[OGD] Using ultraviolet with laminar flow table

I've been advised thatadding an ultraviolet lightto a laminar flow table helps keep the station clean.If so, should it be be used before working with seed pods to clean the area? Or should it be on while working with the seed or later during replating? Would an 18 watt bulb be effective or

[OGD] Introducing myself

A few lines to say hello, as a new list member. I've been growing orchids for a year now. Just 20 or so, of different genera: mostly dendrobium, cattleya, oncidium, stanhopea, and brassavola species, and phalaenopsis hybrids. It's an ongoing experiment to find out what will grow and bloom under my

Re: [OGD] Using ultraviolet with laminar flow table

Lee, I'm familiar with using UV light in clean benches and microbiology cabinets. It works best when used in combination with surface disinfection. Also, for best results, keep the working surface tidy and free because shadow areas are not disinfected. Switch the UV lights on prior to or after

[OGD] UV light

Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] spaketh thusly: I've been advised that adding an ultraviolet light to a laminar flow table helps keep the station clean. An UV light bulb does not help keep a HEPA workstation clean. If anything, it does nothing more than entertain the user while

[OGD] Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum/Bulbophyllum abbreviatum

Dear Ogd's I am doing research with Cirrhopetalum and have a question for you all. Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum Rchb.f 1881 is said by Seidenfadden in Notes on Cirrhopetalum 1973 to not be related to Bulbophyllum abbreviatum Schlechter 1924 and cites If Schlechter's plant from Madagascar proves

[OGD] Bromeliads

Title: Bromeliads From: Peter Croezen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] Bromeliads and orchidaceous Orchidaceous plants are orchids, members of the family Orchidaceae. IMHO the answer to your question is, NO. My question is, are bromeliads orchidaceous plants? The definite answer is