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From: Gordon Walker
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Eria densa
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:35
That looks like a nice attractive flower. Can you give an indication of the
size of the plant, flower and growing conditions?
Gordon.
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From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: getting the colour right...
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:05
The picture is a cattleya − name shown above − one from the Taiwanese
Company − Orchis − who show such amazing cattleyas at the major shows.
As I have said before , the plants which they have bundled up in boxes at
the shows , have their roots ( mostly looking pretty poor) stuffed into a 3
inch polythene pot , but they do seem to recover pretty quickly . In fact I
have only been buying them since I moved down here − 2 years ago , so this
particular plant probably came from the London Show March 2005 or WOC Feb of
that year. Here is my first flower- probably not as big as they produce,
although first flowers are not the best.
Lovely spicy cattleya fragrance − under my nose as I type, since I have
taken pains to adjust the colour of the picture on the screen side-by-side
with the actual plant .
( saturation and hue done separately in three channels, going round the
circuit twice , until I'm satisfied that on my screen the rather unusual
dusky dark colours are quite faithfully reproduced).
Hope you like it − I love it , although in the same session I took pictures
of some other "new to my collection" flowers (Bulbophyllum laxiflorum) which
are all of a centimetre across , which also please me very much....
Geoff
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From: P G Hieke
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Eria densa
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:40
I attached a picture of the whole plant. It is a medium size plant in a 4-inch
pot.
It's about 30 cm tall. The inflorescence carries about 55 flowers. The flower
is 5 mm wide and 8 mm long. It grows intermediate. It comes from Malaysia,
Sumatra, Borneo at altitudes of 1300 − 2000 mtrs.
Regards
Peter from Bloubergstrand
> That looks like a nice attractive flower. Can you give an indication of the
> size of the plant, flower and growing conditions?
> Gordon.
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From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Eria densa.
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:35
Hi Peter,
Please can you tell me what it is that I see in the top of the pot, looks like white pieces of something to me.
Do you use clay pots?
Regards, Rocky.
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From: Gordon Walker
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Eria densa
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:40
The information and picture are much appreciated. Thank you.
Gordon.
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From: francis quesada pallares
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Storing Pleione bulbs for winter.
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:05
Hello,
This year has been my very first year experimenting
with Pleione orchids. I have had a fantastic year, and
had many new bulbs and bulbils. The plants are now
dying out, and the leaves falling. I have moved them
inside for the past two weeks, to ensure that they do
dry out completely before I take them out of their
pots, divide them and store them. But as this is the
first time that I'm doing so, I'm wondering what is
the best way to store them. I was thinking in airtight
containers, with no compost of any time, in my pantry,
until mid February, and then return them to pots.
What is the group's advice on this matter?
Many thanks,
Francis.
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From: Gordon Walker
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: Lituiflorum pictures
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:55
When looking at the two pictures it is easy to see the difference in the petal colour.I presume therefor that the semi alba is purely chance as the plants were from the same source.
Gordon.
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From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Storing Pleione bulbs for winter.
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:15
Not airtight . The concern is mould or rot. Wrap them in paper − such as
newspaper, which will absorb any moisture.
I also used to save the brown paper bags which some supermarkets provide
(when you buy mushrooms − 'cos they too will go slimy and rot in plastic,
but keep in paper) flowers) if you have gone down to say 2 degrees or even
lower . Your pantry , at say 10 degrees is probably too warm.
Geoff
francis quesada pallares wrote:
...Pleione orchids... I'm wondering what is
the best way to store them. I was thinking in airtight
containers, with no compost of any time, in my pantry,
until mid February, and then return them to pots.
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From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Storing Pleione bulbs for winter.
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:05
My message got a bit garbled somewhere.( My keyboard is wireless and seems
to have a bad "connection" at the moment )
There are two points -
1. Store in paper ,so as to allow air movement − so as to avoid rot.
2. Store as cold as possible to get good flower colour.
Geoff
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From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Re: Lituiflorum pictures
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:10
I have found that with pale dendrobiums, alba or pale pink is a matter of
temperature at some particular stage in bid development. I wonder if these
two (?) plants would be the same if kept together and flowering at the same
time ?
Geoff
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From: Gordon Walker
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Re: Lituiflorum pictures
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:55
They are Geoff that is why I was wondering if the semi alba was a one off.
Unfortunately I only bought the two plants so am unable to come to a
rational decision.
Gordon.
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From: P G Hieke
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Eria densa.
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:00
Hi Rocky,
The white pieces is silica gravel to keep the polystyrene/sphagnum mix in the pot.
I also use white granite and brown sandstone gravel for that purpose.
No, I don't use clay pots.
Regards
Peter from Bloubergstrand
Hi Peter,
Please can you tell me what it is that I see in the top of the pot, looks like white pieces of something to me.
Do you use clay pots?
Regards, Rocky.
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From:
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Vandofinetia Pat Arcari nuit bleue
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:30
This is my first flowering of this plant and I must admit to liking it more every time I look at it.
Gordon.
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From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Vandofinetia Pat Arcari nuit bleue
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:05
It's a very large flower for the plant size, although not blue is quite
true it seems !
Geoff
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