[OGD] What's the point ?

In his OGD V9 #101 posting, Michael Wright said: "The Jacksonville Orchid Show will be held March 17-18 we will have beautiful displays, 11 major vendors from the southeast and artwork.. There is no admission". Pity about that. I'd have thought people might want to see it. :) Peter O'

[OGD] Haploid (?) orchids

A note from the plant tissue culture list, from 2002. I cannot speak to its veracity. The first paragraph is out of context; someone had asked for advice on the creation of haploid orchids via anther culture. "Please could you explain to the group what practical or commercial advanta

[OGD] OGD is the best

When orchid forum OLD stopped in October of 1998, a small group of its subscribers, which included Kenneth Bruininckx, Troy Meyers, myself, and others, started private e-mail discussions. For several months the forming of a new forum, now known as the OGD, was tossed around. Lucky for us, Ken

[OGD] Jacksonville Orchid Show

The Jacksonville Orchid Show will be held March 17-18 from 10a - 5p at the Garden Club of Jacksonville located at 1005 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville Fl 32204. We will have beautiful displays, 11 major vendors from the southeast and artwork. There is no admission. <>_

[OGD] New Yahoo Group plantadventures

HOWDY, There is a new e-mail group at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) The list is about orchids and other plants. you can post stories of plant trips or travels. or just discuss your plants or ask advise from grower around the county' Go to Yahoogroups.com to sigh up ...

[OGD] haploid orchid species

Andy writes: >I have never heard of any authenticated haploid strains of orchids in any >genus. Can you or anyone else >point me in the direction of some paper or >publication where they are documented? Please consider sharing your findings with all of us on the OGD. A simple explanation of t

Re: [OGD] haploid

Andy, Thanks for answering. I've emailed you privately with more questions. K Kathy, I have never heard of any authenticated haploid strains of orchids in any genus. Can you or anyone else point me in the direction of some paper or publication where they are documented? I think the Hawai

Re: [OGD] cultivation

Ewan, Based on your location and growing areas, I think that the easy orchids for you will be very different from the ones that I find easy. With ~20,000 orchid species and several hundred thousand hybrids, there are easy orchids for every climate but no orchids that are easy in every climate. H

[OGD] Hardy of the Mid-Atlantic / Virginia (US)

"Tom Mirenda, columnist for American Orchid Society magazine, speaks on "Hardy Orchids of the Mid-Atlantic" ... Science Museum of Virginia" article URL : http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/869038/bulletin_board__calendar_of_events_relating_to_homes_and/index.html?source=r_health *** Re

[OGD] fighting developers with green status (UK)

"Croxley Green, Hertfordshire... could acquire official village green status. For the past three years... local people have been fighting to save the buddleia fields, and parts of the adjacent ancient woodland, from destruction by... London Underground (LU). In 1953, LU compulsorily purchased a

[OGD] Phalaenopsis ??? (Taiwan)

"1953: The butterfly orchid produced in Taiwan wins first prize in a contest at the international flower exhibition held in California [which one ?]." article URL : http://www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=65804&ctNode=7 *** "Overlooked even by experts until half a century ago, P.