[OGD] book / '300... Species, Hybrids Varieties in Cultivation'
300 Orchids: Species, Hybrids Varieties in Cultivation... book... practical information on the most common orchid varieties... Alphabetically arranged and encyclopedic... provides basic care instructions and information on taxonomy, form, distribution, cultivation, habitat and conservation status for each. Its author, Jane Boosey, is a British orchid dealer... the photos make it a... candidate for the coffee table. URL : http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080413/ENTERTAINMENT05/804130384 Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Bridget Ozanne Fields / Guernsey (UK)
The Orchid Fields Nature Reserve has been renamed after a... Guernsey botanist. The late Bridget Ozanne was secretary of the Botany Section of La Societe Guernesiaise. ... she wrote many books on the island's plants. The Orchid Fields at Les Vicheries was renamed the Bridget Ozanne Orchid Fields URL : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7346386.stm *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Liparis loeselii / Isère (France)
réserve naturelle nationale de la tourbière du Grand-Lemps. Située à 500 m d'altitude sur les communes de Châbons et le Grand-Lemps... Cette tourbière occupe un des nombreux vallons glaciaires des Terres Froides. La diversité des groupements tourbeux alcalins et acides, les particularités hydrologiques et la richesse... floristique concourent à l'intérêt patrimonial du site. On y trouve de nombreuses plantes protégées comme le Liparis de Loi[e]sel, une petite orchidée des marais... La réserve est protégée par lEtat depuis 1993 avec le concours du Conseil général de l'Isère URL : http://www.enviscope.com/14857-tourbiere-Isere-Lemps-decouverte.html *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Genoplesium nudiscapum (Australia)
A... species that was presumed extinct has been found on the slopes of Mount Wellington. The dense midge orchid was last recorded in 1852 and had been listed as extinct in Tasmania. The orchids are about five centimetres high, with a cluster of tiny flowers. A Threatened Orchid Project Officer, Matt Larcombe, says 60 patches of the tiny orchid have been found on Council and private land in South Hobart. A local field naturalist, Kevin Bonham, actually discovered it, said Mr Larcombe. He saw some leaves [orchid ?] late last year that he though were a bit odd and went back up this year to have a look and see what they turned into... it turned out to be the dense midge orchid. They're tiny... 4 to 7 centimetres tall and very fine so unless you're really down on your hands and knees looking you'd just miss them and you've got to be there at that right window when they're actually in flower to actually see them or else there's nothing above ground, just a tuber below ground. URL : http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/17/2219931.htm?section=justin photos : 1) http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200804/r241768_981268.jpg 2) http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200804/r241769_981277.jpg ** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Rediscovered
A terrestrial orchid species thpught to be extinct in Tasmania has recently been rediscovered. Corunastylis nudiscapa has been located on the slopes of Mt Wellington near Hobart during a search for Land Snails by officers of the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment (DPIWE). This species has not been recorded since the type species was collected in 1840. Growing in sandy soil occuring on the eastern foothills of the mountain, the officers were initially unable to immediately identify the plant but formal identification came quickly as C. nudiscapa has no Tasmanian species with which it could be confused. It is a Dwarf Midge Orchid with tightly congested inflorescence of crowded reddish-brown to purplish glabrous nodding flowers and was only known from this single location. Great news and a psychological boost to those who never say never. Now all we need to do is get the same department to protect those other species rapidly heading in the same direction. Alan W Stephenson National Conservation Officer Australasian Native Orchid Society ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
