[OGD] Revisiting Rhyncholaelia digbyana

Greetings - I had solicited advice a few months ago on caring for my digbyana, which had produced over a dozen growths and was forming buds. Here is a photo of the plant in bloom: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/platotoldhim/detail?.dir=8fdf&.dnm=dd8a.jpg&.src=ph It was really quite thrilling! Now th

[OGD] salvaged Plants

Viateur (I think - can't tell for sure with the back and forths) wrote, "Personally, I remain skeptical about selling salvaged plants to nurseries." Please expand on your concern. It seems to me that any means to pass on plants that are known as being actually salvaged/bulldozed/burned/etc is a

[OGD] Re: conservation efforts

The discussion of Tom Nelson and Cypripedium salvage so far seems to be built on a false dichotomy. Collecting for sale versus leaving the plants for the bulldozer aren't the only possibilities. As Hansen points out in _Orchid Fever_, a third alternative is replanting the salvaged Cyps in the

Re: [OGD] Hawai'i Dendrobiums or Phalaenopsis

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:48 PM Subject: [OGD] Hawai'i Dendrobiums or Phalaenopsis >I've never seen Phals grown commercially in Hawai`i as they seem to require >more steamy conditions than Hawai`i provides outside of a greenhous