[OGD] Slc. Jewel Box 'Gorecrest'

Does anyone have any information about this clone? I understand it is awarded, mostly interested in the Gorecrest clonal name that is unfamiliar to me. Thank you, John Whistler ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidgui

Re: [OGD] Nik's Help on id.

Hi Peter, Thanks so much for the id. I couldn't have thought that it's a Spath. BTW, the sp was found on the mainland of Penin. Malaysia in Kedah. Nik On 3 Oct 2005 at 1:33, Peter O'Byrne wrote: > Nik, > > you are correct; your friend's beauty is a Spathoglottis, but is a > very strange one

[OGD] Nik's Help on id.

Nik, you are correct; your friend's beauty is a Spathoglottis, but is a very strange one. It is the uncommon & little-known S. hardingiana Parish & Reichenbach. Occurs in mainly in Myanmar & Thailand; in Malaysia known only from Langkawi, where it grows on limestone. Cheers, Peter O'Byrne in Sin

Re: [OGD] Orchid Emporium

In a message dated 10/2/05 12:27:55 PM, Dot writes: Does the word "gaudy" have meaning here? The word I thought of was dreck. 50 years ago the people who grew orchids had taste. Now they have money. (Present company excluded) And where can I get the latest Sanders for less than $108? Iris ___

Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 7, Issue 431

I started flasking nepenthes 12 years ago, since they are difficult germinators under non-tropical conditions. From there it was an easy step to flask orchids. I try to pollinate whatever flowers, just for the exercise at the moment, altough I had p. phillipinense and coelygne cristate as pods.

Re: [OGD] Amateur Flasking cont 2

I got an off list reply and the info is good, so I'm sharing it. Author must prefer annonymity, else they'd have posted to the list, so I'm not mentioning his/her name. Many thanks for the info! I didn't know about G&B. - K "Resources: OrchidMall is my first stop for just about any orchida

Re: [OGD] Amateur Flaskers cont

My usual pattern seems to be that I ask questions first then Google the answer later. In Googling I found these sites and wondered if anyone had any experience or input on them. 1) http://www.orchidmall.com - 1st resource I go to for all things orchid. Orchid Wire (http://www.orchidwire.com)

Re: [OGD] Amateur Flaskers?

About two years into growing Orchids as a hobby, I decided that it would be fun to make my own hybrids, rather than buy everybody else's. I was already doing a lot of research to buy the right seedlings, so why not leverage that research, and make my own crosses? I may not be exactly the type

Re: [OGD] Amateur Flaskers

Hi Kathy, 'Amateur' is the perfect word & I'll be happy to have it on my tombstone. The literal translation from the Latin amātor is 'to love.' In South Carolina, I can think of two other amateurs in addition to myself who do their own flasking - one of whom has experimented with the art of m

[OGD] Amateur Flaskers?

Please do post a list of places that do flasking for small businesses or individuals. That would be a great resource.DotK Barrett wrote: What prompts my question is I heard about a Dutch association called the VVO which (I think) is hobbyist oriented.  With the orchid business becoming  dominated b

[OGD] Subject: Re: Orchid Emporium

Does the word "gaudy" have meaning here?Dot Iris wrote:Anybody have any thoughts on the latest issue of the Orchid Emporium  catalogue? Iris ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidgui

[OGD] Help on id.

Hi all, I'm helping a friend to id a beautiful terrestrial species which looks like a Spathoglottis vegetatively but having different flowers. I appreciate if anybody has seen this before and know its name. You can view some pictures of this species at:- http://zanaf.dyndns.biz/Friends/Zul/Unk