[OGD] Seedlings

Readers outside the US, please ignore. I have a number of Petri plates of Dendrobium bifalce produced by a fellow researcher that require good homes. I cannot ship outside the United States due to the pains of international shipping. While sealed and presumably without bacteri

[OGD] chilling phals

quoting Iris: "The conventional wisdom is that if you chill most Phals for a period of two weeks, they will bloom 120 days later. According to this, if I want my Phals to bloom for our orchid show in mid-October, I have to put them on a chilling regimen around Memorial Day. Now there may be no na

Re: [OGD] Vol 8, Issue 95, r.o, chlorine filters

Hi Charles, I can certainly sympathize with your chlorine battle. We have gone through the same thing here, only on a larger scale (sorry to use that word). We are presently using in our greenhouse, in addition to particulate & charcoal filters on the r.o. line, charcoal filters on the city

Re: [OGD] r/o units in U.S.

Hi Charles: I use a system like you describe. I decided to get my RO unit from a local hydroponics supplier. I chose this route because I get local, hands on support and parts, they were also competitive on price. I use a 100 gal per day unit which fills a 30 gallon plastic garbage can in about 8

Re: [OGD] RO units

Mike, I hear that in many places now, municipalities use a chlorine chemical that does not get removed from the water by letting the water sit overnight. So it may not apply in all cases, but I am no chemist. Regards, ST Mijo730> Hi Charles, Mijo730> I just read your note about chlorine

[OGD] RO units

Hi Charles,   I just read your note about chlorine bothering your orchids. I used to live in Las Vegas and their water has so much chlorine it would actually make your eyes water right from the faucet. However it never seemed to bother my Phals. The excess calcium in the water was really nast

[OGD] Lankester Garden Website

Lankester Garden has a new website that is user friendly and easy to navigate. Pages thus far completed include information about the upcoming International Orchid Conservation Congress III, the history of the garden, etc. www.jardinbotanicolankester.org Wilella Stimmell IOCC III Finance Commit

[OGD] Chilling Phals

The conventional wisdom is that if you chill most Phals for a period of two weeks, they will bloom 120 days later. According to this, if I want my Phals to bloom for our orchid show in mid-October, I have to put them on a chilling regimen around Memorial Day. Now there may be no natural chilling av

Re: [OGD] r/o units in U.S.

Charles, The least expensive RO systems I have purchased lately have been on eBay. There are several vendors there selling very inexpensive units. I have purchase two for myself and two for friends to use and I helped them install the units. If you are only looking for a small quantity of ver

Re: [OGD] r/o units in U.S.

Charles, glad you asked. I know a guy who has great deals for ~100 Gallon Per Day (capable) systems. Very inexpensive. His name is Jim Trains, and his website is http://www.soumiknight.com Customize your system to as simple or complex as you want. Complete system for approx $125, add distilla

[OGD] r/o units in U.S.

Hello all, Question for North American members: I am looking to purchase a small reverse-osmosis system to be shipped to Upstate NY and am wondering where you have seen and purchased units, best units and best prices. It won't have to be a large capacity system as I am not a greenhouse grow

[OGD] vanilla at the Atlanta Botanical Garden (Georgia, US)

"the Atlanta Botanical Garden celebrates the 15 species of the vanilla orchid vine growing in the Fuqua Orchid Center" source : http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=36082 Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD)

Re: [OGD] Merit Systemic Insecticide

It's amazing where imidacloprid shows up, Merit is not the name I am familiar with, I originally started using it as NTN but now the Turf and Ornamental labeling is Marathon. I was looking at an ad one time for the new (at the time) systemic flea killer for dogs and guess what? there it was again.

[OGD] Merit Systemic Insecticide

Quote: Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:44:08 -0600 From: Thomas Hillson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OGD] Orthene toxicity...Merit Ed, Some question about Merit are you using it as a liquid or Wetable power, and where are you getting it from? It sounds interesting with its very low LD50 of about 2

[OGD] Raymond Burr [Peter Mason]'s orchids [] / Fiji

"the Garden of the Sleeping Giant... ... Fiji's largest and most famous orchid garden nestled at the base of the Sleeping Giant mountain... the garden is famous for its large collection of different Asian orchids and Cattleya hybrids. ... these flowers were once the private collection of late Ame