[OGD] doctors available at the AOS's headquarters / Florida (US)
"Russell Curtis... cares for orchids. ... volunteers every week at the American Orchid Society's headquarters west of Delray Beach. His passion for the plants started more than 20 years ago... Now... retired... has 1,000. ... Orchid doctors are now available on weekends at the society... The free service had been offered only on weekdays. ... They started the weekend program in September, because they are busiest on weekends... Approximately 25 people call daily for help with their orchids, and from five to 10 show up for a diagnosis... Volunteers are always available to help visitors but don't have the in-depth knowledge required to be an orchid doctor. Madeline Michalowski... is the other orchid doctor... People call from all over the country and even overseas... The most common diagnoses are over-watering or parasites... There are approximately 1,000 society members in South Florida... There are 2,500 members of organizations affiliated with the American Orchid Society from Miami-Dade to Martin counties, and more than 18,000 society members across the country... The society sits on 3.5 acres and has two 4,500-square-foot greenhouses. One is open to the public, and the other is a production house for staff and volunteers. Guests can watch them work in the production greenhouse through windows. ... the $60 annual fee gets members get free admission and... Orchids [the magazine]. Membership includes free admission to more than 250 botanical gardens around the country." URL : http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flporchid1126pnnov26,0,2186006.story?track=rss ** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] White Magic
I had a lot of it for sale in the past..having gotten it from Stewarts...I selfed it and sold the seedlings, plus bought seedlings from Asia too...all turned out to be bowringeana..and not even white..gained a lot of enemies from that lesson...funny that none of the progeny were aurantiaca of any color...There is a true clone of alba aurantiaca out there..cannot remember the name..but Truford Orchids used to sell it...Bill Bergstrom ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Costa Rica garden
Is your planned orchid garden going to be different from Lankaster Gardens which is also in Costa Rica? Bev ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] FW: TAXON
I'm forwarding this for Eric. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 26 november 2007 19:16 Subject: TAXON It has been brought to my attention that there is an active proposal to eliminate the name Phragmipedium kovachii by suppressing the Selbyana Supplement it was published in on the basis of the illegal backstory. 1. The proposal: TAXON 55(4):1055-1056. 2006 (Nov). 2. Rebuttal by William Anderson: TAXON 56(2). 2007 (May). 3. Rebuttal by Wesley Higgins and David Benzing: TAXON 56(3). 2007 (Aug). Eric Christenson ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] FW: TAXON
Kenneth Do you know where we may find Eric Christenson's response(s) to the TAXON articles? Peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
