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From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Composts.
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:45

John, you spoke about rock wool cubes and this one does not rot down but does breath, that's the difference. I also think that rock wool cubes are very good for certain plants.

As to the 'gunge' that I put in a see-through pot and watered, and then told about how wet it still was..........it was not housed in my greenhouse, but in my workshop.

Now then mate, I am always inquisitive if it means more information to cram into our already overfull brains, so why is Crewe the 'Centre of the Universe'? Something to do with a local item and to do with the railway system ???

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Composts
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:35

There are of course many more avenues to take about these type of composts but I will keep them to myself.

From: Tony Watkinson
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:00

If you want to see rare orchid in bloom, take a look at this url of Den vandoides that flowered for me the other day. And I mean the other DAY. One day wonder!! But quite rare in cultivation after some 10 years from flask.

From: Tony Watkinson
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:00

From: Geoffrey Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:45

I have now looked it up on Jay Pfhal , to see if it is listed as African or
Madagascan , wondering if my original info' was incorrect. But African is
what it says. I suppose not all Madagascans are endemics, and on my map
Madagascar is only an inch or two from the sand forest ( joke) so probably
it is widespread. Incidentally the pic' in Jay's encyclopaedia leaves me
green − − about 50 flowers visible.

From: MARK GRIFFITHS
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] So called 'Orchid Compost'.
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:30

I very much doubt that is true. It's not really a public list and I believe libel means that the information is correct, I can't remember if it also requires intent, Geoff would know.

> Roger, I would watch what you say about someones products on a public
> list as yours could be concidered Libel and could be grounds for a
> lawsuit.

From: Theta
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:30

If I wanted to purchase the vandoides, where would I look? I live in
Southern California in the L.A. area on the coast. Do you think it
would survive outside here? Do you know it's temperature range?

Tony Watkinson wrote:
> Or to get a better look, try here..
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/page55.html

From: Tony Watkinson
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00

If your original info came from 'Angraecoid Orchids' by Joyce Stewart et al, you are probably right. I can find no reference to Cyrtorchis actuata being a native of Madagascar but then I didn't say it was. What I did say was that it was imported from Madagascar. Joyce Stewart give quite a lot of info on it in the above book and also in her 'Orchids of Tropical Africa' in which she mentions the roots on a plant is situ being yards long and even growing six feet underground. Does make you wonder at the definition of an epiphyte.

From: Tony Watkinson
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:15

Den. vandoides is otherwise known as Grasidium vandoides from New Guinea.
Grows in hot humid lowland areas. The L.A area of Southern California has a
climate much like the on we have here in Perth Western Australia. That is
long dry summers and cool wet (we hope) winters. I grow mine in a hothouse
(min 15C) where I can keep the humidity up.

Where you would buy one....absolutely no idea. Mine came from Phil Spence of
'Orchid Productions' in NSW

From: John W Stanley
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Composts and the centre of the Universe.
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:05

No Rocky, none of those reasons,
Simply that I live here . . . . what other possible reason would I have for living here? (apart from economics of course!).
And it is on planet Earth and you were addressing folks on any planet and so I thought I'd better be specific. I suppose that if you were to challenge my assertion of its central location wthin the Universe (my view is equally far in any skyward direction!) then I'd be happy to use your excuse of the railway system. After all, we all know that it is the finest on the planet . . don't we? (when the trains are on the track that is)

Re your gunge in your workshop; I don't see how anything porous (and it must be porous even if, as you suggest, it isn't permeable) must be able to lose moisture by evaporation unless in an environment of 100% humidity. Are your tools rusting? Or are you just re-inventing physics? Sorry to sound pedantic but I don't see how a porous medium can remain dry "for weeks" in a dry environment unless it is sealed from the air.

I'm not quibbling with your opinion of the compost but, I think that if you're making a case for its unsuitability then you need to make sure your 'facts' can't be challenged easily. So far, they can.

From: John W Stanley
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower − Geoff photosythesising
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:10

Geoff green eh?
I told you all that he probably stands in water with his orchids!
John

> Incidentally the pic' in Jay's encyclopaedia leaves me green − − about 50
> flowers visible.

From: Andy Mckeown
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Den lindleyii
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:20

I grow hydroponically and do not usually give anything a dry rest. I noticed that my D anosmum and D parishii, although they flower, I don't get the sort of all-canes-covered-in-flowers display that I commonly see in Thailand. I thought to experiment by keeping them dry for a while. The really floriferous ones I've seen have been leafless and mine do not lose their leaves if kept moist. While this was on my mind I bought the D lindleyi adn all the references I have recommend a dry winter rest to stimulate flowers. Normally I would ignore this but I extended the experiment to include it. It has now lots of spikes. The others are not doing anything yet other than their leaves starting to yellow though it's a bit soon for flowers.

> In our greenhouse none of the Dendrobiums (or any of the other orchids
> for that matter) are kept dry over wintertime. Experience has shown for
> us that they still require water from time to time.

> Of course the frequency and amount of water is slightly reduced (darker
> days, less evaporation etc etc) but we still spray them regularly about
> once every 5 days now.

From: jns tropic
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Practicing for the WOC
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:40

Last week Ron Newstead and I visited the South
Florida Orchid Society show (Fri. March 2 07). This
society and the Ft.Lauderdale society will host the
WOC. The hall was very large and will accommodate the
WOC with room to spare. Start making your plans to
come to Florida. I took some pictures and posted them
on my site: http://togofcoralgables.com/MiamiOrchidShow.aspx

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Cloth shading/heat reserve.
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:10

As the past months here in the U.K. have been so very wet, and I have large bubble-cap polythene sheeting pinned/fixed under the glass the drips/condensation have been more than ever before.

That is why I will not be having the bubble-cap this coming winter. I will be replacing it with: ???!!!

And if I explain what I want, then perhaps one of you will come up with a name and some information.

It is a lightweight material with strands of aluminium type weave in it. I am told that there are two types.

One for use shall we say in a cold greenhouse to reflect the suns rays in the warmer months, and the other one reflects the heat back into the greenhouse.

I have seen it in commercial greenhouses and been told that it works very well indeed.

From: Tina Stagg
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Cloth shading/heat reserve.
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:25

Simply Control sells the shading version − don't know how good it is for insulation − why don't you line your greenhouse with double-wall polycarbonate which lasts for years. I bought mine cut to size from DIY Plastics www.diyplas.co.uk Seal the cut edges with special tape to stop the woodlice setting up home inside the channels.

I am not sure why you have drips from your bubble plastic − have you got the joins horizontal? If they run vertically any water should run down to the ground − or onto the wooden frame to rot it.

From: John W Stanley
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Cloth shading/heat reserve.
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:00

Hi Roger,
I don't know who make it but Simply Control (of ?Perth ?Blair Atholl) sell it. It comes with three different degrees of transparency/reflectivity. We used it in 2006 and it works well but you need some system for rolling it up to the ridge when when cloudy and securing it when it's windy. Also, it isn't cheap. It is reckoned to last several seasons and from the appearance of ours after a single season this seems likely. It is strong stuff.

One snag; pigeons find they can get a good foothold and so walk about on it more than on smooth glass, occasionally adding to its opacity. However, a hose restores it to (near) pristine condition.

You can find details at http://www.simplycontrol.com/catalogue/shading/default.asp
The proprietor sells what he knows about (or vice versa!) and is most helpful if you 'phone.(and he doesn't use hard sell but will tell you advantages and disadvantages of his products) if you 'phone.
Cheers
John

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: That porous compost.
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:30

'That' compost. It's the one that 'Westland' sell at Garden Centres. It is they who state on the bag that it is 'Open structured'. Whatever that is supposed to mean.

As I said, I filled a clear plastic pot with it and then poured water through it. Since then it has stayed wet and has shrunk slightly, meaning that it is no longer level with the pot rim but lower.

I do think that if I keep it in the pot that it may follow what happened to a similar project that I did with the 'Betagro' rubbish. It ends up a very hard lump, and if fired from a canon I think it would knock a wall down.

From: James H
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] So called 'Orchid Compost'.
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:35

an aquarium mailing list i was on was sued over libel by a plant company
that a member had made remarks about poor products, the lawsuit was lost but
it did cost a number of members on the list alot of time and money to fight
it.

On 3/8/07, MARK GRIFFITHS wrote:
>
> I very much doubt that is true. It's not really a public list and I
> believe libel means that the information is correct, I can't remember if it
> also requires intent, Geoff would know.

From: Ron Bower
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Cloth shading/heat reserve.
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:35

Hello Rocky,
What you want is Aluminium Shading from Simple Control. I used it last year and found it OK.
Regards,
Ronbow,

From: Andy Mckeown
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: where are they now?
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:45

What's happened to Chong-Yee? He used to have some interesting posts but has been off air for some time?

From: John W Stanley
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] That porous compost.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:25

Yeah, course we do. However we make up our own orchid compost. Science of water content aside, I reckon the preparation of orchid compost is a black art. I never cease to be amazed at the variety of stuff some orchids will tolerate. Of course, the epiphytes usually don't use their compost as other than a hodlfast substitute, deriving nutrients from passing water. My wife, who is the real orchid expert in this duo, seems to prefer conifer bark (for pots) or mounts of tree-fern or cork-oak bark for bound mounts. Pearlite, tuff, and similar inert materials should be OK but texture sometimes encourages algae or bugs to take up residence.

When we buy, or are given plants, we usually watch 'em carefully and if they seem OK, even in composts we wouldn't have chosen, we leave them alone until they are established before changing the compost. I suppose 'compost' isn't really an appropriate name because the stuff isn't really a 'soil' in the sense of that for terrestrial orchids. But that'd be another argument eh?

'Open structured' would mean to me (or should mean) that there are cavities through which water can pass (permeabilility) as is the case with expanded non-porous polystyrene. That wouldn't preclude the lumps of whatever being porous and water retentive (fired clay, tuff, pearlite, fresh rock-wool cubes. I guess what we need to avoid is material that can compact to become a solid porous mass, like pure clay.

From: Geoff Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Practicing for the WOC
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:05

One or two nice plants there Jordan − do you think they'd accept $10 for the
lot ? (joke)

From: Geoff Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Cloth shading/heat reserve.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:20

It's a commercial shade cloth also usable as thermal screening. But it
reduces light transmission − not the same thing as bubble-cap at all , It
does not have insulating properties in the same way as bubble-cap , on the
contrary − the aluminium is a conductor so if you have it in contact with
the metal work of your greenhouse ( of course this does not apply to a
wooden house − then you would probably use it to increase your fuel bill !
Perhaps not what you had in mind ?

It is often used as thermal screen in commercial tall and large volume
greenhouses where convection powered circulation tends to increase the rate
of heat loss − a problem less likely in amateur − (small ) houses . This is
the way I have seen it used , e.g. at Wickmanns nursery in Germany.

I used it in my 25 foot Hartley Botanic ( 15 ft wide and 10 ft high ) when
I lived in the Cotswolds, and had it as a blind to be drawn along the
greenhouse − extending parallel to the floor and well above the plants, but
spaced from the roof. ( it was a powered blind, operated by a motor
triggered by a light cell , so as to draw at dusk and back again at dawn -
but the practicalities meant that it was not very reliable, sometimes jammed
half way etc, so I gave up on that idea.) I did however use it as a
permanent sun screen over a narrow area along the length of the greenhouse,
when I moved down here − the light being a bit stronger down in the deep
south − until I started to concentrate more on Vandas, when I removed it
completely .

I got it from Simply Control − but I can warn you , it is quite expensive ,
apart from not being suitable for what you want.

From: Roger Grier [mailto:theorchid.man@virgin.net]
Sent: 09 March 2007 17:14
To: Orchid Club
Subject: [OrchidTalk] Cloth shading/heat reserve.

As the past months here in the U.K. have been so very wet, and I have large
bubble-cap polythene sheeting pinned/fixed under the glass the
drips/condensation have been more than ever before.

That is why I will not be having the bubble-cap this coming winter. I will
be replacing it with: ???!!!

And if I explain what I want, then perhaps one of you will come up with a
name and some information.

It is a lightweight material with strands of aluminium type weave in it. I
am told that there are two types.

One for use shall we say in a cold greenhouse to reflect the suns rays in
the warmer months, and the other one reflects the heat back into the
greenhouse.

I have seen it in commercial greenhouses and been told that it works very
well indeed.

From: Geoff Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] So called 'Orchid Compost'.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:30

My understanding is that the question was considered to be in doubt ,
whether comments made on an internet site were actionable, but that there
have been two cases in the last few months which have removed doubt. Anyone
who considers they have suffered damage as a result of comments made on the
internet can sue for recompense. The defence of justification would of
course apply , but a Company feeling that it's reputation is at risk is
likely to have sufficient resources to make life very uncomfortable for a
private individual. And unfortunately, legal aid seems to be non-existent
for ordinary sober citizens , it is only there for the real criminal classes
.

My advice is be careful when you make critical remarks. You can always say
that you have been very unhappy with a commercially available product ,
without giving sufficient information for it be identifiable , and add
'anyone who wants more information should e-mail me privately' . What you
say privately is of course another matter altogether.

( I was thinking about guineas the other day, after reading an
archaeological journal discussing a civilization of West Africa , which is
where guineas originated ; and I recalled that when I started life in my
profession, our bills were rendered in guineas , each worth 105 pence. How
very curious that was , a remnant of the 18th century still alive and
kicking (just) into the second half of the 20th century. I bet half my
readers think I'm joking too , but I'm not !. )

From: John W Stanley
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] So called 'Orchid Compost'.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:20

Hi Geoff,
Doesn't the gee-gee fraternity still talk in guineas? Or are they now just titles of races? I seem to recall that we are now in the 21stC so I guess this must be a record.
John

From: P G Hieke
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Cyrtorchis
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:40

Cyrtorchis arcuata is an extremely widespread and variable species, ranging
througout the continent of Africa, south of the Sahara, from Ethiopia
almost to the Cape and from Sierra Leone to Kenya. It is found in a wide
variety of habitats, but never in rain forest. With other words, definitely
not on Madagscar.
Kind regards
Peter from Bloubergstrand

From: P G Hieke
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] So called 'Orchid Compost'.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:05

Hi Rocky,
You can grow 'ANY' orchid in 'ANY' compost if the watering regime is
adjusted accordingly. Orchids don't need to be watered every second
day or so. If the compost stays wet for longer then water only every
week or 10 days or even longer. I'm convinced that each manufacturer
of the composts can prove to you that orchids can grow in their respective
mixes. It is not just stones that work. Have you ever seen an epiphytic
orchid on a 'stone tree'?
Kind regards
Peter from Bloubergstrand

From: Geoff Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] That porous compost.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:50

colloids is dangerous stuff ,John. You are quite right. I've never seen an orchid flourishing in pure clay.
Geoff

> ...'Open structured' would mean to me (or should mean) that there are
> cavities through which water can pass (permeabilility) as is the case
> with expanded non-porous polystyrene. That wouldn't preclude the lumps
> of whatever being porous and water retentive (fired clay, tuff,
> pearlite, fresh rock-wool cubes. I guess what we need to avoid is
> material that can compact to become a solid porous mass, like pure clay.

From: Tony Watkinson
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] So called 'Orchid Compost'.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:35

From: Tony Watkinson
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: Cyrtorchis
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:40

Not that I am disputing your greater local knowledge Peter, but are not some
parts of Madagascar not rainforest?

From: nancy
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Practicing for the WOC
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:45

Hi Jordan and all -
Pretty nice show, it looks like. One of those photos
is surely of a Dend. spectabile that is rumored to
have swept away the competition and gotten a nice AOS
award as well − looks like a big one!
Thanks for the look − Nancy

~~~~~~~~~~~
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant
something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-------Charles Manson

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Stone trees.
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:05

Now then Peter..........'Red rag to a bull' as we say. Stone trees, whatever next ,ha, ha.

Maybe not stone trees, but just look around the world and observe the number of orchids that grow on rocks, boulders, and cliffs.

Orchids that grow on trees are attached to living tress who's bark is very hard and solid.

From: Roger Grier
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Sarcochilus Fizhart.
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:20

My Sarchchilus 'Fitzhart' which I have had now for twenty five years continues to do its annual flowering.

I especially like the crystalline texture of the sepals and petals. Pity it hasn't got a scent.

From: Roy Lee
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Sarcochilus Fizhart.
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:30

From: Jana Zommer
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: Oncidium vogensonii É Oncidium witti
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:05

Hi all!
i`ve just received two seedlings of oncidiums from "SCHWERTER", Germany.
Does anybody know how to grow these species?
I`ll be very appreciative for any info!
regards,
Yana

From: Ron Newstead
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Practicing for the WOC
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:40

What with a long journey back and the subsequent jet lag, it has taken me a
while to start on my emails but I did want to say how superior the Miami
show already was to the French effort at the World Orchid Congress at Dijon.
I heartily recommend you to put it on your programmes for next year.
Buying orchids there will not be quite so convenient as in Europe, of
course, but Jordan says that special arrangements are being made to reduce
the bureaucracy to a minimum.

> One or two nice plants there Jordan − do you think they'd accept $10 for the
> lot ? (joke)

From: P G Hieke
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Re: Cyrtorchis
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:50

This is correct but, Cyrtorchis has not been found on Madagascar.
Even Cyrtorchis chailluana which is a true rain forest species is purely
african.
Sorry, but nothing on Madagascar.
Kind regards
Peter from Bloubergstrand

> Not that I am disputing your greater local knowledge Peter, but are not some
> parts of Madagascar not rainforest?

From: P G Hieke
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Orchids in flower
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:55

I just want to show this brilliant yellow Zelenkoa onustum (was Oncidium).
Kind regards
Peter from Bloubergstrand

From: Janet Fabricant
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Practicing for the WOC
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:55

Hi Ron,
So happy to hear you enjoyed the show here in Florida. I have already
registered for the WOC.
Wirey hugs and love and xxx and licks from Janet, Bobby and Asta

From: Andy Mckeown
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Sarcochilus Fizhart.
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:35

> My Sarchchilus 'Fitzhart' which I have had now for twenty five years
> continues to do its annual flowering.

> I especially like the crystalline texture of the sepals and petals.
> Pity it hasn't got a scent.

From: Andy Mckeown
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Zelenkoa
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:35

From: Tony Watkinson
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:50

Nice onustum! They are so attractive. Mine just finished flowering and had
all these dead flowers on the spike. After I cut the spike off, I noticed
that there was a new branch starting!! Too late by then. Dang!!

From: Esther Koh
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Orchids in flower
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:55

From: Tina Stagg
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Dendrobium virginalis
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:05

This is my dendrobium virginalis var. Stonehurst, in flower today. Unfortunately, only half the flowers were open in time for the Harrogate Show so I didn't take it with me.

The plant is 90cm across, 95cm high, with each flower 6cm across. I grow it intermediate all the year round now, with a very slight rest in early winter. I used to grow it warmer in the summer but it's now too big for my small warm section. It flowers on two year old growth, as well as on any older unflowered nodes − in other words, not on growths made last summer. When it shows buds I cut off all the old already-flowered canes.

From: P G Hieke
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Sarcochilus Fizhart.
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:50

From: Dennis Read
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Dend. vir
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:00

Tina, That is a marvellous clone. If you ever have a spare kiki it can have a home with me.
Regards from a sunny but cold Devon.

From: Tina Stagg
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Shadiing
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:05

In case you are wondering about the green shading in the picture. It is ordinary 60% garden centre shade cloth − the one with the black hole tape along each edge. Stretchy curtain wire is threaded through the holes and fixed inside the roof sections but outside on the sides. It can be drawn like curtains depending on the weather. I remove the outside pieces in the winter to stop them blowing away but usually leave the roof ones in place as we have a short winter here.

From: Sharon Williams
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Dendrobium virginalis
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:15

Hi Tina: Wonderful den! Interesting looking greenhouse -could you post a photo of it from the outside and a couple more of the inside please?
Thanks
Sharon

From: Kenneth Bruyninckx
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Den lindleyii
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:25

> I noticed that my D anosmum and D parishii, although they flower, I don't
> get the sort of all-canes-covered-in-flowers display that I commonly see in
> Thailand. I thought to experiment by keeping them dry for a while.

I may not necessarily be a question of keeping it dry as I'm sure other
factors are involved when in Thailand. Who knows, the clones that you saw
may just be super clones.

Getting lots of spikes on a plant is not always that easy all the time, some
years your plant just performs better.

Have a look at for instance Dendrobium nobile, all books mention that it
needs a dry rest in winter and that it can be quite tricky to water it as
'buds' will turn into keikis instead of flowers. Some years we have plenty
of flowers, other years less. but the best plants to flower are huge
specimens that just get treated like the other orchids !

*London Orchid Show, London, UK (16-18/3)
*7ème Biennale Intenationale d'Orchidées, La Hestre, Belgium
(17-20/5)
*Open Nursery Weekend, Schoten, Belgium (26-28/5)
*Peterborough International Orchid Show, Peterborough, UK (16-17/6)

From: Geoff Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Dendrobium virginalis
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:40

From: Geoff Hands
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Re: [OrchidTalk] Dend. vir
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:40

> Tina, That is a marvellous clone. If you ever have a spare kiki it can
> have a home with me.

From: S.abeccara
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: Lean-to greenhouse
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:30

as my orchid collection has grown far beyond my available space, I am
considering building a small lean-to greenhouse (about 5x3 m). Can you give
me any advice about materials and facilities to be used/installed? I grow
mainly Phalaenopsis, both hybrids and species, and a few Cattleyas.

From: "WOOD, Michael $WG$"
To: Orchid Talk List
Subject: hi
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:15

I'm off to Tobago shortly − any orchids I should look out for when I'm
there ?? I can find very little on the web ...

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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

2007 Archived Messages

8—14 March