Thanks for the entertainment, Orchid Keeper!
Regards,
Rick Barry
Rick thanks for your commentary on rants, very good entertainment and
very true.
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Jim,
Did you do an internet search for seedling care? I have found lots of
information out there on caring for seedlings. The best I know of is
at, http://ladyslipper.com/compot2.html, Bob Lynn Wellenstein put
together a great reference on caring for seedlings. I handle all of my
flasks
Jerry,
I have used double stick tape to mount bubble pack in my greenhouse.
The only problem is that some years it was hard to remove, but most of
the time it comes off well if I remove it immediately in March. It
would depend on if you have Glass or Lexan as your covering. Glass is
Barbara,
I have been flasking for years as an amateur, but I have seen lots of
the problems you are describing. Typically, I try to replate all my
protocorms with in three months after they have started swelling. They
are growing well at this point in time and continue to do so in the
In addition to the keikiroot, you can treat it as you would air
layering some plants. I place a handfull of moist moss around the
keiki site and use plastic wrap with a couple of twist ties to keep it
in place. The moss provides a media in which the roots can start to
develop. In some
Jim,
You may have to go back to the old standard metaldehyde, to kill
them.. I gave up on the organic version several years ago, when my
plant summering outside got a major infestation and I had slugs eating
leaves and flowers all over my greenhouse in the Fall. The only thing
that
I agree it would be nice if OakHill Gardens would take up much of the
Hoosiers species and unusual hybrids collection. I would imagine they
are going to try to sell off much of their collection at retail
prices, but it would be nice to see their unique breeding stock go to
another grower,
Jerry,
My only problem is that the months I really need the solar heat input,
I have almost not sunlight. Starting in November and continuing
through January and part of February, we have over 50% of the days
extremely overcast and the rest cloudy. The Sun is at such a poor
quality
Iris,
Try potting them in a netpot or small basket, I have mine in netpots
with medium coconut husk, the roots grow great and the plants have
done very well for me.
Tom
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I have two of them I purchased, as my wife liked them. Mine have
bloomed repeatedly usually twice a year with no problems in flowers
being deformed. It could be you have a problem plant or more likely
some environmental factor cause the aberration this flowering. I have
seen several plants
Right now, I am planning for the future, I am looking at reducing the
volume in my greenhouse by double lining it with plastic to reduce the
volume I need to heat. I also am looking at moving the plants closer
together. I am also looking at solar heating methods I can implement
to reduce
Cycnodes Wine Delight is a fascinating plant, I find it easy to grow,
since it is a Cycnoches lehmannii by Mormodes sinuata, you treat it
the same way as both species. Give it good light light, lots of water
and fertilizer while it is developing its growth, reduce both once the
growth is
I have to agree, I have tried to respond to people who post a question
in Spanish which is the only language I have any aptitude in besides
English. I have enough knowledge of Spanish to be able to read some of
the South American Orchid Growers web sites and ask them questions in
their
If you are interested in translating an foreign language web site, or
email,
go to BabbleFish.COM
http://www.babblefish.com/babblefish/freetranslation.php
It is a free translator program on the web. I use it to help me
translate some
International Orchid sites so I can see if they have
Roger,
The advice I follow with great results is from Bob Lynn Wellenstein
at AnTec Laboratory, the URL for their information page on deflasking
orchids is below. This information is specifically related to
Paphiopedilum orchids, but I use it for all Orchids I de-flask and it
works
Giles,
I use two different Label Makers from Brother both are what they call
their P-Touch label printers, the other label printers they have are
not what you want.
The two models I have are the PT-1500PC, which is designed to work
with a Mac or PC and will take up to 1 inch tape and can
One method I have used is to use a scanner and scan the labels, by
enlarging them in a photo enhancement program and boosting the
contrast, I can read the label and get the name off it. This does not
work on everything, but it works on most, it has been speculated the
UV light of the
Kenneth,
I work at an educational institution, and I manage about a hundred
lists using the same Mailman software you use for the ODG. I or one
of the other ODG members who work at an educational institution could
provide you with a place to house the ODG, and you could continue to
manage
I will agree with Paul, look at Modine Furnaces, I have a 10 year old
model with a glow plug ignition and it works great. Like any furnace,
you want to have it inspected every couple of years. I bought
overkill on my furnace, to cover the extreme cold we can get. I have
seen -50 degrees F
Michael,
I envy the cave you have for growing your Masdevallia's. The
temperatures should be great for Growing most Masdevallia's and
Dracula's. The plants should love the cool conditions year round and
with proper lighting should reward you with lots of flowers.
Masdevallia's do not need
Julai,
I would try to collect rain water, dehumidifier condensate water,
even melted snow to get a low conductivity water to use on your
plants. You do not need to water them 100% of the time with the pure
water, but the less well water you can use the better off the plants
will be.
Tom
Rahiv,
You do not say what the plants are where the flowers are drying out.
There can be many causes to this, one of the most common is that the
plant has poor roots and needs repotting. The first step I would take
is to take one or two of the plants out of their pots and see what
the
Horacio,
These are among the smallest Paph species and they will not get very
large. I have some that I imported in the 1970's and they are larger
plants with multiple growth, but each growth is 4 to 6 inches across.
They grow and bloom easily for me. I would recommend you get a copy
of Lance
Roby,
Here is a link to the instructions on AnTec Labs web site, they are
the best instructions I know of for deflasking Orchid seedlings.
http://ladyslipper.com/compot2.pdf
I leave seedlings in the flask until they start to out grow the
flask. You say there are some roots, but you want to
Kath,
Depending on which Dendrobium you have it is probably normal part of
its growth cycle. Many Dendrobiums loose their leaves as they head
into winter and you need to cut back on the watering of these plants.
What is the name of the plant, that is the key to saying if it is
dying or
Ron,
From what I could find out the company still exists, but it appears
they have moved on into different areas of business. I think most
emergency heaters are going to propane or natural gas due to the
safety concerns with the kerosene heaters. I can remember a
discussion on kerosene
Paul,
This looks like a fascinating web site. I am going to have to spend
part of my weekend studying it and figuring out what I want to ask
them for help in getting automated in my greenhouse.
thanks,
--Tom
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AJ,
Sounds like you had a very bad experience, and that is what I am
hoping to avoid. I was reading the AHPIS site with all its forms, and
I could not understand why, if Flasks are exempt there is no general
form for importing flasks. From your experience that you have to
apply for the
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
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
You can find information on growing Cymbidiums at many sites on the
internet
Here are two of many that came up when I did a Google search on
Cymbidium culture. You will find similar information if you do a
Yahoo search.
http://www.cymbidium.org/cymbidium5.html
Stuart,
The last area of greenhouse automation I am going to cover with this
discussion in one where I have no positive comments. When I started
working with this stuff I thought it would be a great way to control
various misting and watering systems in my greenhouse.
I hate to say
of a solar power system that I'm
currently in the commissioning process for. A much more basic
example.
Regards/Roger, in Bangkok
regards/Roger, in Bangkok
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Stuart,
The last area of greenhouse automation I am going to cover
Stuart
The Second area of greenhouse monitoring I want to cover is a web
camera in your greenhouse, you can use it to monitor for intruders or
just set it up to monitor several things. I have an network camera
online in my greenhouse, so I can see what is going on. It has a pan
and zoom
Stuart,
The third area I want to cover is software to remotely access to a
computer at home. I have several different systems set up for
remotely accessing computers at home. I use them for different
functions depending on what I want to do.
Windows Remote Access - this is built
. If you are not a techie, go with the sensatronics
temptrax or the OnSet HOBO.
Thomas Hillson
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Charles,
Vent tubes are a great way to provide outside air and I know a lot of
commercial greenhouses in this area that use them in the summer. I
have talked to the greenhouse owners and managers about them, and
with our winter wind. They get too much extremely cold air pushing
into the
from the OGD. If Ross and Susan would not have
brought it up I may not have thought of locking down my vents.
thanks,
Tom Hillson
On Mar 22, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Tuckers Orchid Nursery wrote:
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Mark,
Unfortunately, I tried
Seigrid,
This sounds like a great system for you, but I grow 99% orchids and I
do not think they would like the extreme changes of temperature the
very cold air we have in January and February. From your website it
looks like you are in southeast Michigan which is cold, but I am not
sure
Jerry,
How are you using wind turbines in your greenhouse? Do you use them
for ventilation? I am intrigued by anything new that would be useful
in my greenhouse.
thanks,
Tom Hillson
On Mar 23, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Gerald Fisher wrote:
I haven't been following this theme as closely as I
George,
I had not thought about storing the heat, only venting it, which I
think is the first thought for most of us with our greenhouses. I do
have some solar storage, in the form of 15 - 55 gallon barrels filled
with water that are under my benches and get sunlight on them during
the
Denise,
Shading is a very important component to reducing heat in the
greenhouse.
However, this time of year I am trying to maximize light into the
greenhouse, so I look at shading as a last resort. I am more interested
in ways to move cooler air into the greenhouse and heat out without
Mark,
Unfortunately, I tried moving the air to the floor, but the times I
tried it, my entire greenhouse went over 90 degrees, way to hot for
my cool growing species that I like to keep no more than 60 to 70
this time of year. If I did not have a varied collection of orchids
this would be
I remember producing some haploid plants from Tobacco anthers 30
years ago when I worked in a research lab. Tobacco is one of the
wonder plants for plant tissue culture you can do almost anything
with it and lots of the original tissue culture techniques were
developed using Nicotiana
Ed,
Thanks, this is what I am looking for any ideas on alternative ways
to get cooler air into the greenhouse and the heat out, without
stressing the plants. I am not sure how many people even look at
their greenhouse closely this time of year and realize how hot it can
get with the sun
know,
and lets keep this discussion online, I would like to see if we can
generate something useful for the archives.
thanks,
Thomas Hillson
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They have a nice online form to subscribe.
I have been a member since the early 70's. Through all its changes it
has remained a great Orchid Magazine. If only the AOS would look at
them
Lisa,
Here is what I am doing, I got this from another user years ago.
1. Empty your water storage tank every Fall.
2. First thing in the spring mix up a 20% chlorine bleach in a 5
gallon bucket. I actually use 3 gallons.
3. Pour this into your storage tank and turn on your system and let
it
Why are you bitching about the AOS on this list, do you think most
people in the AOS pay attention to this list? Some do but are they
the right people to make changes? If you really want to see changes
in the AOS, pay your dues and get involved. Change can only happen if
people care enough
Terry,
I do not make near as many crosses as you do ten a year vs. your
hundreds, but I know that when I made significant changes to my
greenhouse environment that I saw many changes in my seed pod
production including both reductions in pod set at first to increases
in pod set and seed
In my opinion unless it is a really valuable plant, I just trash it. I find it cheaper to buy a new clone or a new different plant than to waste money on testing. If it was one of my stud plants I would get it tested, otherwise it is gone.Tom HillsonOn Aug 25, 2006, at 11:14 AM, K Barrett
Title: Re: [OGD] Merit
Sue,
I use two tablespoons per gallon of water with a little Safer's
insecticidal soap as a spreader sticker. I sprayed the plants a second
and third time at two week intervals. If you go through the
calculations for how much to use compared to other formulas with the
I agree with Carson's Discussion on CITES.
I feel that CITES is nothing more than an impediment in the way of
Legal International Trade. Is there need for rules regulating the
International Trade in Orchids, yes? I feel we need an International
Treaty that not only controls the movement of
Iris,
I have noticed this with lots of species and hybrids. I have five
different B. nodosa, one blooms regularly, two bloom on a very
irregular schedule, and my last two are ones I grew from seed sent to
me years ago by a friend. The seed grown ones have never bloomed. I
think there is a
Charles,
The least expensive RO systems I have purchased lately have been on
eBay. There are several vendors there selling very inexpensive units.
I have purchase two for myself and two for friends to use and I
helped them install the units.
If you are only looking for a small quantity of
Ed,
Some question about Merit are you using it as a
liquid or Wetable power, and where are you
getting it from? It sounds interesting with its
very low LD50 of about 2000 mg /kg. I like to
have a variety of insecticides available to me
and this sounds like one I want to add to my
Even a small quantity of Enstar II is expensive, but you dilute it a
lot, my last bottle has lasted over 5 years. You want to be sure you
store it in a dark cool place.
This is my current source, if anyone knows of a cheaper source sound
off so we can all benefit.
Title: Re: [OGD] Off Topic Computer
Problem
Iris,
1. Do other programs in Virtual PC have problems printing to the
Canon printer?
2. Do you have the latest driver with for the printer installed
or did you install what came with it? I have found problems with the
drivers shipped with printers
Did you notify them that this had happened. I have found that lots of
sites in some areas of the world are subject to lots of hacking and
can have Trojans or other programs installed by them without the
owners knowledge. I have even seen it happen to severs at various
institutions in the U.S.
Title: Re: [OGD] Cheap but effective
humidity
I set up a system in my greenhouse where I ran a water line to
PVC pipe under my east bench, with three low volume mist nozzles
mounted on it pointed down. I have two fans blowing the moist air
under the benches toward the west end of the
FYI... Jerry and everyone else. If you put a complete URL for a site
on a separate line in your message any email client should be able to
open the browser and the URL. If you just put a partial URL with out
the http:// only some email clients will correctly open it or the
person will have to
Alan,
I always worry more about root growth as I figure if you have good
roots, the shoots and leaves will be happy. It is also easy to see
how your leaves are looking, roots are harder, people have used clear
plastic pots and lots of other things. I am especially careful with
seedlings to
Peter,
No, it should not be not be toxic at that level, unless you are
working with plant material that is very sensitive to acetone. I make
up anything I have that is difficult to dissolve in water in ethanol
and then dilute it to a stock concentrate with water. I have never
had any trouble
In some testing I did years ago I found vermiculite to be a very bad
media component for Orchids. It holds too much water and because it
is expanded mica, it has a tendency to collapse over time. Once
collapsed it fill the air spaces in the media making it a water
holding mud. Perlite is a
Title: Re: [OGD] NZ sphagnum moss
Depends on where you are from, I purchased my New Zealand
Sphagnum from these two web addresses in the last two years. I usually
purchase a quantity of supplies at one time so I save on shipping
costs.
http://www.orchidmix.com/
http://www.orchid-supplies.com/
Tim,
Go to Google http://www.google.com/ and click on images, I got 188
images for Paph. emersonii, that they have cataloged on the net. Your
plant looks like it is within the variation I have seen and shown on
Google images.
Tom Hillson
At 2:28 PM -0500 11/8/05, R. Timothy Tomaselli wrote:
Title: Re: [OGD] New to the orchid
growing
I would look for a copy of HOME ORCHID GROWING, 4TH EDITION by Rebecca Tyson
Northen, it is one of the best books for a beginner, I bought
my copy in the 70's and it still has valuable information. It is
probably a little expensive for a first book, but
I think Steve is talking about when Spring effectively starts not the
arbitrary day on the Calendar when we say spring starts. This feeling
of when Spring starts varies a lot through out the World. Here in
Iowa Spring is said to start on March 21st and a few years it does,
but we have had
I humidify my greenhouse in two ways, I have overhead misters I use
during the summer to keep the humidity up and to water my mounted
plants. In the winter I go to a set of under the bench misters, they
wet down my gravel floor and the fans I have in the greenhouse
circulate the evaporating
Dinesh,
It what insecticide are you using? I have gone to using a combination
of Neem oil 3 table spoons per gallon and two drops of detergent for
all my insect control. It is not perfect, but I can spray it with out
having to get dressed in protective clothing and I do not worry about
my
Leo,
What is with the rant, I have seen nothing where I or anyone has said
you should fertilize the leaves and not the roots. Foliar feeding as
I said in my comment was a way fertilize my plants everyday. I do not
water my plants everyday, so a hose and proportioner will not work.
The way I
I have to side with Carson on this if someone is going to the work of
finding out where the road work is going to happen, if there are
orchids to be salvaged and then salvages them, they should be allowed
to sell the plants under state supervision and make some money to pay
for the work. I
Title: Re: [OGD] Coconut chips as potting
medium
I have to agree, I moved to Coconut chips products a while back
and love them. I buy from a source that sells only washed chips and I
usually wash them once myself and check with a conductivity meter. All
of my Paphs and Phal. love the small
Title: Re: [OGD] Virus infectivity
The discussion on viruses got me thinking about the virus
lectures we had in a Plant Pathology course I took 35 years ago. I dug
up my old note book, who knows why I kept it. One of the paragraphs I
wrote in my notes relates to using milk to block the infection
Joe,
Trying using some penetrating oil to free up the bearings and then
apply some light machine oil to the bearings. There should be open
ports you can apply the penetrating oil and the machine oil through.
Many of them are difficult to reach. I have an oil can with a 2 foot
thin plastic
Tennis,
You do not want to mount the fans in the roof of your greenhouse as
maintenance would be a pain.
One of the best designs I saw in a greenhouse had roof vents like
many greenhouse, but had several swamp coolers around the base with
the fans blowing the air in over the pads. They had two
The simple answer is that I covered one sensor with a wick and left
the other bare. They are suspended over a reservoir with water in it
and the wick in the water. I took a small DC fan from a computer and
connected it to provide a flow movement of air over the sensors. I
take the reading from
Title: Re: [OGD] Accurate remote digital
hyrgrometer
None, of the simple thermometer/hygrometer systems I have seen
are very good, I have bought lots of them. If you want an accurate
measure of temperature and humidity you need a high quality weather
station system or a good wet bulb/dry bulb
Title: Re: [OGD] H R
Iris,
I just grabbed this off OrchidMall. Carson Whitlow keeps a good
listing of all orchid related businesses there. If I need an internet
address of an Orchid business I always go there first, I find it
faster to look there than to search on google.com.
If a company does not post an email address on their web site, they
do not want email.
At 4:12 PM -0500 3/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 3/14/05 12:09:43 PM, Tom writes:
http://www.hrnurseries.com/
That's the URL for their web site, not an e-mail address. Thanks, anyway.
Iris
Good Question!
From their label, Superthrive is a mix vitamin B-1 (a common vitamin
thiamin essential to the metabolism of carbohydrates), naphthalene
acetic acid (a synthetic auxin found in rooting compound), and some
fertilizer. I have never seen a scientific study of the exact
properties
Title: Re: [OGD] ghost orchid
Oak Hill Garden has them available, they are mounted
seedlings.
http://www.oakhillgardens.com
Here is the link to the page with the polyrhiza
http://www.oakhillgardens.com/htm/orchid_fs_db.php?sec=spprtoptext=Species%20P-Rpage=6
At 12:58 PM -0400 2/17/05, Juli
Natural gas contains ethylene, which causes bud blast in many plants,
and ripening of fruit, and many other influences on plant growth and
development. It is not classified as a plant growth regulator but
probably should be. Any un-vented gas appliance is going to have the
problem of releasing
Title: Re: [OGD] Coir CHC
Jim,
I have been working with Coconut husk for over two years, a
friend showed it to me at Xmas time in 2002. At that time I
started playing with it, and the plants I tried grew very well. I then
bought a couple of bales of it and started potting plants into it. I
now
It is horse shit and it is very smelly, I have been experimenting
with it as a media as I have several horse stables around me. I have
not tried any Paph's yet, but they are going into it this spring. The
one think that I do not like about it is that you need to pay more
attention to the plant
Ron,
The time from flask to flowering for a Paph. rothschildianum will
depend a lot on the parents of the flask. Some parents are very good
at producing seedlings that will rapidly grow and bloom, while others
seem to insure a very reluctant grower and bloomer. I find that
seedlings with Paph.
Thanks to every one who has responded to me about the RO upgrade I am
looking at. I will summarize and lay out what I have done once I am
through the process. I have gotten so many good suggestions it will
take me a while to get everything sorted out. I love having too much
rather than too
Hi,
I am looking to upgrade my RO system to a bigger and better system as
my orchid collection is growing and I am using and automatic
humidification system this winter and both of them are exceeding the
capacity of my current system. If you want to respond off line that
is good, but I think
John,
Ray Barkalow suggested I contact you about doing an upgrade to my
older RO system.
I have an old 25 GPD system that is no longer meeting my needs. I am
using RO water for all my watering and I am increasing my misting to
increase the humidity in my greenhouse.
My Current requirements.
At 4:38 PM + 12/21/04, K Barrett wrote:
As I understand it, Joanne, a very successful Paphiopedilum hybridizer at
Stewart Orchids, jumped on the back of her boyfriend's Harley Davidson one
day and hasn't been seen by the orchid community since. She was talented and
imaginative and we have
Best wishes to everyone who can go to the WOC in Dijon, we had plans
to go, buy my wife's stupid boss decided to implement a no
vacations policy for the next year, while they are making some major
changes in her company. We were in Miami in 84 and enjoyed it very
much, We enjoyed Vancouver in
I think there are lots of Paphiopedilum growers out there and several
hundred producers. The problem is that the plants are all grown from
seed or they are divisions. As a result you will never see Paph
hybrids offered like Phalaenopsis, Oncidiums, Cattelyas or
Dendrobiums or any other group
I found the discussion on Paph tissue culture interesting, I used to
manage in a research lab where we did lots of different tissue
cultures. In my spare time I tried Paphiopedilums and found that even
meristems taken from seedlings were very slow to grow and showed no
signs of rapid
Iris,
I love the Mac OSX names, panther came after jaguar, and tiger is next.
Tom
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In a message dated 9/27/04 7:40:57 AM, Dot writes:
I'm using Virtual PC 6.1 and OS X Jaguar on that machine. The nice part is
that I can use that machine for all
I do not grow that many Cattleya's, but for the few I do have I have
seen the same problem. I found through arbitrary testing on my plants
that if I over water the plants while the buds are developing they
emerge with no problems, if I underwater they blast, and if I water
them as I normally
Gail,
I have a 14x 32 ft greenhouse that is slowly getting too small. I
have been in the process of expanding my growing are inside the
greenhouse in several ways.
1. Go vertical. I have added welded wire mesh above my benches to
grow some of my plants that like higher light. I grow my
There is no Florigen, the flowering process from studies done in the
60's and 70's was show to be a very complex process involving
multiple processes in the plant. No single hormone was ever found to
control the process, rather it involved multiple systems reacting to
multiple stimuli to bring
AJ,
It depends on how much money you want to spend and how frequently you
want to monitor the temp and how accurate you want to be. I am in the
process of putting together a temperature monitoring system and
controls for my greenhouse and managing it all from one of my PC's.
Here are some of
Neil,
I use Coconut husk in my baskets or Dyna-rok, to keep it in the
basket I line the bottom of the basket with moss. I have lots of moss
around for other plants and it makes a natural lining for the
baskets. This works for a large variety of containers, plants, and
potting media.
At 3:51
Manjul,
Talk to people in your community, it are not worth having them
shipped to you. Ask around in any organization you belong to, there
are usually lots of people who know couples with small children or
have children. Since they just throw them away, most people will save
them for you.
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