Re: [OGD] Orchid Automation

Hi Tom-- I just ran across a website with some links (towards the bottom of the page) that may be of some help solving your X-10 problems. http://home.att.net/~lpainfo/house2.html Regards/Roger, in Bangkok On 3/30/07, Roger, in Bangkok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom-- What I'm saying is

[OGD] Foster Botanical Garden / Hawaii (US)

Foster Botanical Garden... Thomas and Mary Foster... In 1930, upon Mrs. Foster’s death, the 5–acre parcel was donated to the city and county of Honolulu as a public garden, which opened to the public on Nov. 30, 1931. Dr. Harold Lyon was the first director and used his own orchid collection

[OGD] cultivation method for symbidium

R K [Rai] asked for : orchid cultivation method for symbidium orchid. An article published in the AOS Bulletin (June 1965) might interest you : Gripp, Paul 1965A Gripp on Growing / Getting Your Full Share of Fun from Cymbidiums... pp. 492-493. If you do not have easy access to that

Re: [OGD] Orchid Automation

Roger, Thanks, since I started the discussion about automation I have done a lot of searching for new ideas for automating my greenhouse. I have been looking for help sites on X-10 to see if I can find a cure for what is blocking them from working on my electrical system. thanks, --Tom

[OGD] Importing Orchid Flasks as a hobby grower

Can someone give me simple easy to follow instructions with what a US hobby grower needs to do to import orchid flasks? The AOS site has a PDF file on importing orchids, but almost no information on importing flasks. I am looking at importing a few flasks of species that are difficult or

Re: [OGD] Importing Orchid Flasks as a hobby grower

Tom, We have imported hobby flasks from Burleigh Park in Australia. If you are ordering a few flasks all you need is an import permit and he ships them directly to your address with the necessary papers see Ians instruction sheet at http://tinyurl.com/2jvjgl Paul And Diane . -Original

[OGD] Cymbium Help Needed

Does anyone know to what sub-genus and section of the genus Cymbidium do these species belong to: Cymbidium aestivum Cymbidium aliciae Cymbidium banaense Cymbidium chawalongense Cymbidium defoliatum Cymbidium flavum Cymbidium gaoligongense Cymbidium gongshanense

[OGD] Flask import

Import through port of entry, with phytosanitary permit- same as plants. Or, at least, that's what happened when I brought in sterile tissue cultures from Australia about a year and a half ago. When the permit read Orchids/Orchidaceae, that wasn't good enough- each individual species