[OGD] Philip Cribb

I do not know Dr. Cribb or his publications but I have had several scientific manuscripts published. The approach I took on authorship was that the first author was the one who wrote the manuscript because that person would know the most about the research. Other authors would have contribute

[OGD] Vanilla

Colin Did I not read somewhere recently in the Digest that V. planifolia (from Mexico) and V. tahitiense are one and the same species and that it was a French plot a long time ago that secretly transplanted V planifolia into Tahiti and claimed they were a different species. Steven > >Viateu

[OGD] silicon

I regularly use ProTekt as a fertilizer additive. However, I use it as a pH adjuster for my paphsI add it to my fertilizer to bring it up to a pH of about 6.7 or soSince I am now using the MSU formula (First Ray's version, lower in phosphate) I add 1/4 tsp to a gallon when I add a tspn of M

[OGD] Vanilla

Viateur wrote: "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 ni

[OGD] one of the smallest orchids - Notylia mirabilis (norae)

   Here's one more addition to the "smallest orchids" category:  Notylia mirabilis (synonym Notylia norae) from Venezuela.  It is described and photographically illustrated in G. C. K. Dunsterville's Introduction to the World of Orchids, and also in his Orchid Hunting in the Lost World (and Elsew

[OGD] OGD V8 #6 Silicon in Orchid Cell Walls

Gene Howard asked about Silca in Cell Walls.  Bob Dressler in "Physiology and Classification of the Orchid Family" discusses the inclusion of silica bodies in orchid cells  sheathing vascular bundles as a presumed reinforcement of orchid tissue [pp 23,25]. However I

[OGD] Miltonia Edwina for Josephine Constance Woodruff Fehlburg / Edwina Booth ?

Miltonia Edwina Registered by Wrigley (1/1/1937) *** "Early in 1931, Edwina Booth's name rolled off every tongue. Paul Cuilhe, a nationally known floral expert... named an orchid for her. "The Edwina" appeared at a Pasadena flower show. Cuilhe valued it at $25,000, much more than E

[OGD] Franklin Park Conservatory / annual orchid show (Columbus, Ohio)

"Franklin Park Conservatory offers... the Jewels of the Jungle during its annual orchid show... Jewels of the Jungle Orchid Show through March 26" source and news item : http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/LIFE09/602120320/1025/rss05 *** Re

[OGD] Sue, double entendre

"Sue is a cross of Showgirl with Peter Pan. Sue is often cream and other pale colours and can have better shape than Peter Pan.  Is popular  because  get good quality".    I sold that script to a guy in the LA area who makes movies, right after he'd bought my short story "What the Actress said

[OGD] affine

From: "dennis READ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OGD] x affine To: "Orchiddigest" 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

Re: [OGD] Cym Sue

Hi all, many thanks to all who replied on and off line. Plenty of good info on Sue. RHS must have gone down at the wrong time for me perhaps. Cheerio and thanks again for the help Ron Boyd > " > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Cym Sue (Stephen Early) >2. Re: Cym. Sue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >