[OGD] andy on iris and george

dear andy, your recent posts re iris and george reminded me of the following thought by r.d.laing: 'what we think is less than what we know; what we know is less than what we love; what we love is so much less than what there is. and to that precise extent we are so much less than what we are.'

[OGD] Re: george hampel's phone number

on 10/21/04 5:34 PM, Steve wrote: > > George Hampel's Phone: +66 7819 3519 > > Best of luck. > > Steve Hello Steve, Thanks, i'll forward this to Dwayne. regards, charles -- Charles Ufford Calen the Border Collie CGC - now in Heaven Oriskany, NY USA IPA, Central NY and Southern Tier Orch

[OGD] re: Laelia purpurata cross

Kenneth, I don't know who made the cross your are asking about but a quick check of my orchid picture reference database shows a colour photograph of 'Mood Indigo' in the AOS Awards Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1 March 1998 on page 26 and another in the AOS Orchids magazine, Jude 2003, page 444 I also

[OGD] George & Steve.

Steve, though Andy may be an ass and is certainly enormous, and I don't always agree with him, what he has to say about George Norris' conviction is entirely correct. Leaving personalities aside, this court action has caused irreparable harm to all 'serious orchid growers' involved in the importati

[OGD] Importing Orchids from SE Asia

Prompted by Lauder's problems in getting delivery from a SE Asian Nursery, I wish to report a more pleasant experience with Saigon Orchids and Flora of Viet Nam. Some of the fleshy bulbed species [Calanthe, Phaius, etc.] I ordered were found to harbor beetle larvae by the supposedly lax Mia

[OGD] Cymbidium lowiana 'Concolour' or 'Alba'

Despite some research I have been unable to find specific information needed. I seek a photo or details, such as number of flowers and size of flowers, of any awarded Cymbidium lowiana 'Concolour' or 'Alba'. Recently we were presented with such a plant for an award but all judges did not have

[OGD] RE: purpurata cross

'Mood Indigo' was a CCM awarded to Stewarts orchids in 1997. 'Craig Reavis' was an AM awarded to Craig Reavis of Texas in 1991. The cross you ask about is on Windsor Orchids sales list : http://users.eastlink.ca/~greenhouses/orchid.html They may know who made the cross. Failing that I'd star

[OGD] Stelis species

As someone who can't even identify a nice large Dendrobium, you can imagine how it is when I am confronted with a species of Stelis! Help!! I have no idea what the unlabelled plant belonging to one of my Society Members, at http://tygerorchids.itgo.com/stelis.html is. Any help would be much appreci

[OGD] Phrag. kovachii habitats stripped bare

Colin who said: >A comment on Phrag. kovachii being decimated in Peru, could it be that the >Peruvians stripped the place bare. . In my humble opinion, it really does not matter much who stripped the Pk habitats bare, Peruvians, or non-Peruvians!!! The Pk plants were removed from their habitats

[OGD] Re: CITES rumpus

Steve Topletz wrote to Mr Easton: >You speak of this tightening of the ::yolk:: around "the serious orchid growers" Cracking this shell would seem to egg on an already scrambled debate. Fowl play? _ Oliver Sparrow Tel: UK (0)20 7736 9716 www.chforum.org www.tr

[OGD] Cattleyopsis lindenii

One of the members of the Orchid Species Society is looking for Cattleyopsis lindenii pollen to do an outcross. Please email me off-list if you can help. Cheers, Gary Gary Yong Gee & Roger Sawkins Phone 61 (0)7 3398 4222 PO Box 57, Cannon Hil