Re: [OGD] Schltr.'s Dendrobium in Die Orchidaceen

2006-06-03 Thread icones
Peter, Again, my comments follow yours. > This is rapidly degenerating into pointless a "I said, you said" > situation, so unless you come up with a total corker, this is likely > to be my last word on the matter. No, I always provided what you said with my replies, so there was never any

[OGD] Schltr.'s Dendrobium in Die Orchidaceen

2006-06-02 Thread Peter O'Byrne
Hi "icones". This is rapidly degenerating into pointless a "I said, you said" situation, so unless you come up with a total corker, this is likely to be my last word on the matter. I maintain that Schechter's "Die Orchideen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea" is not a flora. You kindly provided the definitio

Re: [OGD] Schltr.'s Dendrobium in Die Orchidaceen von

2006-06-02 Thread icones
Peter, My comments follow yours. > I'll try keep it short, and I'll refer to the Australian Orchid > Foundation translation of Schlechter's book, ie The Orchidaceae of > German New Guinea, not Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. You > described this work as a "Flora", and criticised Schlechte

Re: [OGD] Schltr.'s Dendrobium in Die Orchidaceen von

2006-06-02 Thread Peter O'Byrne
Hi "icones". I'll try keep it short, and I'll refer to the Australian Orchid Foundation translation of Schlechter's book, ie The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea, not Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. You described this work as a "Flora", and criticised Schlechter for not confining himself t

Re: [OGD] Schltr.'s Dendrobium in Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea

2006-06-01 Thread icones
Peter, I do not really know where you are coming from with these comments as they are just wrong. It is obvious that you have little actual knowledge of Schlechter's monumental work, The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea (all references are from the Australian Orchid Foundation's English translatio

[OGD] Schltr.'s Dendrobium in Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea

2006-05-30 Thread Peter O'Byrne
In OGD V8 #193, "icones" said: "In fact Schlechter was so disappointed in Kraenzlin's work on Dendrobium, that he published a complete revision of the genus in Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea, notwithstanding that all dendrobiums do not grow in what was then German New Guinea." Sorry, but t