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Region-based: AUS and NZ :: RE: Seed Flasking

Author: Terra_Australis
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 1:16 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 2

Beth, try Western Orchid Labs over is SA. I haven't used their flasking service but Kevin has been very helpful when I have ordered media from him.

General American Orchids :: RE: Pteroglossa roseoalba: three forms (updated!!)

Author: extraguiye
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 4:08 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 5

Hi Frank,
true, this is a very adaptive plant. Regarding watering during winter, this one is quite forgiving (at least, in Buenos Aires). I would not say that they need no water at all during winter, (I will check with M�nica, my friend from Salta I got this one from). If night temperature goes below 12�C, all my plants do great if soil is completely dry (and sometimes temperature goes below 0�C!!) but I think it is not good if roots are completely dry for too long. But not every night temperature goes below 12�C. And, during winter, we have something we call "veranillo de San Ju�n" (Saint John's little summer), a very short period of about one two weeks or so of rather hot days for winter (about 18�C minimum?? not sure).
So, I guess these every-now-and-then waterings prevent the roots from dehydration, at least here. But, I will try this year not watering at all one of them to see how it does, but only if they loose all their leaves.
About pollinating them, I really need to learn how to do it. And how to sent them. And, will selfing work on this species?

Greetings..

Guiye
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Region-based: AUS and NZ :: RE: Seed Flasking

Author: craig
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:16 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 2

You could try Andrew Bannister @ Orchid Alchemy: http://www.orchidalchemy.com/

Region-based: AUS and NZ :: Seed Flasking

Author: Macbeth
Subject: Seed Flasking
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:45 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 2

Hey everyone.
I have a number of medditerrain Ophrys and Barlia robertiana, that I need flasking. I have already sent a number of e-mails to Wolf Orchid culture asking for them to flask it, and gave all the nessesary info to them in order to do it, however I have had aboslutly no reply after the initial e-mail. I would flask these species myself I just dont have equiptment I need at the moment.
If anyone could lend a hand here I would be very appreciative. I can come to some sort of cash agreement if nesesary.
Thankyou in advance
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Mycorrhizal Culture :: RE: Chloraea multiflora

Author: craig
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:22 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 54

�gulp! The stature is more than a little impressive and such an enchanting flower! I hope really hope that these become more common in cultivation and that I can see them for myself in the wild one day. What next Frank, Bipinnula?

Mycorrhizal Culture :: RE: Chloraea multiflora

Author: neil4768
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:12 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 54

Very nice Frank
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Venus shoe family :: RE: Cypripedium flowering 2012

Author: goofy
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:20 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 9

hello,
the Cyps are planted in a garden of about 2.000 square meters, in different places.

and they flower successive, so it is not possible to show them as you like. they are not growing in a "bed" together side by side to show them in a "display"

cheers

General American Orchids :: RE: Pteroglossa roseoalba: three forms (updated!!)

Author: erdorchideen
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:42 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 5

Hi Guiye,
thank you for these valuable additional informations and the extra pictures. All the Pteroglossa roseo-albas that I know here in Germany are a rather white type, very much resembling your plant from the Salta province. These plants we have here are probably all sown from plants which came from Venezuela. If you actually do not remind the posting, read here again:
http://forum.terrorchid.org/viewtopic.php?t=1018
Therefore, it is very interesting for me to see the other types. Also very helpful are your cultivation hints. Although in Buenos Aires the summer is warmer (and longer) than here in Germany, I know that my friend Luis in B.A. also cultivates several terrestrials with success. So these are rather adaptive plants. But as with some other fleshy-rooted terrestrials, I sometimes loose Pteoglossa during the rest period - when the roots rot before starting new leaves. You advice to give absolutely no water in the rest period and I assume this is correct. However, although I kept plants very dry, they never started to thrive again, they just stayed in rest for more than a year...
Maybe, Guiye, you pollinate the specific types to obtain some seed? Me guster�a sembrarlas
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Disa :: RE: Disa flower

Author: erdorchideen
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:19 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 1

Peter,
this is a lovely flower. I assume that the artificial light is the reason for the early flowering? But it would also be possible to grow them in the natural light even in Stockholm, isn't it?
Here in (North) Germany I have flowers between May-June (Disa tripetaloides and aurata) and usually July (Disa uniflora).
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Mycorrhizal Culture :: RE: Chloraea multiflora

Author: erdorchideen
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:03 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 54

Hi all,
my son Dario now presents the whole plant. Enjoy the picture:

Here is a picture of the two plants flowering for comparison (note that the flowers are slightly different as can be expected from seedlings):

Several flowers have already been cross-pollinated, and capsules are swelling... So these are hopefully the beginning of a new generation of Chloraea multiflora in my greenhouse!
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Mycorrhizal Culture :: Article: Orchids are as finicky as their fungi

Author: fred
Subject: Article: Orchids are as finicky as their fungi
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 6:09 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 0

Hi all,

I was browsing last month's Scientific American while waiting for something at work when I found this article:

Orchids Are as Finicky as the Fungi That Nourish Them

The article reports on a study of 3 species (Goodyera pubescens, Liparis liliifolia and Tipularia discolor) that were used in a seedbait experiment in old versus new forests.

The article's not that long so I won't spoil the plot. Additionally, I was able to find the publication it discusses:

Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture

Venus shoe family :: RE: Cypripedium flowering 2012

Author: nigritellanigra
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 3:42 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 9

Say, you do not have a total photo of your garden with the Cyps? It must be a beautiful view you are looking at...

Mycorrhizal Culture :: N. America�s biggest orchid mycorrhizae collection at risk

Author: fred
Subject: N. America�s biggest orchid mycorrhizae collection at risk
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:36 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 0

Via the OrchidGuide Digest

As curator of one of Canada�s largest collections of fungi, Sigler has 11,500 strains of living organisms under her care, from the fungi killing North American bats with white-nose syndrome to soil microbes that help rare orchids thrive.

The microfungus collection and herbarium at the University of Alberta has been nurturing fungi for more than 50 years. And since 1990 it has been considered a �unique� national resource worthy of federal money.

No more. Funding for the collection, and dozens of other �major� and �unique� science facilities and resources across Canada, has been hit by federal cuts in what is being described as a �disaster� for Canadian science.

Full article

Photo & ID Page :: RE: cyps arietinum and pubescens sprouts in situ

Author: fred
Subject: Re: cyps arietinum and pubescens sprouts in situ
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:40 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 1

chycharles wrote:

If this is a forum no-no just let me know.

Nope, I post links to other fora myself every now and again.

Venus shoe family :: RE: Cypripedium flowering 2012

Author: goofy
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:42 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 9

Fred,
I have two plants, only this one is flowering this year, its the "better".

but MY plants always make single flower stems.
and I cannot remember ever having seen double flowers.............

Venus shoe family :: RE: Cypripedium flowering 2012

Author: fred
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:23 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 9

That must be quite some display in the garden!

I don't remember seeing Cypripedium Hybrid Sebastian before. Does it produce a single flower per stalk or multiple?

General American Orchids :: RE: Pteroglossa roseoalba: three forms (updated!!)

Author: extraguiye
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 4:03 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 5

Hello, everyone!
I've just updated the post, and added a few more pictures with a rare white form from Salta. I hope you enjoy them.

Just scroll up! They are with the rest of the pictures.

Greetings..
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Venus shoe family :: RE: Cypripedium flowering 2012

Author: goofy
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 12:04 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 9

hello friends,
some more pictures from my Cyps:

Cypripedium hybrid (montanum X tibeticum)

Cypripedium calceolus (european)

Cypripedium parviflorum #1
very long spirally twisted petals

Cypripedium parviflorum #2

enjoy

Photo & ID Page :: cyps arietinum and pubescens sprouts in situ

Author: chycharles
Subject: cyps arietinum and pubescens sprouts in situ
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:04 am (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 1

and also other wildflower pictures can be viewed here http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25698

I know it's another forum, but I write travelogues there and have all of the picture links there also, and would be very time-consuming to double-post everything. If this is a forum no-no just let me know.

also, if it's more appropriate to have posts like this in a different section let me know, thanks

the ram's head and yellow ladyslippers were both in tight bud emergence, about 1.5 weeks from flowering

enjoy,
charles
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Beginners Section :: RE: terrarium/paludarium for terrestrials

Author: nigritellanigra
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:11 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 44

I tried the milk thing one time in a terrarium. The only thing happened was a lot of fungus, till the whole tank was filled with it. I had to redo everything, to get rid of it. never again with milk for me. The Swedish company, that sells Epiweb also sells a substance with it, to smear on the Epiweb and to stimulate moss growth. It is based on yoghurt or buttermilk and contains the spores for the moss already. That seems to work in the right quantity.

Beginners Section :: RE: terrarium/paludarium for terrestrials

Author: fred
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 12:09 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 44

The trick I heard involved yogurt. Supposedly it lowers pH and promotes germination and growth of spores. I don't mind waiting half a year or more for a healthy cushion of moss. The ingredients are all there, it'll figure itself out

Beginners Section :: RE: terrarium/paludarium for terrestrials

Author: SzPeter_hu
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 8:39 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 44

hmmm... doesn't that get smelly? rotting milk in the growing area is not a pleasant thing. and how do mosses benefit from it? probably a form of nutrition?

on that note, A few weeks gao I found a book in pdf format on the web titled 'moss growers manual'. I had no time to read it yet, but it seems to cover all aspects of moss growing.

Beginners Section :: RE: terrarium/paludarium for terrestrials

Author: Terra_Australis
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 5:21 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 44

I've been told that a good way to start moss growing is to spray milk on the area you want it to grow. I expect it also needs to be where moss spores are likely to find their way. I've never tried it but I've heard it suggested several times now.

Transcontinental Genera :: RE: Platanthera lacera

Author: FredB
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:13 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 26

Fred

Thanks for posting the term monocarpic. I was unable to think of it when I posted last and was scolded slightly by my botanist friend for forgetting that term as he and I have discussed that possibility on a number of occasions regarding Corallorhiza.

The real news is:

I went out to my bog garden yesterday and found to my surprise that the Platanthera lacera has reappeared and will apparently flower this summer. In the summer of 2010 as the plant was emerging we had a wicked hot dry spell and before I realized, and could water, the Platanthera turned brown and shrivelled up. I made the assumption it was dead. 2011 was the wettest year in as long as records have been kept here in Northeast Ohio. I saw no evidence of the plant last year. I am exceedlingly pleased that it has reappeared and looks like it will flower.

In the event it does flower I will pollinate and share what I can with the seedbank. Currently Cyp. pubescens and candidum are flowering and I will be pollinating several of those so hopefully there will be seed to share there as well.

Venus shoe family :: RE: Cypripedium flowering 2012

Author: goofy
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:12 pm (GMT 1)
Topic Replies: 9

hello friends,
it was a nice day to take some more pics.

Cypripedium farreri #1

Cypripedium farreri #2

Cypripedium pubescens 'longpetal'

Cypripedium parviflorum makasin

and
Cypripedium Hybrid Sebastian

enjoy