. The place offers beginning and advanced courses, as well as seeding lessons. This is one of the only nurseries in the world where orchids are seeded [!?] by a complex process in sterile laboratory conditions, a skill that Ben Yair, 57, an engineer by profession, acquired in Florida. ... From 240 to 300 Israelis, he estimates, have home hothouses... Aracadi Gaydamak. For a party he threw recently in honor of the Chelsea soccer team, he bought 600 orchids... an employee in the Yoshko family store in Moshav Udim... calls the customers "patients They come to me trembling, they have pictures of their orchids in their wallets. I make a living from crazy people... I promised myself that when I retire I'll do an anthropological study of orchid collectors." ... Anyone who doesn't have patience can't grow orchids In summer, the air conditioner contributes another 70 liters [water] a day... the Israeli Orchid Society's annual hike. The members of the society usually travel together to exhibitions all over the world, and meet on Fridays at the nursery in Rishpon for what is called the "congress." They have no problem with hiking on a rainy day. After all, they had a purpose: to find wild orchids." article [long] URL : http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/834856.html Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Eric Young
http://www.thisisjersey.com/code/showarticle.pl?ArticleID=000456 Speak of the Devil! A recent article in the EYOF if not Eric Young himself. In going back through the OGD and OLD Paul Johnson, Mary Nesbit, David Jansen and Eric Mulbauer all travelled (or intended to travel) to the EYOF in the past decade. Did you guys ever make it there? K Barrett N Calif, USA _ Find a local pizza place, movie theater, and more .then map the best route! http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag1&FORM=MGAC01 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Thank you, viateur
Dear Viateur, Thank you so much for all your postings of interest, especially the links you include to articles. They have certainly increased my awareness regarding conservation as well as giving me a 'postcard' picture of orchid environments around the world. I have been particularly interested in the various history and biography information of some of the stars of the orchid world. Eileen <> ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] from seed to bloom
Dear All- It is easy to be doubtful of the flowering of these new hybrids if you take into consideration that it is not widely reported that the length of time that it takes to produce a blooming plant is greatly reduced over the old assumption that orchids take years to flower. If you look at modern production facilities in the Netherlands, The continental USA, and Hawaii the length of time that it takes for some of these hybrids to bloom is much less than the traditional 3-4 years that most of us learned from our amateur orchid references. It is now not uncommon to have some Phalaenopsis, maudiae type paphs, and yes Phragmipediums blooming in sometimes as short as 14 months from flask. This is obviously still not true of some plants like multifloral paphs (but now rather than 10-12 years they are flowering in around 3-4 years for some of the hybrids). I have seen this evidence first hand without a doubt that the proof is true and can give many examples of such. Under excellent culture I have flowered maudiae type paphs in 20 months from flask - the same plants that were grown in Hawaii and at a facility in the netherlands bloomed some two months earlier. And if you speak to Mr. Decker he will tell you that the hybrids are growing quickly and that the pure species is growing much slower - exactly what you would expect in this case. If you use just simple thought about a nursery in Hawaii that receives no seasonal change in day length, relatively no seasonal fluctuation in temperature, giving the plants the ideal amount of water and fertilizer- it essentially gives you near perfect conditions for growth - plants growing in these environments will mature at a much faster rate than on a windowsil or hobby greenhouse. If this is not true - do you really think that it would be profitable to be growing the millions of orchids that are sold each year if you had to grow them in a greenhouse for 3-4 years before they flowered and were capable of being sold? Sincerely Marc ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Pk seedlings
Sure do love a tennis match. Back and forth, back and forth . 'Quoth' the Raven, "Evermore" . back and forth. The only trouble is that we will never get to any 'Pk' point - not even hoping for set or match. Maybe we should call this the Pk Whimp-le-ton. Seems to me a lot like the Libby trial -- a very important question but those who really know what is going on just ain't talking while others can only speculate. Maybe it is time to go back to CITES. Let's try for something really juicy to speculate on: Will the US/EU CITES Police once again blow it like they did at one of the Redlands International Orchid Festivals a few years ago (French grower - don't remember which of the 'Family' it was) or will they exercise wisdom and cut the WOC some slack? Las Vegas - will you offer odds? Betters - go for stupidity and bureaucracy. That 'other' Jerry Fis(c)her identified the problem(s)(Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 88) and nobody from AOS nor the Miami WOC has replied about how they are working with "Authority" to have things go smoothly - or even rationally: "The problem really is that if a person from the EU wants to purchase plants at the 19thWOC they have to have an import permit in advance from their countries management authority. This means they have to know exactly what they want to purchase well in advance of the WOC. ... Many other countries also require import permits and this all takes time. It is truly time for CITES reform regarding (ORCHID-my add) plants and I will shortly begin posting on this forum (and others) proposals as to how CITES could change to accommodate trade in truly art-prop material. I will be looking for feedback and if growers approve of these ideas I will ask for a statement of support. I will then begin to take this material to CITES officials in the US and Switzerland to see if change can occur." Don't like CITES? MAYBE WE CAN WE CONSIDER SOMETHING FOR WHICH I HAVE A DEEP PASSION (and something that can be accommodated by local/WOC societies - something over which they do have direct control): 1. Will all orchid shows (especially the WOC) set aside a special time for photographers - you know those guys and gals with tripods? Recently 'Rf WOC Bob' got right back on CITES but I have seen nothing on my comment on WOC and photographers dated 2 March 2007 Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 82. 2. Will all orchid shows allow someone other than 'THE AOS chosen - FILM CAMERA - one' to take quality pictures of AOS awarded plants while they are being photographed for award record? I only write for myself but I would be perfectly resigned/willing to do so at 02:00 if that was the only time available. 3. When will the AOS recognize Digital Photography? Maybe they are reluctant to do so because it seems to me that their magazine 'frequently' has 'juiced' pictures. While I am on the soap box - but it is actually related. I ask that judges do the best they can to judge the quality of the photograph rather than the orchid. I was once told by a judge that my picture was not selected for a ribbon because the orchid I had selected to photograph was not of award quality. Maybe he was being kind but I don't think so - it WAS a lousy blossom but a very good PhotoShop pastel rendering worthy of an 'artistic' ribbon. I later sold the picture for US$50.00. PAX - but I fear not of my time. Jerry in IN ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Dressleria eburnea
Hi I’ve recently bought a Dressleria eburnea. Can anyone help with its specific needs? Any reference is also appreciated. Thanks Jaime combadão ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Dressleria eburnea (Rolfe) Dodson
Jaime Combadão wrote : "Dressleria eburnea... reference... appreciated." Dressleria eburnea (Rolfe) Dodson see : DODSON, Calaway H. 1975'Dressleria and Clowesia, a new genus and an old one revived in the Catasetinae' in Selbyana, Vol.1, pp.130 - 137 [Dressleria eburnea, p. 132] homotypic synonym: Catasetum eburneum Rolfe (basionym / replaced aynonym) Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 86 (1906). heterotypic synonyms: Catasetum suave Ames & C.Schweinf. Schedul. Orchid. 10: 81 (1930). Catasetum dilectum var. suave (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Teusch. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 41: 1082 (1972). Dressleria suavis (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Dodson Selbyana 1: 132 (1975). additional references : Dodson, C. H. & P. M. Dodson 1980Orchids of Ecuador / Icones Plantarum Tropicarum, 1. Dodson, C. H. 2001Dresslerella-Lepanthes / Native Ecuadorian Orchids, 2. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez (eds.) 1999Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador / Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, 75: i--viii. colour photos : Estrada, Roberto and Max Konanz 1988Orchids from the Coast of Ecuador, p. 47 Pridgeon, Alec 1992The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids, p. 115 collection data [Costa Rica Alajuela: 650 m / Ecuador : 1000 m, / El Oro : Hcda. Daucay, 650 m] indicate that the species should be grown in warm conditions. * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Phragmipediums
G'Day All, No offence meant, but do you theink that we could please have a Pk-free day or so? I have a Pk of 12, and rising at the moment. Cordially, Phil ### Dr Phil Diamond [EMAIL PROTECTED] 66 Cliff Street, Sandgate, Qld, AUSTRALIA 4017. Tel +61 7 3269 0302 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Phrag blooming time
Now, while I understand the controversy associated with anything related to P. kovachii, I do not understand the controversy over a SINGLE clone that managed to bloom 14 months out of flask. We are not dealing with a load of blooming plants hitting the market. This is one SINGLE clone that happily enough managed to bloom in a very fast time. The reason that phrags are getting so popular now is that they, or rather the hybrids, are so easy to grow and bloom. Phrag hybrids grow fast, and bloom young. No, not allI have some phrag hybrids that just won't bloom. It happens. I have also had Phrag hybrids, such as Eric Young, that zoomed through their growth and bloomed within less than 18 months after my purchasing them in compots. Believe me, I may have had years of experience, but I would never, ever, label myself an expert grower. I'm just a hobbyest, dealing with windowsills, fluorescent lights, and an outdoor deck in the summer. Some plants grow well, some don't. Some bloom, some die. And if I can get an occasional seedling phrag to bloom within 2 years from flask, It is not hard at all for me to conceive that a professional grower, with all the advantages of professional growing conditions, and large numbers of plants, can bloom a phrag hybrid 14 months out of flask. However, this is Pk, not just an old besseae cross...so what? Yes its new...yes, the species itself appears to be a slower grower (at this point in people's observations), its still a hybrid, and phrag hybrids can grow damn quickly. And, lets not forget...we are talking about 1 SINGLE clone that happened to bloom early. What's the opinion of the other professional phrag growers on this list? Is it possible to get a single clone of a phrag cross to bloom early? Take care, Eric Muehlbauer in very unusually frigid Queens NYbesseae in bloom, concolor, bellatulum, argus, hirsutissimum in bud. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Eric Young
Sorry...I never made it to the EYOF...but I hope to someday...Take care, Eric ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Scroll
Dr. Phil who writes: No offence meant, but do you theink that we could please have a >Pk-free day or so? I have a Pk of 12, and rising at the moment. Phil, no offence meant either, please do what most of us have learned to do, scroll past what does not interest you, or has saturated you, and let people have their discussions. Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
