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WHATS NEW ? Please note that our email address will be IMPORTANT NOTE. click here for Phytosanitary Certificate news, EXDOC. Bank Fees. IMPORTANT NOTE click here for USA importers Phytos & Permits. Highlighted species or subjects are links to photos/articles. Just click on the subject. In FLASK. Coryanthes cataniapoense 
Dend bigibbum superbum alba x alba Doritis pulcherima chompornense, Rodriguezia secunda In PLANTS. Phalaenopsis lobbii, Phalaenopsis aphrodite, Aerides jarkianum. Ready
to replate. Coryanthes
gernotii, Coryanthes alborosea, Coryanthes
Culture.
Coryanthes. Orchid Auction. Busy auction site for Plants, Flasks, Books. Sell, buy or find your treasures. Flasking supplies, medias, nonabsorb cotton wool. Notes on flasking. Seed for sale. Email now for a list of available species orchid seed. Flasks on hand, ready to go. Click for list of species flasks that can be shipped NOW. Humour. Subscribe or Unsubscribe click for Newsletter. Requests. Click here for Flask List Plant List New Germinations Flasks Ready to go. Dend bigibbum superbum alba x alba Australian species, dry rest in winter after the flowering. A very small pot is required with a well drained media. Doritis pulcherima chompornense This species from Thailand has the petals the same as the labellum, with large yellow blotches. Best grown in a small pot. Rodriguezia secunda A species best grown on a slab of treefern if available or a small well drained basket. The flowers are delicately crystalline in appearence. Rodriguezias wil grow under much the same conditions as those for Dendrobiums and Oncidiums. Coryanthes gernotii, Yellow, red spots, Venezuela. Named after Dr Gernot Bergold. Coryanthes alborosea, White, the epichil red thru to yellow. Peru Coryanthes picturata, Orange, this is the only species recorded from Mexico and is closely related to C speciosa. Coryanthes macrantha, Trinidad, thru to Brazil. This spectacular species is yellow with red orange and an intricately shaped epichil, to the point of weirdness. Coryanthes leucocorys, A large flowered species, orange yellow with a large white epichil. Photo below. 
Coryanthes speciosa, A wide spread species from Central America down to Brazil. Flowers are orange to yellow orange. Coryanthes bruckmuelleri, A Venezuelean species. Photo below courtesy of Dr Gernot Bergold. 
Photo left C bruckmuelleri. Coryanthes
are shade growers and should be cultivated in small pots or baskets in
a media that does not dry out.
Commonly, spaghnam moss is used, and the plants grow very quickly if kept warm and in high humidity. It is essential to hang the plants, out of reach of slugs and snails. In the wild, they inhabit aboreal ant nests, not for the ants or their formic acid as has been suggested, but for the protection the aggressive ants offer. Chewing pests love the Coryanthes and slugs and snails will quickly kill a plant. Coryanthes are fairly easy to cultivate from flask. They tend to vine somewhat in flask, and develop the plantlet at the end of the rhizome like stem. Once compotted, they develop the first pseudobulb and as that develops, the plants should be repotted so that the plantlet sits on the media. They grow quickly and spaghnam seems to offer the best media at this stage. Once grown to a larger size, the plant can then be repotted into a basket or well drained pot, other mixes incorporating bark seem to be satisfactory as well. A shady spot is best, with perhaps a little extra sunlight in the cooler parts of the day to encourage the mature plant to flower. There seems to be no set time for flowering. Coryanthes are fascinating orchids and have been a lifelong passion for Doctor Gernot Bergold of Venezuela, who has studied them, grown them, set seed for conservation and supplied specimens to noted botanists. Two Coryanthes have been named after Dr Bergold, Coryanthes gernotii and Coryanthes bergoldii. We are pleased to acknowledge his contribution, especially for seed and photographs, to the conservation of these fascinating species orchids. Stop Press; It is with regret we advise that Dr Gernot Bergold passed away peacefully Wednesday 5th Feb. at the age of 91. Vale Dr Bergold. A short history of his work with the genus Coryanthes will appear in the next Newsletter, from notes he was preparing at the time of his passing. For a previous article on Coryanthes and Dr Bergold click here. One day, farmer Jones was in town picking up supplies for his
farm. He stopped by the hardware store and picked up a bucket and an anvil,
then stopped by the livestock dealer to buy a couple of chickens and a
goose. Now he had a problem: how to carry all of his purchases home.
"Hey, thanks!" the farmer said, and off he went. While walking he met
a fair young lady friend.
The farmer said, "Well, as a matter of fact, I'm going to visit my brother at 1616 Mockingbird Lane. Let's take a short cut and go down this alley. We'll save half the time to get there". The fair young lady said, "How do I know that when we get into the alley you won't hold me up against the wall, pull down my skirt and ravish me?" The farmer said, "I am carrying a bucket, an anvil, 2 chickens, and
a goose.
The young lady said, "Set the goose down, put the bucket over the goose, put the anvil on top of the bucket, and I'll hold the chickens. Laws of the Universe. Advice for young
girls.
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