To Stitz:
If for bizarre reasons known only to you (and I hope a good psychologist),
you simply cannot abide the presence of non-English postings, "block" Viateur's
email address and you'll never have to see one of them again. Do your own
searches for what little English-language "orchid news"
In a message dated 12/14/07 1:48:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Israel and Taiwan refuse to deal together hence the middleman...
That seems curious, anyone know why? Is this a PRC vs Taiwan thing?
Michael
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In a message dated 9/9/07 3:26:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It's not like it is any sort of hassle to folks who get this digest to
> simply
> scroll past these out-of-office messages.
Yes, but by now I think most clients that can autorespond have
"sophisticated"
Thanks Marni, KP and Maureen. I'm just going pot them up since that's not a
problem - much easier on me, and in the longer run, them too.
Michael
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When I've seen Den. trantuanii (aka D. tuananii) growing mounted in
cultivation, people mostly orient the old growths downward, but it seems to me
the new
canes are never pendant - does anyknow how it grows in the wild?
And while I'm at it, let me also ask if it's one of those plants that reall
In a message dated 4/5/07 12:19:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It has now been reprinted and can be bought for as little as US$175 from
> Zip Publishing at www.zipedu.com/Arditti.
Any idea whether it's a proper re-print, or one of those "print on demand"
books that
In a message dated 5/31/06 11:39:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does anyone know what the chemical is in "PH up".
The dry General Hydroponics stuff I use lists potassium carbonate and potassium hydroxide, in that order.
Michael
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In a message dated 4/27/06 8:55:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
f this is the advice coming from the USDA and then through the large
orchid producers
Not to mention coming directly from the lips of the immediate past president of the self-proclaimed premier orchid society
A Thai nursery selling at the NY show has what are labelled "Grammatophyllum compactum." They are indeed tiny (bulbs, 1/2" tall, 1-1/2" leaves) and a lot of them are in flower, so they're not just seedlings. and the flowers definitely appear to be straight Grammatophyllum, not some oddball hybrid.
I came across what seems to be a fairly small (not just young) Schomburgkia labelled with the epithet "compacta" - it's about the size of thomsoniana. The seller didn't know anything about it, and as far as I can tell the name doesn't exist, either as a valid species name or a synonym. Unfortunat
In a message dated 9/20/05 10:06:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If there ever was a P. pulchra 'Orchidglade,' it was probably lost in the fungicide disaster or Hurricane Andrew.
I think you misunderstood the question. The award was given to a plant labelled Phal. specio
A couple of months ago I bought several plants of what are supposed to be a yellow form of Phal. lobbii from Best of Thai Orchids. (It's labelled "var. brunescens" for what that might be worth, but the guy was very clear about it being a "yellow" form.) I've found a couple of photos on the web of
In a message dated 6/14/05 6:55:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: Charles Ufford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [OGD] Re: what's in a name, and preserving flowers
on 6/13/05 8:57 PM,Michael wrote:
> I see a couple of objections to this but perhaps most importantly is that
In a message dated 6/11/05 12:21:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Let's place a new rule, no new name longer than 5 leters, all based on
esperanto.
I see a couple of objections to this but perhaps most importantly is that it would allow to stand the positively execrable ge
In a message dated 5/25/05 11:27:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Are they potentially one in the same?
They are absolutely one and the same. (As for differences in appearance, it could be differences in age or just normal variation, or one or both could be mislabelled.)
In a message dated 4/30/05 11:25:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Even if, at a younger age, I took some German courses, I am unable to
translate faithfully the following :
"Herr Cl. HORICH/Costa Rica teilte mir mit, daß er die gleiche Spezies
sogar im Norden Ecuadors in
In a message dated 4/19/05 9:50:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I obtained an import permit last summer so that I might import a few
flasks into the U.S.; is the permit good until the end of the calendar year,
good for one or more full years, or ?
Isn't there a term on the
In a message dated 4/16/05 9:15:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a Psychopsis that is labeled: Psychopsis Oncidium Lake View 9509033
>From a quick google search, 'Lake View' seems to be a not uncommon clonal name for a variety of hybrids and is presumably used by a
In a message dated 4/8/05 6:35:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Acclaimed best selling author Peter O'Byrne lamented:
> they have just sold the last 5 copies of my book "Lowland Orchids of PNG".
> I can no longer put you in touch with anyone who can sell you the book
For
In a message dated 12/17/04 1:12:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And you thought you only had the move to Sophronitis move to worry about.
I haven't really worried about any of it, though I do have some intellectual interest in following the studies. But when it comes
In a message dated 12/17/04 8:02:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think the proof of what I say is that using the very same DNA data, two other people came up with a totally different classification! One in which I think they did a better job, more consistent with what we
In a message dated 12/7/04 7:14:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does anyone know where I can find flasks or compots of
Neofinetia falcata?
The only regular source I've ever come across in the US is http://www.orchidflask.com/pages/735431/index.htm .
Michael
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In a message dated 11/25/04 7:15:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am getting a slew of bounce notices for messages I sent to this list in July of 2003! Are you working on recovering the archives or what? Something strange is going on.
Maureen
www.deefalt.com
Me too. Gla
Does anyone know his appendix in Orchid Biology V includes all the
information in Mr. Hamilton's self-published, free-standing volume (the second
edition)?
As far as I can tell the Orchid Biology volume came out several years later
so I assume it does, but if I can, I'd like to know for sure.
I doubt Greg Allikas is trying to do either. It's much more likely that his
computer's been infected with a virus/worm or just as likely, someone else's
computer has and the worm grabbed Greg's email address from the other person's
address book. Fortunately Kenneth has the listserver set to st
In a message dated 8/29/04 4:37:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Okayone of the things that Enstar II can be tank mixed w/ is Pentac
Do you know of a current source for Pentac (in the US)? I tried to find it
last year but the quite a few places I called all told m
I'm guessing that USP grade saltpeter is OK to use as a fertilizer component
for orchids. Does anyone know anything to the contrary? (I imagine it's much
more expensive than buying technical grade potassium nitrate in bulk, but
it's readily available here in that form and cheap enough for my e
In a message dated 7/16/04 9:04:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My remarks to Michael had absolutely nothing to do with the Lacy act...It
> had to do with his attitude..nothing more. His remarks as to the situation
> as it stands is what I am talking about...Telling peo
In a message dated 7/15/04 11:04:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Sorry Mike...Speaking as one who has had to put up with all these things
> for
> far too many years...and to NOT get political...YOU ARE WRONG
Wrong about what? I have never posted a single opinion - her
In a message dated 7/16/04 12:02:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I asked some simple questions and have now
> gotten it embroiled in a big political uproar. Do I have to stop writing to
> the
> ODG? Can't questions be answered without this hateful, political rhetori
In a message dated 7/15/04 5:48:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> my computer developed a terminal illness three months
> ago and I have lost all the information
OGD posts are archived - check the page at www.orchidguide.com for links to
the archives that are maintained
In a message dated 7/14/04 5:06:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The have the right to refuse admission and detain the person until a
> plain leaves for that person's country or have the right to call in a
> representative of that person's country from the ambassy. They
In a message dated 7/13/04 4:28:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> So we are back to Carson's question: what US Law did
> Manuel Arias violate. And if he was arrested _before_ he entered the
> USA, that is before he passed immigration, The US (again) violated
> internati
In a message dated 7/13/04 11:15:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> So what's the story? Warm? Intermediate? Cool?
I try to grow mine intermediate, but usually can't do better than warm and it
flowers regularly (when I water it properly at least.) I'd never heard of
In a message dated 7/12/04 6:14:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If this is the case, no crime was committed in this country bu Arias - it
> was
> committed in Peru.
The good doctor's brave but uninformed efforts to tie Arias's case to US
imperialism notwithstandin
I've had packages come from the UK to the US, through the NY/Jamaica station,
that got to me about 10 days after they'd been sent by standard Air Mail.
They were young seedlings and arrived in great condition.
The various inspection stations are said to vary quite a bit, so that may
well have
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