Hi I am in the south island of New Zealand and talking with other growers they are having the same problem. Symptoms: weedy stunted spikes and it shrivels and...
Hi It can be 1 spike out of 3 on one plant and several grower are finding this it isin the cymbidiums and not in only 1 genera tia Robert ... From: Kyle Baker ...
Well, I will throw in my two cents since you are looking for ideas. It does sound environmental since it would seem to be broad based and regional. I think...
Hello everyone! This is clif from Bacolod City, Philippines. I'm glad I stumbled on your group over the net a few days back. I've always been interested in...
I will be installing a heater soon in my sunroom -- not quite a greenhouse unfornately -- it is attached to my home and I want to put the heater against the...
Once I heard that the varigation in abutilons -- the spotting -- is caused by a virus. If that is correct, it is harmful to have them in greenhouse with...
In a message dated 12/22/2005 9:11:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, mmitch351@... writes: Once I heard that the variegation in abutilons -- the spotting --...
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I finally posted my first picture. I created the "Paul's species" album and posted Laelia anceps. I was amazed how long it took from the maturing of the...
Hi Paul - A very good flower! Your very tall flower spike sounds typical of my experience. My weird Laelia anceps tale - a hurricane a few years ago took out...
Hi Nancy -- I've been looking forward to this flower for a long time. I've had orchids at about three or four different times in my life (first when I was...
One of the hardest things I've learned about Laelia anceps is that unlike most of the Laelias it does not want a dormancy...and I've been giving it one,...
Kyle et al, L anceps blooms on new growths after they mature and the days get shorter, so they bloom in the fall on summers growth. Lots of fertilizer, water...
Kyle, Must say that I have never seen more than 3 flowers on a spike locally. I am now trying to grow mine out of doors here and find that they are doing ...
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Paul LeBlanc <Paul@...> wrote: Kyle et al, L anceps blooms on new growths after they mature and the days get shorter, so they bloom in the...
BlankAs I have mentioned before as well as 106 orchids I have a lot of parrots which give off a lot of feather dust which is similar to a heavu talcum powder,...
Hello Bill, To get off the dust you can try spraying your orchids with a solution of 10% of either lemon or lime juice (to be clear the straight kind no ...
Hello, I've just recently developed an interest in orchids. I am thinking of building a greenhouse to grow them, or perhaps use my front entry for the...
hi guys and gals. my name is Mac and i have been in love with orchids for the past ten years, i got my learning on at the local botanical conservatory and did...
Hello Mac, Welcome to the group. Where do you live and how do you grow your Disa? Regards, Sjean velveeta <caudex2099@...> wrote: hi guys and gals. my...
Welcome Mac. Congratulations! You are quite right when you say to grow Disa uniflora is no mean feat. That is so even here in South Africa where they come...
Mike O'Connor
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thank you Sjean, i live in the western part of washington state. i grew the disa in sand and sphahnum moss. watered it with h2o that i let sit our overnight to...
thanks Mike, i remember when it was still alive, i gave it ample h2o and put it in the potting shed in the winter. to let it dry out and at the sign of new...
...welcome velveeta/mac...i can't find any reference to bacana except in brazil there is apparently a jazz group with that name and under image search i got a...
I also did a search and did not find any reference to the aforementioned orchid...either its a rather newly discovered species or doesn't exist.. kfb ... ...
velveeta <caudex2099@...> wrote: Velveeta here is a link to Jay Pfahls site orchidspecies.com...doing a google.com search there are a lot of hits on...
