[OGD] Angraecum equitans Schltr. / collection data

2005-10-24 Thread viateur . boutot
more from "Orchids-request at orchidguide.com writes:" (smile) : "In its native land it is found usually between 2000 and 2600 meters in elevation" source : Hillerman, Fred 1978"At Last: Some Small Angraecums", American Orchid Society Bulletin, Vol. 47, No. 5, p. 405. ***

[OGD] Cites and Wollemi Pine

2005-10-24 Thread dennis READ
As this is the rarest tree in the world why is it allowed to be exported. If it was an orchid its movement would be banned. Regards ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.c

Re: [OGD] Light/Heat/Moisture Data

2005-10-24 Thread K Barrett
>I would like to develop a light/heat/moisture database for my small >greenhouse so I can better >situate my plants according to their needs. i.e. on a full sunny day in >October, point A in the >greenhouse at 8:00 am registers xx/xx/xx; at 9:00 am it registers yy/yy/yy, >etc. > >I'm sure someon

[OGD] Onc. sarcodes

2005-10-24 Thread IrisCohen
Is Onc. sarcodes now a Baptistonia, or is this off the wall? Iris ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

Re: [OGD] Angcm equitans

2005-10-24 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 10/23/05 11:19:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: it seems to do better in a fairly fine mix in pots. This one is potted in tree fern in a small clay pot. Not collected; a seedling obviously. Maybe I should leave it there for now. "can tolerate cold conditions" Can it tolerate

Re: [OGD] Wollemi Pine

2005-10-24 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 10/23/05 11:19:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sotheby's (sic) auction at the weekend of 100 seedlings of the rare Wollemi Pine. Wollemi pine, Wollemia nobilis, belongs to the Araucariaceae. Bonsai growers were waiting until it was commercially available to see if it could be u

[OGD] Keith Shaffer (October 15, 1915 / October 22, 2005)

2005-10-24 Thread viateur . boutot
"Orchid grower... a delicate orchid was his proudest achievement... Shaffer was an orchid breeder. He worked in 12 greenhouses in a nursery along 41st Avenue [Santa Cruz, California, US] that he started with his brother Hal in 1937. His son Richard would later join the business. It was there t