[OGD] what would you do with this plant?

. Maybe offer it at a meeting, with the warning that the plant is a mutated freak with horrific flowers? It is Ascda. Tahourdin 'Bronze Grape' so the flowers, at least, are fragrant. Thanks - Nancy   Boredom: the desire for desires. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910

[OGD] The continuing obsession with orchids and sex, uh, continues...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15wasp.html?_r=1ref=scienceoref=slogin ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Pleurothallis anfracta

Hello - I have been unable to find any kind of cultural information for this new plant - Jay Pfahl's site describes it as 'terrestrial' and that's all I can find. Hoping somebody else in the sub-tropics is growing this and can advise. Many thanks - Nancy ~~~ Middle age is youth without

Re: [OGD] Weyman Bussey / Houston, Texas (US) article

Greetings Viateur - I particularly appreciated the upside-down photo of Stanhopea tigrina! Our local paper always seems to invert photos of Hylocereus and Brugmansia flowers! They *want* the flowers to grow *up*! Regards - Nancy 1. Weyman Bussey / Houston, Texas (US) ([EMAIL PROTECTED

[OGD] Weird fungus problem

, but the flat parts are just too smooth, and I'd like to kill off whatever spores are causing this growth. Not unattractive, but still... Regards - Nancy ~~~ A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do

[OGD] Question about eliminating fungus

and elemental sulfur powders - will any of these help? I suppose these are a type of mycelium, rather than what I think of as a typical fungus. If not, then what can I try? Thanks - Nancy Choose the right car

[OGD] two questions now

, correct? Thanks - Nancy ~~~ It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now. --Allen Ginsberg Be a better Heartthrob. Get better

[OGD] Another question for the experts - natural hybrids

into very small segments, with species and hybrids separated. Thoughts? Thanks - Nancy ~~~ It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now. --Allen Ginsberg

Re: [OGD] Coryanthes culture

fertilizer, and see. For what it's worth - Nancy ~~~ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.---Emo Philips ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo

[OGD] Some questions about names, etc. relating to AOS awards

, but a bow-wow to her). It is still a valid name, correct? Even though not registered? Thanks! Ah, so many questions! Good growing - Nancy ~~~ Il n'existe que deux choses infinies, l'univers et la betise humaine...mais pour l'univers, je n'ai pas de certitude absolue. (Albert

Re: [OGD] Stanhopea websites

Hi Les - Short on cultural information, but lots of everything else stanhopea - it is a part of the Houston (TX) society's website. http://stanhopea.autrevie.com/ Regards - Nancy ~~~ I am a deeply superficial person. ---Andy Warhol

[OGD] Question about the AOS judging process

want to dazzle and awe at our hometown show. Any valid opinions on this? Thanks - Nancy ~~~ Pay attention, boy. I'm cutting but you ain't bleeding. --Foghorn Leghorn ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http

Re: [OGD] Dendrobium chrysanthum

deciduous for 2-3 years running... Regards - Nancy ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

[OGD] Dendrobium chrysanthum

? Mounted? Basket? I think I have a fairly good idea of the culture, but am stumped as to how to 'plant' this rascal. Regards - Nancy ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

Re: [OGD] New Program To Keep Track Of Your Plants

would need that 'protected' info! Thanks - Nancy ~~~ Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ---Robert Frost ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo

[OGD] The biology of scents in orchids

of the perfumes of Catasetinae, but very interesting. You say 'volatile esters', I say 'banana'. The presence or absence of scents in hybrids is a critical factor to me - I think it is a terrible thing to lose the scent of B. nodosa, while the distinctive lip shows strongly in the hybrids - odd. Regards - Nancy

[OGD] Catasetinae and sex of flowers

! Thanks. Regards - Nancy ~~~ Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. Herman Melville (1819-1891) ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo

[OGD] Water/no water for deciduous catasetinae

in the deep south, USA, if it makes a difference. When they bloom, it *is* always a real thrill. Regards - Nancy ~~~ Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. Isaac Asimov

[OGD] A question about the AOS judging process

(maybe a thousand) of blooms. Is this true? I have read descriptions of awarded plants, and everything is quantified, but making a count on a miniature of this type baffles my logical mind. Still, I am curious - true or false? Regards - Nancy If it's beautifully arranged on the plate

Re: [OGD] Platystele misera

Greetings - I don't know about this particular species, but I've seen those swirling columns of gnats (Southerners know what I mean) vanishing into my Platystele stenostachya. Have they pollinated it? I don't have a magnifier powerful enough to see. Regards - Nancy If it's

[OGD] Correct pronunciations

Greetings - Can someone direct me to a site that lists the correct pronunciations for orchid genera and (hopefully) species as well? I am giving a presentation, and am totally blathering the names. Words like 'kusukusense' have me in a cold sweat! Thanks for any directions - Nancy

[OGD] Porpax (Eria) meirax

Greetings - If another soul on this list is growing this plant (or anything remotely like it), I would very much appreciate some cultivation advice, including light, water, fertilizing, heat, sun, bloom time, etc. Very little to be found by googling. Thanks. Regards - Nancy

Re: [OGD] squirrels and capsaicin

of safflower oil, and may try that as an oil spray if our temps ever cool down. For what it's worth - Nancy __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [OGD] Keiki paste/squirrels

reason, encyclia and certain laelia p'bulbs are very attractive to them. Also, potting in round clay pellets (they look like Cocoa Puffs cereal) is a mistake I will not make again! Good luck - Nancy Voici mon secret. Il est très simple : on ne voit bien qu'avec le c½ur. L'essentiel est

Re: [OGD] Dubious Orchid Names/Imelda and Martha

- Martha may be a 'dawg'. And Eleanor must certainly have been a pistol. Regards - Nancy __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [OGD] Unusual places to buy orchids

Hi Sharon - Last year I bought a Phal. at our local Flea Market - surprisingly, they had two for sale. Both were in one of the cluttered little back room nooks, high up on a shelf. Real survivors. Regards - Nancy Pay attention, boy. I'm cutting but you ain't bleeding

Re: [OGD] chilling phals

be too warm. Regards - Nancy Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. Herman Melville (1819-1891) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[OGD] Peloric then not peloric Phalaenopsis?

on this - the flowers are pretty enough, but the peloric flower was so very lovely! Regards - Nancy (south Louisiana) Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. Herman Melville (1819-1891) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired

[OGD] treasures that grow well in your climate

temperature-controlled greenhouse, I choose the heat-lovers. That doesn't stop me from wanting to *see* actual flowers on the cool-growing plants! In person. Regards - Nancy My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed

[OGD] Miltonia in Louisiana

. There is a grower in New Orleans who keeps a cool greenhouse and has great success with Miltonia - when I consider what it costs to cool our home, the idea of cooling a glass box is pretty daunting! Regards - Nancy (84F right now, and not yet 10:30) My mother had a great deal of trouble with me

[OGD] Cooling orchids/Harvey Brenneise

heartwrenching - darn them! Regards - Nancy My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ---Mark Twain __ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http

Re: [OGD] nz sphagnum moss burn?

for Neof. falcata, but I grow Neostylus and Darwinara (both 1/2 falcata) on mounts of bark or osmunda with no sphagnum at all, and they have aggressive roots like fingers. So long as they get sufficient moisture, they are happy plants. Sphagnum is disgusting stuff in this climate. Regards - Nancy

Re: [OGD] Sulphur Powder

to ward off bited by tickes and chiggers. Combined with standard insect repellent, he came home after 2 weeks relatively bite-free. After 5+ months of regular washing, his camping clothing still has a pretty 'punky' smell, but that's tolerable compared to the bites he could have gotten. Regards - Nancy

[OGD] Fungus, horse manure, etc.

to lose a few plants; however, following Hurricane Lili in 2002, a number of orchids bloomed impressively - I speculate that some 'survival' hormores were triggered by the abuse they took! Regards - Nancy A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing

[OGD] post-hurricane orchid care

the plants are going back into the yard. I'd be grateful for any advice. Regards - Nancy p.s. plants that were dead before the storm - still dead. There is no freedom without justice. Simon Wiesenthal __ Do You Yahoo

Re: [OGD] green thumb in Texas

Hi Mike - Seconding Viateur's advice - Houston has an active, world-class orchid society; I see member's names pop up in articles and conversations often. In addition, the Houston society maintains a wonderful, informative website (with many photos). Regards - Nancy They made us

[OGD] Revisiting Rhyncholaelia digbyana

that the (13, I think) flowers have finished, would I be better advised to continue feeding/watering, or slack off a little and let it have a rest? Of course, I'd like each year's flowering to be ever-more-spectacular! Thanks in advance. Regards - Nancy Tu es responsable pour toujours

[OGD] OGRES website

Hello Viateur - I think many of the ratings websites have been meshed with this one: http://davesgarden.com/gwd/ Regards - Nancy I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. (Ogden Nash, Song

[OGD] Another question on hybrid names

that the Rhy. addition would make it more heat-tolerant than the Neo. falcata - which is apparently true. Neo. falcata is notoriously difficult to grow here. Thanks. Regards - Nancy Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ---Oscar Wilde

[OGD] Re: Rhyncholaelia digbyana

fertilizing. Regards - Nancy Measure twice; cut once. Nancy's first rule of woodworking When it comes down to marrying, better speak once, think twice. George Thorogood __ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you

[OGD] Re: sterilizing pots (and demonizing bleaching)

for me. And yes, I am in absolute charge of the oven! I doubt anyone else in this family knows where we 'keep' it. Regards - Nancy __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[OGD] Re: Sterilizing pots

is a fine layer of white ash - I shop-vac it out. Regards - Nancy Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com

[OGD] Rhyncholaelia digbyana

and the scent. I want to see lots of flowers! Thanks for any advice. Regards - Nancy (south Louisiana) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[OGD] Re: Pink ladyslippers removed from

The storefront is still there but all the product links have been blocked by e-bay Incorrect. The plants can be bid on easily. And presumably delivered 'in the spring' according to the listing. Regards - Nancy __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam

[OGD] 2 questions: naming orchids and bird repellent

days...I've hung a few dozen FREE AOC CDs around the trees and shrubs, but this doesn't scare 'em. A few years ago, a big inflatable snake served as a perch until it was punctured (by bird feet). Any suggestions to repel them? A change from squirrels, in any case. Regards - Nancy Blooming: Gongora

[OGD] Re: Gramm. scriptum and 'catch roots'

myself in the foot! Thanks to all, and good growing. Regards - Nancy (with a couple of Stanhopea species exhibiting this phenomenon) Cogito, ergo spud. (I think, therefore I yam.) __ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r

[OGD] New photo organizing scheme at www.orchidphotos.org

of the alphabetical listing. Thanks for this wonderful resource! Impressive, beautiful, and useful. Regards - Nancy Cogito, ergo spud. (I think, therefore I yam.) __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http

[OGD] Chysis bractescens

Hello - My last question about this species, I swear! Two of my three buds have just opened this morning - how long might they last? My real question: will this plant be able to attend a show mext weekend (March 4-5)? It would like to go! Regards - Nancy = Cogito, ergo spud. (I think

[OGD] Re: Angraecum sesquipedale blooming time

Hi Nicholas - I purchased a seedling 2 years ago that was labeled 'winter blooming' - so there must be cultivars that bloom at other times. It came from Carter Holmes, perhaps they could assist you. Not much help. Regards - Nancy = Cogito, ergo spud. (I think, therefore I yam

[OGD] More Stanhopea questions

in advance. Regards - Nancy = Cogito, ergo spud. (I think, therefore I yam.) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ the OrchidGuide

[OGD] critter creek labs

Hello - Can someone give me the current e-mail address of Jane and/or Critter Creek Labs? My mails have bounced! Many thanks. Regards - Nancy = 'I have done that,' says my memory. 'I cannot have done that' - says my pride, and remains adamant. .At last - memory yields

[OGD] Cycnoches warsweiczii

in February, so I potted it back up. To make a long story short, have I shot myself in the foot here? You can lie to me if you want to! Regards - Nancy Blooming: Angraecum distichum, Rodriguezia batemanii, Barkeria palmeri, Liparis condylobulbon, Sophronitis cernua and Platystele stenostachya - which

[OGD] Re: Sophronitis and Laelia

Okay, wait - is my S. cernua now a Laelia, or is L. anceps now Sophronitis? Anyway, Iris was right - Rhyncholaelia digbyana smells every bit as nice as the Brassavola... Regards - Nancy = Everything is funny as long as it’s happening to someone else. --- Will Rogers

[OGD] Re: Iguanas

and eating all the buds off of it is just simply in its nature - and a horrific experience for an orchid grower! I believe that they are attracted to non-green colors, particularly in the yellow-to-red spectrum. Still, a very good companion, if well fed with non-orchids. Regards - Nancy (and Buzz) New

[OGD] Re: use of woofter

fare. A thousand apologies - especially to all those who have just found out the true definition of 'woofter' and now feel insulted. Perhaps I am myself a 'woofter.' Regards - Nancy Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo

[OGD] Re: Iris Cohen's Inaccuracies

Isn't this the date palm calling the ginkgo dioecious? Dear Iris - I don't care what that crotchety old grouch says about you - you are delightful, funny and generous with your knowledge and experience. Perhaps he is a woofter as well. Warmest regards - Nancy

[OGD] Re: Notylia care

in length, and then dried away. Thanks so much. Good growing - Nancy (zone 9a) = ~~ Semper uber sub uber. (Always wear underwear.) ~~ ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids