I'm forwarding this on Carson's behalf, seems his mail did not make it onto
the list...
Subj: OD V 9, Issue 211, Item 10, Fischer's proposal
Date: 7/1/2007
To: orchids@orchidguide.com
To Jerry Fischer's suggestions on approaches for CITES, there is a lot that
needs to be done, but not in
Peter Croezen said:
Mass propagation from collected seeds preserves the species, brings the price
down and discourages wild collecting of plants by making it non-profitable.
...Which is true for the international trade, I am sure. However, the chief
destination of wild-collected plants is, I
A note of thanks to
Mark Whitten
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
for sending me the requested paper
Pieroni, Andrea
2000'Reader ponders trade in salep (ground orchid bulbs)' in
Economic
Botany, Vol. 54, pp. 138-139.
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Best regards,
Viateur
PORT Campbell and the Grampians national parks injected more than $430
million into Victoria's economy, a... report reveals.
The report... provided a snapshot of Victoria's parks during the five-year
period between 2000 and 2005...
The Grampians protected 151 rare and threatened plant species,
A wind farm proposed for a property near Kalbarri, in Western Australia's
mid west, will moved to a new site to protect a rare species of orchid
[Caladenia bryceana subsp. cracens].
Verve Energy says it has moved the location of two wind turbines 150 metres
away [so close !] on to cleared land
I saw this news release today:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22012555-1702,00.html
NEW orchid species discovered in Western Australia have evolved to
resemble female wasps to encourage males to pollinate them,
researchers said today.
Although the news article is really light on details
NEW orchid species discovered in Western Australia ...
The six new species of hammer orchids [genus Drakea] were found in the
state's southwest... by researchers from the WA Department of Environment
and Conservation (DEC) and Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens.
URL :
the nonblooming orchid back to the greenhouse,
where it is re-bloomed.
URL :
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070703/BIZ0102/707030415
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Regards,
VB
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there is a new Katherine Jenkins orchid [genus ?] in honour of the...
Welsh singer.
... Neath-born mezzo soprano...
travelled to the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire...
where she was presented with the orchid.
The cream and pink flower has been named after the star to
the Lavernock Point nature reserve... annual opening to the public.
guided walks around the... coastal limestone grassland reserve managed by
the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales...
Lavernock Point comprises an inland unimproved meadow and a cliff-top field
bearing a mosaic of fine,
Enquiry from: Eric Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [OGD] Cymbidium dayanum dark red form - varietal/clonal name?
Dear Eric,
This is definitely the red form of Cymbidium dayanum.
At one stage it was known as Cymbidium angustifolium - a name coined by Ames
Schweinfurth.
This form occurs
Can a taxonomist tell me what the latest name is for Encyclia radiata? I
have heard Prosthechea and/or Anacheilum
Regards
Alex Scott
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Alex [Scott] wrote : Can a taxonomist tell me what the latest name is for
Encyclia radiata ?
Without being a taxonomist, I am reasonably certain that the accepted name
for the species is :
Prosthechea radiata (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins
The name was published in Phytologia 82: 380 (1998).
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