[OGD] Smithsonian exhibit / Washington, D.C. (US)

"Starting Sunday, Washington, D.C 13th annual... orchid exhibit "Orchids: Take a Walk on the Wild Side" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. ... will feature more than 2,000 of the... plants in 300 varieties [genera ?]. The exhibit, designed by Smithsonian's Horticultu

[OGD] Cymbidium (Vietnam)

"growers of cymbidium... in Vietnamese Da Lat central highlands... Doan Van Quynh, owner of the Anh Quynh cymbidium farm... at flower markets in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Gia Lai, Kon Tum, and Nha Trang provinces. Quynh earned... VND900 million (US$56,000) in profit this year... he had to ado

[OGD] Prasophyllum fuscum stands in the way of water (Australia)

"a rare orchid... standing in the way of a state government project to drought-proof Sydney. After a request from the out-going federal Environment Minister, Ian Campbell, NSW has referred a groundwater project to Canberra for assessment under federal environment laws. If the development - whi

[OGD] dendrobium anosmum

Greetings everyone from South Florida. My dendrobium anosmums have sprouted buds about two months early this year, I'm sure due to the unseasonably high temperatures thus far. Now we are having cold snaps into the 50's. I'm afraid the plants will go back into dormancy and the buds will fall of

[OGD] Book: Orquideas de la serrania del Baudo

Viateur, This book is readily available from www.orchidsbooks.com. In fact, it is the special this month, offered at a somewhat reduced price. Mine has yet to arrive, but it's on the way! Be sure to check out the sales section on the web site. I have no interest in orchidsbooks.com, other

Re: [OGD] Salep

Viateur, A good place to start searching the medical literature is Medline (includes mostly English language journals, but also some journals in other languages). Free access to the database can be found at pubmed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/). The keyword "salep" brings up only four