[OGD] Re: Clarification

2005-03-22 Thread bonaventure
To the infinitely wise people at CITES - Aw, come on, let me have just one pollinia! I have a besseae here waiting. Wait, you better make sure those dried flowers from cultivated plants have been irradiated so that none of the dry pollen can be revived! BWM - Original Message - --

[OGD] CITES rules on cultivated, cut flowers

2005-03-22 Thread bonaventure
So, a way for me to get Phrag. kovachii pollen for crosses on my Phrags? Bonaventure Magrys Cliffwood Beach, NJ USA >>> Message: 7 Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:42:17 -0600 From: "Kathryn Theiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OGD] Vanda phylogeny To: Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID:

[OGD] 18th WOC lecture

2005-03-22 Thread Peter\(Can\) Croezen
One of the lectures at the 18th WOC in Dijon France was presented by Dr. Shin'ichi Yamamoto. His lecture: "Easy Method Of Sowing Orchids."   If you attended that lecture, can you share your notes with me, or do you know where I can purchase  a copy of the lecture?   I did find an e-mail addr

[OGD] hybrids in Singapore - thanks

2005-03-22 Thread viateur . boutot
A note of thanks to Kelvin-Sebastian [Siew Yong Chuay] for a most detailed answer to my query about orchids named after visitors to Singapore. I was not aware of the extensive tradition or orchid hybridization in Singapore. The reference you provided [Orchid Hybrids of Singapore (1893 - 2003)] i

[OGD] Re: Orchids Digest, Vol 7, Issue 140

2005-03-22 Thread Kelvin-Sebastian Siew Yong Chuay
- Original Message - Message: 1 Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:32:12 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] orchids named in after visitors in Singapore To: Orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed In a news story,

Re: [OGD] Bert's judging experience.

2005-03-22 Thread Steve Topletz
How, exactly, would you rate the expertise/quality of an orchid judge? Steve ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Bert's judging experience.

2005-03-22 Thread Andy Easton
Title: Bert's judging experience. Bert, With all due respect to you as a retired Professor of Chemistry, you are totally unqualified to judge at a World Orchid Conference as you would be unqualified to judge at any AOS judging. This provides further evidence why the judging was so poor in D

[OGD] Fighting CITES and the AOS

2005-03-22 Thread Gerald H Fisher
Can someone please help me out. I thought that the AOS was allowed to advocate/lobby for a policy change (i.e. 'improve' CITES) but that could not advocate/lobby for a person. If this is true then there is virtually no limitation with respect to educating congresspeople on the good/bad points i

[OGD] Remote humidity determination

2005-03-22 Thread ahicks51
I didn't think of it until Thomas Hillson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spaketh thusly, but: > None, of the simple thermometer/hygrometer systems I have > seen are very good, I have bought lots of them. If you > want an accurate measure of temperature and humidity you > need a high quality weather stat

Re: [OGD] My trip to the WOC (without photos)

2005-03-22 Thread marianne.fleurimont
Regarding the WOC in Dijon, I heard that orchids were confiscated from Malala Orchids and the participant left the conference within a few days of that.  Does anyone have further information on the grounds for this?    I was at the WOC in Dijon (only as orchid gazer, not attending the lectur

[OGD] Politics at the WOC

2005-03-22 Thread BCPRESS
In view of the many posts concerning the politics at the recent WOC, it seems appropriate to relate my own experiences there.  I had been duly registered and issued judge's credentials and was about to join my team when two of the judging coordinators, Ric Neiryinck and Cordelia Head, di

[OGD] THERMOMETERS

2005-03-22 Thread Giles Smith
  An unnamed list member asked "Has anyone found an accurate thermometer/hygrometer unit which provides for two sets of readings (in and outdoor)?"   I suggest you check Oregon Scientific.  They sell a wide variety of such units.  I have used a couple of their models for several years.  The

[OGD] AOS, from an historical perspective

2005-03-22 Thread viateur . boutot
Leo [Schordje] wrote : " the original founding purpose of the AOS was to facilitate the importation of orchids into the USA." What were the problems that would limit the importation of orchids at that time ? Is the AOS presently involved in any orchid conservation project in the US or in other

[OGD] Fighting CITES and the AOS

2005-03-22 Thread leo . schordje
For what it is worth, the original founding purpose of the AOS was to facilitate the importation of orchids into the USA. I am disappointed that the AOS has not worked more effectively against CITES. As to the 501(c.) 3 rules, there are subsidiary lobby groups (PACS or what ever the post McCain

Re: [OGD] Accurate remote digital hyrgrometer

2005-03-22 Thread Thomas Hillson
Title: Re: [OGD] Accurate remote digital hyrgrometer None, of the simple thermometer/hygrometer systems I have seen are very good, I have bought lots of them. If you want an accurate measure of temperature and humidity you need a high quality weather station system or a good wet bulb/dry bulb hyg

[OGD] encyclia plicata x encyclia phoenicea - 24 years later...

2005-03-22 Thread viateur . boutot
call it persistence or deep-rooted nature (smile...) : "Pam Staley... has waited 24 years for the orchid plant she raised from infancy to bloom ­ or show signs of it, which is what it is doing now. ... “I’ve moved it everywhere. It has lived in this window. I’ve slept with it in my bedroom. I’ve

[OGD] cable-car project and endemic orchid in Thailand

2005-03-22 Thread viateur . boutot
"`Natural Resources and Environment Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat... refused to confirm the cancellation of the project... The cable-car project ... designed to transport hundreds of thousands of people a year to the top of Doi Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, which is revered as the most sacred site

[OGD] orchids named in after visitors in Singapore

2005-03-22 Thread viateur . boutot
In a news story, "A new orchid has been named after the name of the prime minister [of Bangladesh]¸ Khaleda Zia, as a mark of respect to her visit to the Singapore Botanical Garden, the national orchid garden of the city state. The orchid was named as ‘Dendrobium Begum Khaleda Zia’... The hybrid