Well, it has been quite a summer and many of the orchids have been blooming profusely much to my delight. Many first time bloomers, some of them mystery...
Dear All, I would like to inform you about our next International Orchid Show in Budapest, Vajdahunyadvár. Time: 20-23. October From 10.00 am until 6.00 pm. ...
Hi Pat - One of our society members gave a presentation on arranging cut orchids...lucky you, to have enough to cut and share! He said that the cut flowers can...
Thanks much Nancy - that should do me! (don't have any soda, but I do have some pedialyte that might work okay :) I will give it a go. The one I am getting...
I think the IOSPE website is terrific, but I have wondered why there is not advertising (at least directly) on it. When I see a pic and there is a reference...
Susan -- It is now called Euchile marie -- it was also Encyclia marie for a time. The Eughile name may not have caught on much yet -- you'll probably still...
Susan and Mitch: I do not know about it being now having a new genus name. For years it was called Epidendrum mariae and many growers still sell it under that...
I have a Brassovola nodosa that I have had for some three years. It has never bloomed despite giving pleny of light and hormones and fertilizer to promote...
Hi That species to bloom needs direct sun; at least those plants in the nature are seen in trees of very few leaves and always exposed to the sun. If you ...
In a message dated 10/18/2006 12:06:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, orchidman69@... writes: I have a Brassovola nodosa that I have had for some three...
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Oct 18, 2006 9:19 am
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I have some which bloom well late summer/fall (along with a B. cucullata this year!) and every year in east/southeast facing sun on a cedar tree. It gets...
I would just like to introduce my self Bob here from Australia, i have had Orchids for most of my married life but knew nothing about them only they had a...
...try and create an environment like the orchid had in its natural surroundings...start with what will grow easily for you and your conditions...in au you...
Hi ya Mitch! Hope you don't mind if I jump on your soapbox as well :))) Altho it is Jay's site and whatever he should decide to do is his biz - certainly...
Bob I am from Australia and may I suggest that Orchid Societies in your area would be more than willing to offer help and support. You can find over 90...
I live in Western South Carolina near the North Carolina border where the plant is now but also live in the Mojave desert near Victorville, California. I have...
No need to apologize about your English. If your mother tongue is one of the European groups I can write you in that. This plant was growing in a shaded...
Thaniks I am growing in an apartment which has an Eastern facing window where the Sun streams in from Sunrize to noon. I do water it but just barely because...
Hello I am Argentine, and alive in Central America, I speak Spanish. I copy next the guide to him of culture made by the Baker´s. If it does not understand...
I think this is one of easiest species to grow and one of the first I grew. I always give plenty of sun and water. If you have it indoors most of the time you...
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Oct 29, 2006 4:58 pm
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Dear Mitch and Pat! ... very well be to avoid the politics of organized orchid groups and business ethics of the various orchid vendors. I have always found it...
Jay Pfahl
jfal@...
Oct 29, 2006 6:35 pm
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or for everyone who has friends who bought "beginners orchids" from their local discounter and it died and thought they couldn't grow them... and have heard...
Everyone who raises orchids can attest to the some thrive some die experiences. I for one am notorous for my inability to raise dendrobiums and my most...
Has anyone tried completely submerging an orchid in a bucket of just plain water for several hours (maybe overnight) and drowning any insects that are attached...
Many bugs will unaffected, others will float to the top and reinfest the plant as you pull it out. A waste of time. Billy on the Florida Space Coast [Non-text...
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Nov 5, 2006 12:28 am
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Have you ever thought of using CO2 instead of water? You place a lump of Dry Ice at the bottom of a pail, and as it 'melts' the expanding CO2 gas displaces any...
In a message dated 11/4/2006 10:22:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, GSDguy@... writes: the plant will not be harmed as long as there is light as it...
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Nov 5, 2006 2:41 pm
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The Living Orchid Collection (LOC) ( http://www.livingorchidcollection.org ) is a beginning strategy for an organized, ex situ orchid conservation program in...
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