Re: [OGD] Searching OGD Archives - another question

2006-02-11 Thread Steve Topletz
If someone could provide me a complete record of the archives, preferably non-digest, I will create a search engine to solve all these problems. ST stanhopi> Gentle OGDers, stanhopi> Recently there was a question about retrieving stanhopi> threads from the OGD archives. Here is a slightly di

[OGD] Searching OGD Archives - another question

2006-02-11 Thread stanhopi
Gentle OGDers,   Recently there was a question about retrieving threads from the OGD archives.  Here is a slightly different question in a similar vein:   I receive OGD by email in Digest form.  Occasionally a digest goes missing or I accidentally delete one before I can save it.  The membership ha

[OGD] Home cultivation

2006-02-11 Thread Wanda
I haven't tried to grow orchids for about 8 years. I can only grow indoors at home and did not have too much success before - plants only lived about 2 years. Are there any good web sites that give detailed home growing tips or list of plants that are easy growers?   Thanks,   Wanda Akron, Oh

[OGD] madevallia grower and author / San Mateo (California, US)

2006-02-11 Thread viateur . boutot
"Mary E. Gerritsen, a cell biologist and pharmacologist... hunts for new drugs to help fight cancer. When she's not doing research or writing scholarly articles for medical journals, the San Mateo resident indulges her passion for hunting down and growing Masdevallias... Gerritsen's enthusiasm

[OGD] OrchidWiz / photographers

2006-02-11 Thread viateur . boutot
"orchid aficionados sent their digital photographs, some of rare species and hybrids, for publication in the newly released OrchidWiz Encyclopedia 2.0. ... Eric Hunt, of OrchidMania Eric contributed nearly 800 photos to the program. Part of his collection includes seldom seen orchid species, suc

[OGD] Silicon in Orchid Cell Walls?

2006-02-11 Thread Gene and Joan Howard
Can anyone comment on the proposition that addition of soluble silicon formulations (e.g. Dynagro's Protekt) to orchid fertilizers will result in leaves that are sturdier and more resistant to fungal attack?   Is there any evidence that any orchid families/genera incorporate silicon into pri

[OGD] Ossiculum aurantiacum links and photo

2006-02-11 Thread Brian O'Brien
Here are some links for Ossiculum aurantiacum, as a follow-up to Viateur's post: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/wta/posters/Ossiculum%20aurantiacum.pdf For other plants from Cameroon, see the parent link:  http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/wta/con_posters.html http://www.redlist.org/info/gal

[OGD] x affine

2006-02-11 Thread dennis READ
A while ago I purchased Coelogyne speciosa x affine and Coelogyne speciosa x affine as two obviously different plants as the leaves were completely different One has been identified as Coel.gibbifera and the other as Coel.naja by experts in the field of coelogynes. I was intrigued by the wor

Re: [OGD] Cymbidium Sue

2006-02-11 Thread Orchdcrazy
A quick check of Wildcatt shows:    Cymbidium Sue = (Cym. Showgirl X Cym. Peter Pan). ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Cym Sue

2006-02-11 Thread ROY LEE
Ron, the parents of Cym. Sue are C. Showgirl x Peter Pan. RHS website picked it up 1st time. Has been around for years. Some very nice blooms from them. Roy. Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Movies: Check out the Latest Trailers, Premiere Photos and full Actor Database._

Re: [OGD] Cym. Sue

2006-02-11 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 2/11/06 6:02:07 AM, Ron Boyd writes: I cannot get the RHS data base to give parents of Cymbidium Sue. Dunno how you missed it, except the Web site was having a problem a week or so ago. Cym. Sue = Showgirl x Peter Pan. It was registered by Santa Barbara in 1980. <> I don't gro

Re: [OGD] Cym Sue

2006-02-11 Thread Stephen Early
Sue is a cross of Showgirl with Peter Pan - The RHS database was not working a short while ago. Sue is often cream and other pale colours and can have better shape than Peter Pan. Is popular because you can get good quality early flowering hybrids. Stephen Early _

[OGD] vanilla

2006-02-11 Thread viateur . boutot
"Vanilla Of all the many tropical orchids only two are used for commercial purposes: Bourbon and Tahitian. It flourishes in Brazil, Mexico and Peru and is also grown in Indonesia, Tahiti, Madagascar, China, and the Cormoro Islands (formally known as the Bourbon Islands in the nineteenth century

[OGD] madevallia grower in San Mateo (California, US)

2006-02-11 Thread viateur . boutot
"Mary E. Gerritsen, a cell biologist and pharmacologist of note, hunts for new drugs to help fight cancer. When she's not doing research or writing scholarly articles for medical journals, the San Mateo resident indulges her passion for hunting down and growing Masdevallias, which she calls the