Perhaps this is the wrong list but it is the only orchid list I subscribe to. I have a (sorry) Walmart, Brassavola Little Stars that has a seed pod. I've never...
Has this pod any value? Only for you and other perhaps other hobbyists learning seed sowing (or living in a country where this plant is unavailable)....
If you would like to do your own little experiment..... You can actually take the seed pod when it is beginning to split open and put the seed in the same pot...
Hello Kevin and Debi, The Idea of sowing seed on the roots of your own plants sounds great. The next pod I get I am going to give it a go. I believe this is...
In the right enviroment orchid seedlings can grow all over the place . I have found them in many pots here , Aroids , Bromeliads , and Carnivorous Plants . I...
Rod Rice writes of his delight in discovering an Internet Species Club. Perhaps it would be appropriate to indicate that we, in South Florida, have an active...
Dear Bert, Oasis, the magazine for orchid species has a banner on my site at the bottom of each page. It links to their website in Australia Jay Pfahl ...
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please see: http://wcs.org/7411/?art=44813 i first saw this story in the wildlife conservation magazine. last year, the magazine had a similar story about...
That is an interesting article on terrestrial orchids. Another orchid that is used commercially as food is vanilla. However, I was always under the impression...
FYI. tsuh yang in NY ================================================================ Subj: Oasis The Journal (Orchid Appreciation of Species, International ...
Hi Jim in Australia - I can't admit to having 'grazed' my collection; however, Buzz, our 5-year-old green iguana, very much prefers orchid buds on the very...
Dear species nuts, Encyclia cochleata is eaten in southern Mexico and Belize by some native indian populations. They boil the pseudobulbs and eat them. I have...
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Its is not true that no orchids are poisonous...Oncidium ceboletta contains hallucinogenic alkaloids......of course, that may not be considered poisonous by...
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I do not think I would attempt to "eat" and of the Vanilla plants either. If the milk will form a rash on skin I would hate to think what it would do to the...
... As a wild child from the 60-70's, I think I had better listen to the lawyer side of me and excercise my right to remain silent. ROFLMAO If we use a strict...
hi everybody, yes, of course you are right, Vanilla is the most famous and common "edible" orchid, but i guess i wasn't thinking of it as food, but rather as...
nancy, your tale reminds me of watching a documentary about the amazon once on tv, when they showed the hoatzins (peculiar chicken-like birds of the forest --...
hi all, i just found in my old message pile, the following: This is all from the excellent book "Cornucopia: A source book of edible plants" by Stephen...
Dear all, Indeed Vanilla tahitensis is MUCH better than the standard vanilla we buy everywhere. The fragrance and the taste are oustanding. It is difficult to ...
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Hi everyone If Vanilla tahitensis is so much better, maybe more of us should grow it in our collections. Does anyone know how to get the seed. Possibly, it can...
Dear all, Vanilla tahitensis is grown in Tahiti--very little gets to be exported, but it can be found in some specialty stores in major cities. I suppose both ...
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Here's another edible orchid, taeniophyllum. The genus Taeniophyllum are small leafless orchids and are both eaten and used to make small baskets by the...
Dear Jean Paul, I have some vanilla beans I brought back from Tahiti. Do you have a good recipe for making extract from them? Best regards, Janet in Boynton...
Dear Janet I don't have a recipe for vanilla extract because we only use the beans, sliced lengthwise for rice puddings and various other creams & cakes. The ...
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jean-paul, is there a reason this is not more widely cultivated, if it tastes and smells so much better than V. planifolia? several Vanilla species should be...
Hi Janet - A few years ago, I made up a few batches of vanilla extract, put it into frou-frou glass bottles to give as Christmas favors. Fairly easy to make,...
