[OGD] Plea for support of Savannah River Ecology Lab

2007-05-07 Thread Aaron J. Hicks
Folks, for those of you that don't know Lucy, here's a little background. About two years ago, Lucy called me up as I was the only person in the world with access to a species- one that happened to be of particular interest to Lucy as it was smack dab in the middle of the

[OGD] Darling Downs Orchid Association / Autumn Show (Australia)

2007-05-07 Thread viateur . boutot
Michael Zink... tending to his thousands of orchid plants. ... his orchid Quintessence [?] won Grand Champion and Champion Species at the Darling Downs Orchid Association's Autumn Show... Zink... 45-year-old graphic artist has more than 15 thousand plants and when he can, he travels Australia

[OGD] Florida budget (US)

2007-05-07 Thread viateur . boutot
Florida lawmakers spent the past two months criticizing cities and counties for excessive spending. Now it's their turn to be held accountable. The new state budget is stuffed with local projects sponsored by individual lawmakers. They spent millions on the kinds of projects that cities and

[OGD] Vanilla tahitensis [French Polynesia]

2007-05-07 Thread viateur . boutot
Taha'a : the Orchid Island ... Originally introduced a hundred years ago, vanilla plantations have flourished and grown without modern machinery. Generations of family-owned farms harvest... v[V]anilla tahitensis Uniform Resource Locator : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb523471.htm

[OGD] growing tips by Susan Taylor

2007-05-07 Thread viateur . boutot
Uniform Resource Locator : http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art50758.asp ** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

Re: [OGD] San Francisco orchids

2007-05-07 Thread Bill Allingham
Hi Folks: I will be in San Francisco for a few days beginning May 15th and staying just south of the University of San Francisco. Is there anything of note on the local orchid scene to visit should I find a bit of time? Thanks for any tips you may be able to give. Regards, Bill Allingham