[OGD] Cephalanthera austiniae / Sumas Mountain, British Columbia, Canada

"Sumas Mountain is one of the top biodiversity hot spots in B.C. ... biologists are asking the City of Abbotsford to put the brakes on land development on McKee Peak and Sumas Mountain until researchers have identified the rare plant and animal species. "Housing developments on Sumas Mountain m

[OGD] orchid in the way of developers / Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

"Some land developers proposing to build new subdivisions on Sumas Mountain and McKee Peak are worried the Species-At-Risk Act (SARA) may prevent them from building on large tracts of land and cut into their profit margin. In fact, the legislation is already beginning to have an impact... ... th

Re: [OGD] Neofinitia falcata and "hollow moss"

I am having trouble visualizing how this hollow ball of moss works. Where is it hollow? Sorry if this is a dumb question. I just finished cleaning out my greenhouse for the winter and repotted a pile of plants that were near death from being in moss. I can see that it has a place (for example,

[OGD] thanks for the feedback

Thanks very much to all of you who responded with your thoughtful feedback regarding my question concerning NZ sphagnum moss and Neofinetias. Steve ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchid

[OGD] K. for Kathy

Mike [O'Connor]wrote "K. Barrett... What does the "K" stand for?" Kathy Barrett is a member of the Diablo View Orchid Society (California, US) : http://www.splicehost.com/~diablovi/NewsLetter/2002/mar02.pdf http://diabloviewos.org/NewsLetter/2004/Feb2004.pdf Kathy Barrett is a student [AOS] jud

[OGD] orchid sale at Lyman Estate (Massachusetts, US)

"The Lyman Estate will have hundreds of orchids for sale Friday, Nov. 4, Saturday, Nov. 5, and Sunday, Nov. 6" source : http://www.dailynewstribune.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=64439 about the Lyman Estate : http://www.waltham-community.org/Lyman.html additional info about the sale : h

[OGD] Merv Hall and Jim Spatzek??

Title: Merv Hall and Jim Spatzek?? Have never met Merv Hall but he is, like many posters here, spectacularly uninformed. In that I gave three month's notice to the AOS before leaving (this could easily be confirmed by Lee Cooke) I would call his bluff on his uninformed claim. Of course there