"Windowsills have often become graveyards for many an orchid, despite
feverish fawning by their careful fans [indeed!].
... Guadalupe's Finca Dracula, a multi-hectare orchid farm in the forest on
the side of Volcan Baru. The greenhouse complex houses 2,200 species,
including a new hybrid specie
In a message dated 2/20/07 8:30:07 PM, John Stanley writes:
> Orchids sold as "supplied in a jam-jar" might not convey quite the right
> impression
>
How about all those phone messages on your push-button phone that say, "If
you know your party's extension, you may dial it at any time."
Iris
Cra
"orchid picked up by two environmentalists... in the jungles of Cameron
Highlands has turned out to be... Monomeria barbata a first for Malaysia.
Embi Abdullah, 59, who stumbled across the orchid with his friend while
trekking in the Ruil mountains last year, said the Forest Research
Institut
Martin,
I suggest a slightly different approach - maybe a bit philosophical but that
no doubt comes from trying to grow orchids while in the military and going
from Seattle to Killeen, Texas to Denver to Deep Cut, NJ, etc. ... and
'sharing' the house with a wife who became just as crazy for orc
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>Subject: [OGD] stolons in paphs
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Could it be that in the good ol' days work on sterile biological materials
required laboratory conditions involving agar in Petri-dishes for micro work
and, for potentially larger macro work, dedicated flasks? These were flask
shaped, having a near spherical base and a smaller diameter neck. A
Recently [6 February] I asked for help to ID which species these photos are
depicting :
http://www.chez.com/chezviateur//Catasetum_sp.htm
Patrick Brath (Paris, France) who specializes in Catasetinae provided the
following ID [thanks / merci !]:
Catasetum fimbriatum var. inconstans (Hoehne) Mans
Rice,
Here's a good place to start looking for sources.
http://www.orchidmall.com/
Regards,
Buzz Baxter
Windsong Orchids
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Hi Martin,
Welcome to Tennessee. Knoxville, Tennessee's climate lends itself to
growing virtually any but the very coldest growing orchids with ease. There
are a couple local orchid businesses in Knoxville, including Elmore Orchids,
and there is Lines Orchids in Chattanooga (a large place but
(so Florence is Firenza,[...])
Not true. The old name of Florence was Fiorenza. The actual name is
Firenze.
Guillermo Angulo
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In a message dated 2/20/07 6:03:41 AM, Phil writes:
> My literate wife informs me that the word comes from the Commedia del Arte
> term "far fiasco," referring to a character on stage drinking far too much
> from a flask of alcohol.
>
I thought the term originally came from Italian glassblowing.
"Max Pittenger McGill, 85... resident of Mobile (Alabama, US)... died
Thursday after an illness.
Born in Central City, Neb his family moved to the Mobile area in 1923...
His hobby was growing orchids... he began to grow them commercially, until
his hothouse was wiped out by a hurricane."
H
G'Day,
My literate wife informs me that the word comes from the the Commedia
del Arte term "far fiasco", referring to a character on stage drinking far
too much from a flask of alcohol. The "l" in Italian was apparently
dropped for an "i" (so Florence is Firenza, even though the term survives
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