Errol wrote :
Does anyone have any good sources for orchid books, both in-print and
out-of-print?
Errol I have found the place in Quebec province in Canada a good source of
new books. Their name is something like Libraire P Their website is I
think
www.orchidsbooks.com
Why there is an s
Jim wrote :
I am trying to convert mine for myself and our society web page. Can
anyone
recommend a slide converter that would make this possible. I have a
quotation $1.49 a slide from a local photo shop. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.
What happens if you project the slide onto a
Harvey told us about electronic publications (Thank you Harvey) but does
anybody know where one can get hold of thing like the Botanical Leaflets of
Harvard Museum. During my book collecting I managed to acquire two but when
I visited Harvard the library there knew nothing of them and subsequent
Icones wrote :
I would suggest you obtain a copy of Flora Costaricensis Family #39
Orchidaceae: Tribe Maxillarieae: Subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae
by
John Atwood and Dora Emilia Mora de Retana, published in 1999 by Field
Museum of Natural History in Fieldiana. It is a much more recent
Mario wrote :
The photo labeled as Maxillaria meleagris in IOPSE is truly M.
punctostriata (sorry Jay, it seems I overlooked this correction; you
already have another photo of M. punctostriata). Now, M. punctostriata
has recently been put in the synonymy of M. cucullata, which is a
variable
For some reason I do not seem to have received the Digest with my message in
but I am thankful to David, Jay and Mario for their replies. I must stress
that I was in no way critical of Jay's or any other site and the photos
illustrated. I find sites like this a great boon. Whilst I have the
There have been many mentions of peer reviewed articles on this forum.
When it comes to checking the veracity of my orchid species names as
supplied by the seller, I am a paint by numbers taxonomist. In other words
I first look for a photo (Jay's IOPSE is a favourite site) that matches then
I read
Thanks to those of you who so kindly replied to my query about the yellow
Dendrobiums with maroon blotches in the lip. A book that I found helpful
that I do not think any of you mentioned is :
Vaddhanaphuti, N : A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand 3rd
Edition
Published by Silkworm Books
Amongst orchid growers here in my home town there seems to be quite a few
Dendrobium species that need sorting out as far as correct names go. Can any
body point me in the right direction so that I can get some authoritative
information on, as well as good clear photos of, the various species to
Hi Guys,
I will be going to Vancouver on the 11th August to board a cruise liner to
Alaska. Are there any orchid or floral sites worth seeing in Vancouver
(botanicl gardens etc) and will there be any wild orchids flowering at that
time?
Keep well and kind regards
Mike
Eulophia euglossa?
Not a South African orchid. Sorry!
But what does it look like?
Keep well and kind regards
Mike
South Africa
I won one of these little South African terrestrials at the plant raffle
last week and can't seem to find much of anything about how to grow it. Does
anyone have any
In South Africa, where we unfortunately don't have the advantage of experts
to guide us, there is a perception that the pink (and I mean pink not blush)
Calanthes that are labelled as Calanthe vestita are in fact the hybrid
Calanthe William Murray. I have checked the books available to me and they
Charles wrote :
Hello Viateur,
There are some terrestrial species that thrive in disturbed areas
Two examples of this here in South Africa are Eulophia speciosa and Disa
woodii, both of which seem to thrive on the banks of highways especially
Disa woodii. Problem is they send mowers to cut down
Guido wrote :
Michael, yes, you posted this before (or something similar) and I
pointed to my book Cattleya II - The Unifoliate Cattleyas ..
Guido many thanks for your much appreciated reply which assumes that I would
have purchased your book because it would not be available otherwise in
I was interested to read all the comments about the genus Altensteinia.
After the 6th World Orchid Conference in Sydney I had the pleasure of being
shown orchids in their natural habitat by the late Stalky Dunsterville and
his wife. On this trip they showed me Altensteinia paludosa and whilst they
On last Monday night I attended an orchid society meeting
here and one of the plants on the plant table was a small/miniature Cattleya
type plant labelled as Cattleya jenmanii. I bought a plant from the same source
and mine looked quite different. The one on the plant table was a purple/pink
Many years back a friend of mine found a formula for sowing orchid seed
somewhere (?in a book). The method was a simple one based on fish emulsion,
sugar, agar and some other constituents.
Does anybody have a simple kitchen recipe (i.e. add one drop of X to a
litre of water into which you have
Colin,
Your website Source: www.museumofhoaxes.com/aprilfool2.html does not
answer specific questions.
For instance :
1) Would the marketers of the product supply a grading grid so that the
purchaser can grade the size of the droppings and work out how much
nutrients are being supplied to the
Viateur wrote :
Message: 8
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:11:25 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As a reminder, the 10th WOC was held in Durban, South Africa, in 1981,
with 1126 participants from 32 countries. Of course, that did not
disqualify South Africa from possibly hosting another WOC, 30 years
Andy Easton is reputed to have written (I did not see the original posting
but saw Leo's posting from which the quote is taken) :
Andy Easton aeaston at kb-inc.com wrote: Tue Mar 15 20:14:48
CET 2005 Are you ready for this? At Dijon last Saturday, March
12th the WOC Site Selection
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