[OGD] Singapore Orchid Show

2006-12-16 Thread Peter O'Byrne
The Singapore Orchid Show opened today (Saturday 16th December) at Suntec City (Convention Centre, 4th Floor) and will remain open until 26th December. The floral display is massive in scale, with roughly equal emphasis on grouped arrangements (some of which contain extremely high-quality plants),

Re: [OGD] RHS lists

2006-12-16 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 12/16/06 6:02:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The latest copies (Dec. 7, 2006) of the 3 listings from Julian Shaw (RHS orchid registrar)   are now available on the London Ontario Orchid Society web site at http://los.lon.imag.net/MiscFile.asp Thanks. Have you noticed the

[OGD] Bulbophyllum spiesii / 'terribly' fragrant / Atlanta, Georgia (US)

2006-12-16 Thread viateur . boutot
a rare... orchid is blooming at the Atlanta Botanical Garden... it is revolting to smell. When orchid curator Becky Brinkman first caught a whiff of Bulbophyllum spiesii [accepted name : Bulbophyllum fletcherianum Rolfe ] this week, the flower's... perfume reminded her of roadkill possum with

[OGD] Singapore Garden Festival

2006-12-16 Thread viateur . boutot
Singapore Garden Festival... Singapore... has won the bid to host... the 20th International Orchid Conference in 2011. Mr Mah [National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan ] said: This is a very, very prestigious event... ... will be a... boost to the local industry and... for Singapore's