[OGD] Cymbidium Fifi 'Harry'

2006-01-13 Thread Rick Barry
Actually, it's Cymbidium 'Harry' (AM/AOS, if you put stock in such designations). If you grow it well, you'll need a very tall plant stand to display it.   Take a look at it at the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate: http://www.sborchid.com/OrchidOfTheDay/Cym-Fifi-Harry.htm   Yeah, still here. Rick

Re: [OGD] bush snails

2006-01-13 Thread K Barrett
Did anyone have anything to say about using caffeine to kill bush snails? K Barrett N Calif, USA Thanks to all who responded to my plea for suggestions on eradicating bush snails. An astonishing variety of solutions were offered, all undoubtedly practical and effective under certain condition

Re: [OGD] Dry rest for Cymbidiums

2006-01-13 Thread DennisWestler
Oliver Sparrow Writes: However, virtually all of the large flowered species and their progeny are monsoonal, which means that they need a dry rest in Winter. This is usually accompanied by very bright sun in the wild, and with temperatures which may be low or high, depending on their habitat. As

Re: [OGD] Cymbidiums

2006-01-13 Thread First Rays
Oliver,   Once again I see that the "hard and fast rules" are meant to be broken.   I have several forms of S. sinense growing in semi-hydroponic culture, meaning that they get fed and watered on a continual, routine basis all year long, and they bloom quite regularly and well.  They are righ

Re: [OGD] Cymbidiums

2006-01-13 Thread Oliver Sparrow
Quote: >In many areas other than California, cymbidiums grow very well, but >rarely if ever re-bloom due to high nighttime temps in the late summer >and early fall. Cymbidiums come from anything from 2500m in the Himalayas, where they get a snow cap every Winter, to the depths of the wettest ju