[OGD] Santa Barbara Orchid Estate / California (US)
Alice... Parry Gripp... careers in the family business on More Mesa the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate... looking forward to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the nursery this summer. Alice... a graduate degree in geology, and Parry... in English literature... their father Paul and their mother Anne, owned and ran the orchid nursery for almost 30 years. Before buying the business in 1967, Paul Gripp was manager for Robert Chrisman, who established it in 1957. Chrisman retired from the insurance business and moved his orchid collection to the Goleta Valley, bringing along Gripp, who worked as his gardener while attending college. Chrisman reportedly discovered his first orchid in a Thrifty Drug Store in Beverly Hills, and that same orchid... Laelia anceps, has the place of honor on a piece of giant Sequoia at the nursery today. Alice and Parry Gripp... took over several years ago... their dad... still helps out on a volunteer basis. ... Parry is the photographer, webmaster and head of shipping... Alice is bookkeeper and director of customer relations... the Gripps ship primarily to collectors... They also sell and ship cut flowers. ... The Gripps, with eight to 10 full-time employees, specialize in outdoor temperature-tolerant varieties including dendrobiums, cymbidiums, laelia anceps, stanhopeas and cattleya hybrids. article URL : http://www.goletavalleyvoice.com/cgi-bin/business/readarticle.cgi?article=641 ** regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] John Wilburn Penn / 1925-2007
mathematician at the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks AFB for more than 40 years, John Penn... was known for the orchids he grew and shared... Penn... died at home Tuesday. ... Born... Sept. 19, 1925, in San Marcos Died... March 6, 2007, in San Antonio ... loved all orchids, read about them, studied them. He showed them... was a member of the Southwest Region Orchid Growers Association, the Alamo Orchid Society article URL : http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA031007.06B.Obit_Penn.35adf60.html ** regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Angraecums
Requesting advice on Angraecums. The advice required is Are Angraecums susceptible to virus/s of any sort what signs would the virus/s exhibit ? I have looked at as many books and web sites that I can find but nothing relates to this problem. Thanks, Roy. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] sex
Calypso bulbosa... blooms, promising copious amounts of nectar just as naive bumblebees emerge in early summer. However, there is no nectar, and by the time the young bees discover this, they're covered in pollen. Off they go in a huff to find another plant, often another Calypso bulbosa, until they put two and two together and decide to totally boycott fairy slippers. Normally, the boycott would be bad for the orchid's reproduction, but there's a hidden benefit. In their umbrage, the bumblebees will fly to a more distant patch of orchids, and this will reduce the possibility of landing on a close relative of the original deceiver. This boosts the quality of fertilization. In other words, even though fairy slippers have less sex, it's better sex. orchid species... For some, it can take 20 years before they blossom [could you name one or two or... ?]. ... Canada has 77 species, and in Ontario there are 61, with 44 of these found on the Bruce Peninsula... about 400 species [where did that number come from ?]... promise sex to young male bees and wasps by duplicating the pheromone smell of females. So effective are some of the orchids that when, in experiments, young male wasps were offered a choice between an orchid and a real female, they chose the orchid. Among Ontario's more spectacular orchids is the eastern prairie fringed orchid, an endangered species. It can grow a metre in height and support up to 40 flowers that cascade down the stem, frothy and creamy white. They are fertilized at night by a few of the hawk moth species. They have tongues long enough to reach down the nectar spurs, two to five centimetres deep, behind the flowers. article URL : http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/190273 *** Regards, Viateur ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] construction suspended / Rospuda valley (Poland)
Conflicts between environmental goals and construction work... the European Commission threatens... with a court injunction to make road workers step down in favour of preserving nature. ... a fight over a highway bypass due to be blasted through the Rospuda valley: a forested area home to a unique wetland system, many rare orchid... species... The bypass is supposed to upgrade an expressway through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, called Via Baltica, which links Warsaw and Helsinki. The 260-million-euro project, due to be completed by 2010, is considered economically vital for the poor northwestern part of Poland. But environmentalists say the expressway threatens to seriously damage a nature reserve designated as a 'special protection area'... When in February Polish authorities gave road contractors the green light, the nation was moved to protest. Several scientific bodies have lodged complaints, among them the biology faculty of the University of Warsaw. Despite a warning that the European Commission issued last December, roadworks and clearing for the project began two weeks ago. We had to accelerate our normal procedure, because something irreplaceable was about to be destroyed, says Barbara Helfferich, a spokeswoman for the European Commission's environment directorate. On 28 February, the European Commission threatened to file an injunction at the European Court of Justice if Poland failed to respond within one week, and construction activity was suspended. The Polish government has responded, but says their road does not violate European law. Poland is open to dialogue with the European Commission, says a spokesman for the ministry. It is unclear if and when construction will resume. ... Rospuda valley contains a rare mosaic of unspoilt habitats, the Commission says. One of these habitats is a uniquely preserved groundwater-fed mire or fen, once typical of many lowland regions in central Europe. Human settlement and agriculture have turned most of Europe's fens into skeletons, says Hans Joosten, a mire ecologist at the University of Greifswald in Germany, and secretary general of the International Mire Conservation Group. Joosten is currently drafting a report on request of the European Commission about the mire's ecological value. Rospuda is the last fen in central Europe that has remained almost pristine. It shows us how such ecosystems have evolved in the last thousand years, he says. Rospuda valley is probably the last reference system [of its type] in Europe for restoration ecologists, agrees Wiktor Kotowski, president of Save Wetlands, a Polish environmental group. Scientists find it hard to predict exactly how harmful the road would have been for the valley... In the long run [such a road] might destroy the water cycle and thus the whole ecosystem, says Joosten. Nature conservation has little priority in Poland, says Kotowski. Most people don't understand that we either have to protect our heritage or we will lose it. Instead of choosing an alternative route, Poland had offered to compensate the damage by planting trees, creating ponds and restoring wetlands. But the European Commission considered these measures weak and unconvincing. If Poland continues road works in the protected site without Brussels's permission, the European Commission says the next step would be to take the case before the European Court of Justice. article URL : http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070305/full/070305-16.html photo : [caption : The Rospuda valley...] http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070305/images/070305-16.jpg *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Zuma Canyon
I was trying to contact Zuma Canyon Orchids discovered that their domain name has expired. Anybody know anything about this? Iris ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Silence
Can anyone tell me if the following message is true?? Sorry I have not written in response to Peter's rebuttals, but I have been busy. It's spring and I have another life as a manager for a wholesale plant company. I was emailed by a couple of onlookers that my posts were well written and to the point. I have legitimate concerns and feel the need to voice them. I'm not sure I care if I am being described properly. But if anyone is in need of an apology, I'm sorry.. So please help me out... Thanks. Barbara Original Message Subject: Silence Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:57:08 -0500 From: peter croezen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Barbara, Your silence on the OGD, after being challenged by myself and another poster re your ridiculous attacks on me is deafening. Now everyone on the OGD knows how to describe you, *Full of wind, speaks nonsense and non truths, fabricates attacks to discredit people who have* *never attacked her, has no evidence to back up what she says, no guts to admit that she was wrong,* *no common courtesy to make a public apology.* ** *I bet you are very proud of yourself.* --Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Zuma Canyon
The last time I heard anything about Zuma was that they were only going to deal wholesale, and no longer sell retail or by catalog/mail. That was some time ago, I don't know if it has changed since then. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:15 PM To: orchids@orchidguide.com Subject: [OGD] Zuma Canyon I was trying to contact Zuma Canyon Orchids discovered that their domain name has expired. Anybody know anything about this? Iris ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Publishing private e-mail on the web
Common courtesy is to ask for permission to publish private e-mails. Here is an interesting discussion about owner ship and copyright of private e-mails: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum44/1500.htm It contains the following statements: It is very risky publishing private emails without permission, for e-mails are protected by copyright Emails are like letters...the copy you receive becomes your property, the copyright remains the property of the writer. In the USA, the legal liability is found in Title 17 of the United States Code Chapter 5. Fines per infringement can be as high as $ 150,000.- ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 94
In a message dated 3/10/2007 6:13:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: *Full of wind, speaks nonsense and non truths, fabricates attacks to discredit people who have* Hi Peter, The last message I read from you sounds more like you are describing yourself than Barbara. I found Barbara's emails a refreshing breath of spring after the slop you have been writing. Have a great day, Mike BRBRBR**BR AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 94, Mijo730 at aol.com
Mijo Mike, You are addressing the wrong person, it is Barbara's post, talk to her. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] evaporative cooler for 14x20 greenhouse?
Nicholas, I am not sure I am following you or I am missing something. You ask: My primary concern is how to insulate it on winter nights while still being able to vent the greenhouse on sunny winter days? The system you linked to: I'm considering a wet wall system (e.g. http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/prodinfo.asp?number=GCCS). Looks like it operates inside a greenhouse. I don't think you are going to allow your greenhouse to get bellow freezing so I don't know why you would have to insulate it. For what its worth, I use ( http://www.microban.com/americas/products/manufacturer.html?lang=enCategoryID=3SubcategoryID=50ManufacturerID=196 ) this evaporative cooler within my greenhouse and against a vent. I works very well. The pads last a long time, and the inner water well does not grow algae. I have yet to have a problem with the pumps and fan (two years). Mark Sullivan ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Publishing private e-mail on the web
Thanks for the link, I will include your sentence in the Rules of Conduct for the Conifer Obsession Discussion Groups. We only had one problem last year: The owner of the Gymnosperm database posted some E-mail comments from a conifer expert from Kew Botanical Gardens onto his website. I was shocked and asked him to remove it. He never did. So, how can you really enforce it in a private group? I am sure, you know, all our posts appear on the Internet as well. I am always a bit reluctant to comment. Perhaps a screen-name is in order. I was very upset, when I found two of the last posts about Garden Web World making headlines on Google. See for yourself: http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=Garden+Web+WorldbtnG=Google+Search scroll down to # 5 and #6. Barbara, your name shows up as well! To be honest, I wish, our post would be private. I personally do not appreciate the publicity. This is the main reason for getting all this unwanted spam mail. For instance, click on Barbaras post, scroll all the way to the bottom and you will find in the left corner: Reply via E-mail to Barbara. Click on Barbara and you have her E-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, all of your posts show up in the same matter with your E-mail address hidden, however the Spamers know how to find those. I am sure each and every one of you receive an uncontrollable amount of Spam Mail. Perhaps our host would consider in closing this Spam loop-hole. I am sure, more members would participate in the discussions as well. Thanks and best regards Siegrid Stern http://orchids.gardenwebs.net/ http://tillandsias.gardenwebs.net/ - Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail QA for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
