[OGD] Judging

2006-08-20 Thread Tricia Garner
May I put in a request to those who are so exercised by Gabriel Stowe's views on retiring judges at 70? Please don't assume that all of us Brits, Pommies, (substitute pejorative of your choice) are the same! In my view, which I believe is held by most orchidists in the UK, it's hard enough encour

Re: [OGD] Correct pronunciations

2006-08-20 Thread Li'l Frog
Better still -- the Mid-America Orchid Congress has a cd with an actual person saying the names out loud for you to hear. It should be available on their web page www.midamericanorchids.org li'l frog -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [OGD] judging controversy

2006-08-20 Thread John Stanley
With all these words of wisdom and prejudice flying about, could someone give a thought to the legality of making an age/eyesight limit on such an aactivity. After all, it doesn't seem to matter too much in other spheres of judging, why a difference with orchids.  In any case, many (if not m

Re: [OGD] Correct pronunciations

2006-08-20 Thread tervherd
Because it took me a fair bit of searching to find it, here is the info copied from the MAOC site: ORCHID NAMES: A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE CD If you have been a society member within the MAOC for any length of time you may remember when the audio tapes of Gerda Ferrington's invaluable orchid pr

[OGD] Orchid Pronounciataion

2006-08-20 Thread Prof. Dr. Braem
> Greetings - > Can someone direct me to a site that lists the correct > pronunciations for orchid genera and (hopefully) > species as well? I am giving a presentation, and am > totally blathering the names. Words like 'kusukusense' > have me in a cold sweat! > Thanks for any directions - Nancy

Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 8, Issue 281

2006-08-20 Thread GRORCHIDS
Alan, please send me your e-mail address again. I was going to send you a picture of the cornu-cervi f. chattaladae but couldn't find your incoming message. Its probably is hiding somewhere in my compputer but where I don't know. Glad you liked the article. David Grove