Hello Mike: Thank you for the information and suggestions of orchid nurseries and places to see native South African orchids. I have checked out van Rooyen...
Hello Ricardo, Here are some answers to your questions ; I grow mainly species and have a fair sized mixed collection. Although I am neither a commercial...
Mike O'Connor
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Sep 2, 2005 7:57 pm
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Hello Mike!!! I was most impressed by your detail answer. You certainly have enlightened me on delineation of the 4 climatic zones in South Africa but I shall...
Has anyone grown this species? I just picked up one today at my local orchid grower and in searching for information am confused about the species as it's...
Yes, for me a very easy grower (not the fastest growing though). I have never seen it referred to as an Angreacium because that is an entirely different...
... Mary I'm in Maine zone 5 for all the good that'll do kfb - maine __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
Sorry bought tow angraecums today and friend gave me a piece of Dockrilla wassellii The angraecum is Angraecum bosserrii and have found it listed under...
This species is considered by some to be a small-growing and smaller-flowered form of Angcm. sesquipedale. As an adult it will not reach more than 12" in...
... I've poured through websites and pictures and having looked at size differences of the flowers I'll embrace the name Ang. bosserii as the true species name...
Ricardo, Johannesburg is not my favourite city. If I have to go there I go, do what I went to do and leave as soon as possible. I would not spend too much time...
Mike O'Connor
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Sep 16, 2005 7:58 pm
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Hi Kyle, sounds like you have some thrills goin' on up your way! Well, you mentioned moth.... A big fat moth (3 inches?) hanging out around the Brassavola...
... I am curious to know 2 things : 1) What does the word "verklempt" mean and what language is it? 2) Which Angraecum is struggling? Keep well and kind...
Mike O'Connor
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Sep 18, 2005 2:44 pm
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I've heard verklempt described as overcome by emotion. It is a yiddish word. Joe Linger 460 Central Ave New Haven, CT 06515-2208 http://linger.dyndns.org...
<<1) What does the word "verklempt" mean and what language is it?>> I'm not Janet, but a logophile: verklempt = overcome with emotion; Yiddish and a very...
Me neither. I did figure that Mike already had an idea of what the word meant since he corrected the spelling used in the original post. However it is NOT a...
Back to orchids.... Joe, I really liked your site! And the pics and cultural observations. I have a question about the Dendrobium tetragonum and hoping you...
...joe, i liked your site also...pat, my tetragonum is outside in san francisco and blooming for the third time in this year...it had a dry spell btwn the...
Verklempt is Yiddish.....I believe its meaning is analogous to "stressed".........Take care, Eric Muehlbauer...
e.muehlbauer
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Sep 20, 2005 1:15 am
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Yes, it is a real word (even though Mike Myers used it!). According to the yiddishdictionaryonline: depressed, distraught; choked up; grieving farklempt ...
Thanks Bob! It does sound funny, doesn't it - it drives me crazy! I finally put a watering schedule together with temps/humidity for fall/winter (such as it...
Aha! My <snip> came from a google search. Guess the authority wasn't well versed in Yiddish! <G> Pat Sarasota What's Blooming PLEASE DON'T "LITTER" -...
http://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org Orchid conservation is a subject that we hear about from time to time on forums, in magazines and with society...
Greetings - I'm looking for cultural advice for Malaxis latifolia? I'd ike any growing tips for the deep South. All I know is it likes to be moist and is...
I've read in various places that some Cattleya and Laelia species require a dry winter rest. I have about 25 different species that I bought in the spring...
Paul, Do not withhold the water for too long. More damages are done by lack of watering.... To give your plants the best chance of surviving the cold winter,...
...weather quite different here than in atlanta, but my 'dry winter rest' Laelias that i keep outside all year-round get tons of rain in the winter, our rainy...
... Laelia species require a dry winter rest. I have about 25 different species that I bought in the spring (mostly seedlings). This will be there first ...
