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From: Rudolf Günnel
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Some Paph. photos
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:15

After it is really quiet on the list I will take the opportunity to show
you some photos of flowering Paphs. At the moment three Paphs are
flowering in my collection -
Paph. callosum (from Thailand/Cambodia), Paph. glaucophyllum (from
Java/Indonesia) and Paph. appletonianum (from Thailand/Cambodia).
I hope Paphs enthusiasts will enjoy the images and for the others I
intended to enlighten a dull winter day in the northern hemisphere
(except the members in subtropical/tropical regions). But contrary to
expectations the day was bright and sunny here in Germany.
Nevertheless I‹ll send the photos and hope you will be pleased.

From: aeranthes2
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: photos
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:00

Thank you for the photographs Rudolph they are excellent and very cheerful on a very grey and miserable winter day. I also have P.appletonianum and P.glaucophyllum but neither are in flower at the moment. Jean

From: Andy Mckeown
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: photos
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:35

A few photos to jolly the grey .... took them yesterday when the orchid house was the only sensible place to be in Somerset! Couldn't get the colour right on the Paph − it opened pale yellow and has lightened but not much as in the photo

From: aeranthes2
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: andy
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:20

Thank you for brightening this very grey day Andy. What beautiful orchids and first class photos. I have a Laelia anceps that looks identical to this one. Once it stared flowering it has flowered every year. Not this year but there is plenty of time yet. Love the Paph and the yellow Catt. too. Thanks again. Jean

From: Yamaga
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] photos
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:05

The attached are the images I bought at the Fukushima International Orchid
Show(Japan) several years ago. I bought this plant on impulse immediately,
since I fell in love at first sight on this flower's deep color and big
pouch. I have named this plant 'Dream Came True'simply because my old dream
to get a wonderful Paph.micranthum has been realized.The cause of that the
flower has bloomed thiner in color as compared with usual is unknown.

From: John Stanley
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Andy's wonderful photos
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:05

Hi Andy,
So even in Somerset the summer sets eh? (Grrrrrooooooooon)
However, congrats on those superb piccies! They go a long way in compensating for the current Crewe sky.
I wonder if someone, somewhere knows what humanly invisible wavelengths of light are emitted from those subtly bluey, purply, lilacky blooms that give so much colour trouble. Certainly, it seems darned near impossible to compensate the colour balance even with these versatile all-singing all dancing digital cameras that can "see" what we clearly can't. UV I suspect but there may be more to it than using a UV filter. Doess anyone else suffer from similar colour aberration? I don't remember the same problems with film but then there was time to forget the colour before seeing the pic.
John Stanley

From: Dr. Chong-Yee Khoo
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:30

I am pleased to announce the launch of a new website with three dimensional
images of orchids, at http://orchids3D.blogspot.com

The website documents and publicises a project to capture 3D images of
orchids as Quicktime virtual reality object (QTVR) movies, as well as
showcasing the results.

In addition to a standard 2D view, the orchid QTVR images allow side views
of the orchid flower (or even the back of the flower, giving a 360 degree
view), by dragging the mouse around the image.

The advantages of 3D orchid images include the ability to fully capture the
morphology (shape and depth) of flowers, particularly complex flowers. They
show floral parts such as ovary, spur, mentum which may be hidden or are
often not adequately depicted in conventional 2D images. Subtleties of
contour, texture, shape and unifying beauty of the orchid flower are more
apparent. These factors are important both for educational purposes
(maximising the Wow! factor), taxonomic accuracy and for proper
record keeping.

The website is in the form of a "weblog" or "blog". The entries include 3D
orchid images, notes on the habitat and cultivation of the plants, other
examples of 3D orchid photography and descriptions of 3D imaging in general
.

Please visit, enjoy and leave a comment (click on "leave comment" at the
bottom of every entry)!

- the 3D orchid images may be viewed on either Macintosh or Windows
computers, but require Quicktime 7 to be installed (free download from http
://www.apple.com/quicktime/download). You don't need to upgrade to the Pro
version to view the movies.

- the 3D images are available in several versions of different quality, and
the most suitable image will be shown according to the speed of your
connection. The smallest versions are about 150 kb and may take a while to
appear on a modem connection.

- use the navigation sidebar on the left of every page. This contains links
to the 3D orchid images ("Gallery") and documentation on the website,
including instructions on how to view the images ("About this Site").

- images and text are copyright Chong-Yee Khoo; all rights reserved. Moral
rights asserted. Project supported by a grant from the Barbara Everard
Trust for Orchid Conservation.

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Correct name ?????
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:55

Friend of mine phoned to say that she and her husband wanted to donate an orchid that they have two of, to Kew. To be perfectly honest..........who would want to give it to Kew!!!

Her thoughts about giving it to Kew were that this orchid was something special that the late Bob Dadd made.

She did give me a photograph of it which I have scanned for you to have a look at and possibly identify.

She states that the blooms are about 5 inches by seven inches.....175mm x 125mm.

From: Rudolf Günnel
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Re: photos
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:10

Congratulations from a German Paphs lover to a Japanese one − nice
flower with a good long stem and also good photos.
I bought a young plant of Paph. micranthum ca. 3 years ago and so far it
grew very well. I saw the flower sheath last late September /early
October and I was very keen to see it in flower. The flower stem started
to grow late November but when it reached a length of about 5 cm it
stopped growing. I was very suspicious and unfortunately I saw that the
bud had dried up last week. Really, I don‹t know the reason why it
happened. I know − you have to watch out for water drops in the sheath
or on the bud and I‹m sure there wasn‹t one. Maybe there was too less
light in these dull days?
Now for me there‹s only one thing to do be patient and wait till the
next sprout becomes flowering size.
At least I‹m glad to see your plant flowering.

From: Roy Lee
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Some Paph pics
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:40

Hi all, since there have been some excellent pics coming through recently, I thought I might throw in a few more. Hope you like them.

From: jns tropic
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:40

It sounds very interesting. Unfortunately I can't
download Quicktime to my Linux OS. Apple, which is a
Unix, product will only download it's product to Macs
or Windows. Does anyone else use a Linux
distribution?

From: aeranthes2
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Paph and Blog
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:35

What a wonderful Paph and a stunning photograph Yamaga. Thanks for sharing it with us and no wonder you are pleased with it as it is a real beauty.
Chong-Yee − what a fascinating site. I have just spent some time viewing just about everything there and tried very hard to leave a message but I couldn't leave it unless I typed in my user name and password and in order to obtain one it seems I have to have a blog and I don't want one at least for the time being as I have 4 websites to maintain as it is. A pity as I would like to say how much I like it and please add more photos and information as quickly as you can. It's a really fascinating place. Thank you. Attached is a phtograph I have just taken of my division of your Dendrobium Abberans. I'm thrilled it is ini flower and hope it will grow a little this year. Jean

From: suzanne sadler
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:30

This is enchanting and great for an artist like myself who is always wondering what other views of blooms are like.
I look forward to seeing more great images.

I am pleased to announce the launch of a new website with three dimensional=
images of orchids, at http://orchids3D.blogspot.com ...

From: dennis READ
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Correct name ?????
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:20

Roger, According to Wildcatt and RHS this was registered by Armacosts in 1975. Bob Dadd may have sewn the seed but who Armacosts are/is I have no idea.It has three awards. Regards

From: Jean Lewis
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: orchids
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:20

Lovely photographs Roy and beautiful orchids. A pleasure to view on a dark winter's evening. Rocky I have a L.C. Gila Wilderness but obviously not quite the same hybrid as mind looks the same except that it is a definite purple and not the magenta colour of this one. Sorry I have no further information but may do a bit of browsing later. Jean

From: Yamaga
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Re: photos
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:00

Saying from my poor experience, Paph.micranthum seems to be necessary to
meet with low temperature (dormancy, rest) before taking them into the
greenhouse in autumn.

I'm growing my Paph.micranthum and several Parvisepalums outside under
shading till beginning of November at the onset of low temperature falling
less than 0C. As a consequence, either the flower bud in the sheath or on
the stem couldn't rot off.

I'm usually watering them at 2-3 days intervals even in winter. There is no
difference between Parvisepalums and other pecies.

Papvisepalums, especially P.armeniacum and P.micranthum shoud have been
planted in a shallow bowl to avoid going the runner through into the
compost.

I feel the renewals of the compost two times per year are necessary in order
to maintain vigorousness of these plants. Please Try it !

We, in Japan, usually use the substrate composed mainly 2 kinds of volcanic
pumices( 70) mixed with bark chips (20, or Coconut husk chips) and limestone
fragments(5) and also add small quantity of charcoal(5) for them in order to
avoid the compost becoming too soggy.

From: Dr Chong-Yee Khoo
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: [OrchidTalk] Re: [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:55

Sorry to hear that you can't view the images. Quicktime is indeed only available in Mac and Windows flavours.

Mac OS X is indeed based on Unix, but I suspect that the technology used in Quicktime is several layers above the Unix kernel; it's not surprising that (even though both OSes are essentially Unixen) OS X QT is not compatible with Linux. Unfortunately, I don't think Apple sees much benefit in porting QT to Linux.

Do you know if there is a format for VR objects suitable for Linux? Or anyone trying to write a Linux app which reads QT files?

From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Correct name ?????
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:30

Lc Gila Wilderness was originaliy registered by Armacosts- a name from
the past in USA . It is a cross of Kevin Green x Red Empress. I can't see
why it should be of any interest to Kew , and suspect they will take it,
look it up, and junk it on the compost heap !.

From: aeranthes2
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: blog
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:05

Chong-Yee I did post a message or at least it appeared to accept it but I can't see if anywhere. I'll look later and if it isn't there I'll try again. Jean

Regarding your question Chong-Yee on Linux and VR. I have just emailed my grandson to ask him. He is a third year student at Manchester university and is currently gaining a year's work experience with an American company. He is doing this kind of thing and is familiar with Linux so I'm hoping he will have something useful for me to pass on in a day or two. I'm just off to your blog to see if I have more luck this time and yest the Dend.abberans is delightful. I'm so pleased with it and after viewing your photographs I think I'll try a Cadetia chionantha − Jean

From: aeranthes2
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: VR details of programs
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:50

Someone asked about VR and programs to use in Linux. I emailed my grandson who is familiar with such things and I have copied his reply below which I think is very helpful. Jean

Linux users may want to try one of the following applications to view
virtual reality (VR) photos:
1. HeroineWarrior's Quicktime4Linux
2. LibQuickTime
3. OpenQuickTime

If the gentleman wants to write an application then he may want to check out
http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/%7Edersch/

If he wants to search for other applications then I highly recommend he
searches for Java based applications (if he uses linux then he should know
what Java is, but if not: a programming language that works identically on
all operating systems, especially linux).

There has been lots of work on an open format of VR (VR is actually an
QuickTime format owned by Apple), but nothing as good. The gentleman may
want to visit http://www.web3d.org/ which is working on an open format.

Nan, if you would like to make your own VR photos then you should check out
http://www.panoramas.dk/quicktime/
http://www.4directions.org/resources/features/qtvr_tutorial/Index.html
All you need is a digital camera, tripod and a photo application (e.g. Adobe
Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp (freeware) ).

From: John Stanley
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Re: [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:00

Hello Chong Yee,
Would be delighted to look at your new site but I get the message:

'QuickTime is missing software required to perform this operation.
Unfortunately, it is not available on the QuickTime server.'

when I try.
Unfortunately it isn't explicit enough for me to investigate the problem;
can you (or anyone else) help?
Happy New year
John Stanley
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From: aeranthes2
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: message
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:25

John I received that message too but downloaded the new free version number 7 and it works well now. Jean

From: Ron Bower
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Re: [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:35

Yeah, I get told "that on the information I have given I am not authorised
to enter the site." This isn't surprising as I have not given any
information to the site, nor do I see that I should have to. I am of the
opinion that every thing posted should be available to every member of List
with out the need to give further identification.

> Hello Chong Yee,
> Would be delighted to look at your new site but I get the attached message
> when I try.
> Unfortunately it isn't explicit enough for me to investigate the problem;
> can you (or anyone else) help?
> Happy New year

From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:30

Nice work Chong-Yee − must have put a lot of effort into your site. It's a
pity the pics are so small − I found that the large file (844kb was it ? )
took a few seconds to load with my broad-band connection , but came up at
exactly the same size on the screen (?).
Couldn't see where it is that you wanted feed-back to be entered − hence
this old-fashioned (!) e-mail.

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Jeans' Dendrobe.
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:00

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Andy's photos.
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:05

Just to ask you, what you use as a backing/backdrop, and do you use flash or not?

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Kew !!!
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:10

Thanks for the information, and you and I seem to have the same opinion about Kew, say no more.

As to your mention of 'Armacost'.....Hell ! we must both be getting on in years ! For sure, the name of 'Armacost & Royston' came flooding back.

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Registry.
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:15

Dennis, 'Wildcatt'.....can anyone just look up a plant, or do we need to buy it?????

The RHS Registry......can you please tell me if it is that easy to punch/key in all of the information that is required. I have asked the Club for an explanation of the word GREX, as many newcomers are puzzled by this word.

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Photos and colour problems.
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:20

John, many years ago I was given much help with photography from a wonderful chap who sadly has now departed this world to the 'Big Forest in the sky'.

Charlie once told me that if a black background was used, it would to some extent fool the lightmeter. He then told me to use a NEUTRAL grey colour.

I do have a nice piece of grey card, and tomorrow, if the sun does shine, I will take some photos and see what we get.

From: Dr Chong-Yee Khoo
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Quicktime and its Update Function
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:35

You're not the first person to report this problem; it seems like the Update Software function within Quicktime player is not really reliable. I had trouble with my machine at work, too.

Could I ask you to please visit the website using a web browser, and download the software there?

From: Dr Chong-Yee Khoo
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Registry.
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:45

Grex = collective name for all offspring of a particular cross, i.e., the second part of the hybrid name following the genus.

>Hi Dennis,
>
>Thanks for your piece in answer to my 'Search'.
>
>Dennis, 'Wildcatt'.....can anyone just look up a plant, or do we need to buy it?????
>
>The RHS Registry......can you please tell me if it is that easy to punch/key in all of the information that is required. I have asked the Club for an explanation of the word GREX, as many newcomers are puzzled by this word.
>
>Thanks, Rocky.

From: Tricia Garner
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: Registry.
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:55

> Dennis, 'Wildcatt'.....can anyone just look up a plant, or do we need to
> buy it?????

> The RHS Registry......can you please tell me if it is that easy to
> punch/key in all of the information that is required. I have asked the
> Club for an explanation of the word GREX, as many newcomers are puzzled
> by this word.

I take it you are referring to the link on the Orchid-Talk website
http://www.orchid-talk.co.uk/links.html regarding the RHS Orchid Register
Search? For an explanation of the word Grex, follow the 'Orchid
Nomenclature' link on the http://www.orchid-talk.co.uk/culture.html page.

From: Dr Chong-Yee Khoo
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Photos and colour problems.
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:05

A dark background would fool many camera meters; the problem is that the meter doesn't know it's looking at black, and assumes it's something that is gray, but in bad light. So it assumes the scene needs a higher exposure than it does. The result is an over-exposed scene.

The converse would happen with an object against a light background; you would get an underexposed scene.

And it's not just a background problem either. The same thing happens when you photograph a white flower which fills up most of the frame. Unless you open up the aperture or use a longer exposure, the white flower will look gray. With the greatest of respect to Andy McKeown, this problem has occurred in his photo of Paph micranthum, which looks gray, instead of white. [Note that it is possible with digital images to correct post capture − just use Curves in Photoshop].

You essentially need to find a way of figuring out how much light is hitting the subject − and the way to do this is to either use an indicent light meter, or a gray card. The standard is 18% gray. Kodak used to make gray cards for metering off on incident light (I have some from the days when I used film − oh what days they were!). The standard way of using this card is to place it in the same light as the subject, point your camera at the card, and meter off it. Then you take the picture using those settings (with the gray card out of the way!!!). No matter what background there is, the exposure should be right.

Using a gray background may − or it may not − achieve the same effect. You need to get the right shade of gray, and you need to make sure that the subject is of more or less the same lightness, or it doesn't form such a large part of the frame that it starts affecting the meter reading.

The best way of getting around all these problems is to be aware of the problem. Then just take a number of photos with higher exposure and lower exposure than what the camera suggests. This is called exposure bracketing, and many cameras have automated modes which enable this with ease. Then you upload them to your computer and see which one looks best (you can use the histogram to make this easier) − and chuck the rest. That's the beauty of digital. For best results you need to have calibrated your monitor, but that's another story altogether.

Caveat: the meters nowadays are much cleverer than they used to be, but dark / light backgrounds can still fool them sometimes.

From: Dr Chong-Yee Khoo
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: [OrchidTalk] RE: [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:05

Most of the website was made over a weekend. The image generation was time
consuming, but I have automated many aspects of the workflow using
Applescript and Automator. It's easy with a Mac.

I can't believe you're asking for larger pictures − tsk, tsk, after your
email from the boat! I suppose you're now back on dry land and not paying
£50 per minute for WiFi access?!?

All three versions are at 320 x 240 resolution, and differ only i
compression and in number of frames. See the blog for a new post with a
more detailed explanation of the differences...

I may put up higher resolution images in the future (as well as supporting
older versions of Quicktime).

Send feedback by clicking "Leave a comment" at the bottom of each post. You
don't have to register; just click "Anonymous".

>Nice work Chong-Yee − must have put a lot of effort into your site. It's a
>pity the pics are so small − I found that the large file (844kb was it ? )
>took a few seconds to load with my broad-band connection , but came up at
>exactly the same size on the screen (?).
>Couldn't see where it is that you wanted feed-back to be entered − hence
>this old-fashioned (!) e-mail.
>
>Geoff.

From: John Stanley
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: Registry and grex definition.
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:40

Hi Rocky,
I believe that grex is Latin for a flock or herd and is used to indicate an association of offspring within an artificial (human created) hybrid group (outside the Linnean system of nomenclature for naturally occurring taxa).

For a quick fix see; http://www.orchidlady.com/glossary.html I think the Orchid Lady's definition approximates to mine (wipes sweat from brow after having had second thoughts!)

From: John Stanley
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] colour problems in black and white
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:00

Hi Rocky,
Not sure if we are on about black labels or coloured orchids but, you are quite right. I have spent many a day trying to persuade my camera that I am actually trying to photograph black basaltic rock (for which it tries to compensate!). However, seldom does a black label occupy a large portion of the frame of an orchid picture and, so long as the orchid is exposed correctly, the black and grey of the label are OK. Remember that, in the days of your departed friend, lightmeters were probably not capable of correctly measuring the light from a small selected portion of the picture (say a pale petal or whatever) whereas now we have all sorts of metering (spot, centre weighted, matrix and more). Another point is that, whatever Henry Ford said, there are many shades of 'black'. Indeed, I used to project slides onto a dusty "black"board so that I could annotate the image as I lectured (long before digital projectors)
No doubt your friend will have the converse problem photographing fluffy white clouds and angels' white wings eh?
Best wishes with the Sun (just leave ours where it is here in sunny Crewe). You could always keep the rain off with the card.
Happy New Year
John S.

From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Photos and colour problems.
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:45

A black background does indeed fool your camera exposure meter ; there are
two answers. If you have a camera which takes spot readings ( usually
indicated by an engraved circle or square in the middle of the viewfinder)
then aim that at a mid-tone , say a coloured ( not white) part of the flower
, hold the shutter release button half-way down, then re-frame the picture,
and shoot. This is a generalised instruction − some cameras are different.
In some, you may need to go into the menu and select spot reading ; in
others ( like the Nikon digitial SLRs, you don't hold the shutter release
half-way down, you hold the AE lock button instead − and so on.

Or , have your black background ( again ) but hold a piece of neutral grey
material in front of the camera to take the exposure reading , hold the
button half way down, etc., remove the card whilst continuing to hold the
button half-way down, then shoot.

From: dennis READ
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: Registry.
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:40

Roger,
Wildcatt is a CD you buy from the US.
The RHS is relatively easy to use − you type in the Genus or Generic name if it is a hybrid ie Cymbidium then the Grex epithet ie Babylon. The two together is the Grex name. If it has a Cultivar epithet ie 'Castle Hill' the whole is the Cultivar name.
I accept this is a problem and have just put an article in the Devon Orchid Soc. news letter. Regards

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Grex etc.
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:55

I can now type out a small sheet with this information on it, and hand it to whosoever would like it.

As I have always said, and also know, that it is easy to write out some instructions VERY BADLY, but, it takes a certain skill to produce instructions that are easy to follow.

I guess that we have all read the 'Instructions' from booklets after buying certain home appliances etc. !!!!!

From: aeranthes2
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Dend abberans
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:45

Rocky I'm growing the Dendrobium abberans in Seramis − nothing else added. I keep an indicator in the small pot and water and feed when necessary.
Chong-Yee! Me an expert soon? I wish!lol Jean

From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] RE: [ANN] New Orchid 3D Image Website
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:50

I was just a bit puzzled that the presumed larger version was exactly the
same size as the smaller one !
If that the way you want it, that's fine by me.

Most of the website was made over a weekend. The image generation was time
consuming, but I have automated many aspects of the workflow using
Applescript and Automator. It's easy with a Mac.

I can't believe you're asking for larger pictures − tsk, tsk, after your
email from the boat! I suppose you're now back on dry land and not paying
£50 per minute for WiFi access?!?

From: jns tropic
To: Orchid Talk list
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] RE: Photos and colour problems.
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:10

I have a 6 year old digital camera($300). It
must be way past its prime but it still takes some
fair pictures. And if the jpg needs help I can edit
it with Gimp which just like Photoshop, but free.
Some flower colors are hard to capture. I took about
5 pics over a period of a week to get the correct
color of a burgundy Epic. Joe Romans. It was always
washed out. I masked the blooms of the jpg and added
more color until it looked like the real flower. Then
I thought, well I can change the color to any color I
want. So I made the flower slate blue. Wow just what
we all want a real blue. I posted it on my site and
put it next too the real one. It got noticed.
The other I captured a LCtna. Roy Fields AM-AOS
early in the morning and the color was near perfect.
It opened in cool weather and had a deeper then normal
color. Yes I know the some of the background is too
bright, but I was lazy and didn't fix it. I don't try
to make portraits of my plants.
Last year was the coolest winter in 15 years -
not the coldest, it stayed above the high 40's. This
year we have the same situation, but just a few
degrees cooler. Last Sunday was in the 40's and it
will be the same tomorrow.

MONTH	DATE	DATE	DATE	DATE	MONTH	DATE	DATE	DATE	DATE
January	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-31	February	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-28
March	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-31	April	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-30
May	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-31	June	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-30
July	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-31	August	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-31
September	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-30	October	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-31
November	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-30	December	1-7	8-14	15-21	22-31

2006 Archived Messages

January—14