Paul J. Johnson wrote a good account of catch-roots in the neotropics,
and asked for first-hand observations from the S.E.Asian area.
Of the species in several genera of Asian orchids that form
catch-roots, the most common and easily-seen is the widespread
Acriopsis liliifolia (Koen.) Ormerod
(syn
Thanks everyone that sent me the new e-mail address of Rudolf Jenny.
icones
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Stephen Kemp asked, in regards to the subject:
Is there a scientific term for this phenomenon and what other orchids
display it?
Dunno about scientific term, but my Hartwegia (perhaps obsolete
genus) purpurea does this, blooming repeatedly for years on the same
inflorescence.
Doesn't Psychopsis
Title: Message
I was given
cymbidium ensifolium as a gift last year. It is a large, mature plant
busting out of its 5" pot, and has what you all are describing as trash
roots. Two different root systems are obvious.
Regards,
Leslie in South
Florida
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Sorry to disagree with you, but it is important to
note that except for the 1 time Marie Riopelle has flowered it, no one has ever
flowered it. Even Marie has not flowered it again. So I think that that fact and
the fact that Marie has seen as many Angulocastes as anyone and this does not
re
Announcement: Orchids Limited is the first nursery in the United States to
receive the first Legal seedlings in Flask of Phrag. Kovachii. Jerry
Fischer took a trip to Peru and after a lot of preparation and intense
amounts of paperwork fromINRENA and the exporter we successfully hand
carried t
Hello -
A few years back I bought a seedling of Encyclia alata
x Encyclia tampencis (sic). By the time my plant
bloomed, this cross had been named Encyclia Cindy. I
just found the original label, which says Enc. alata
'Barbara' x Enc. tampencis 'Mendenhall'...this
resulting plant is still Enc. Cind
Title: Lycasteria Darius.
David,
You could well be correct. I was at the judging when it was exhibited and it was a tatty thing, of no beauty. Certainly if it has not bloomed again that would be good circumstantial evidence that the parentage is correct. Wyld Court did sell mislabeled Lycas
Grew this species in Orlando,
FL a goodly number of years ago.
It thrived on a piece of tree fern slab with no sphagnum in an open-air
greenhouse. It required frequent (daily) waterings during the summer months,
every few days during the winter. The critical issue was drainage around th
Thanks to everyone who replied on the cultural requirements for Rodriguezia
lanceolata.
Susan Taylor
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Jerry,
Would you kindly post a picture on your
website of one of the Pk flasks you purchased
in Lima from Manola Arias, son of Manuel Arias Silva, showing the Pk seedlings inside.
Preferably the Johnny Walker flasks. ( they sell
three types of flasks)
I have seen the J.W. Pk flask my fri
on 4/13/05 1:04 AM, Mark wrote:
> This brings up a question which I may have already answered above
> (light), but I don't know for sure. What is the trigger that causes
> auxin to know if it is in a root to grow downward with the pull of
> gravity? Is is lack of light or the presence of some root
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