|
NewsletterTemplate
BP SPECIES
NEWSLETTER June,July 2003
July
00 Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
01 Feb
Mar
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
02 Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
03 Feb
March
April May
Winter in Australia, June and July, when the orchids and the proprietor
have slowed down, necessitates this Winter Newsletter..
WHATS NEW ?
Important Note; When sending payments internationally,
use REGISTERED airmail letters or document envelopes and
NOT packets or padded bags which may be opened by Customs for inspection.
IMPORTANT
NOTE. click here for Phytosanitary Certificate news,
EXDOC. Bank Fees.
IMPORTANT
NOTE click here for USA Phytos & Permits.
Highlighted species or subjects
are links to photos/articles.
Just click on the subject.
In FLASK.
Aerangis confusa.
Aerangis kotschyana.
Angraecum magdalenae var latilabellum. 
Dendrobium crystallinum.
Oncidium pumilum. Dendrobium
rhodopterygium.
Cattleya jenmannii "clmio x Mosca".
Laelia purpurata russelliana
.
Leptotes unicolor.
Rhyncostylis violacea.
Dendrobium crepidatum.
Dendrobium hercoglossum.
In PLANTS.
Laelia purpurata var sanguinea.
Ready
to replate.
Cymbidium dayanum
China, Cymbidium suave, Cymbidium bicolor, Acacallis cyaneae, Zygopetalum
maxillare, Menadenium( Zygosepalum) labiosum.
Culture.
Beautiful Creepers.
Did
you know?
Phyto news, electronic generated Phytosanitary
Certificates. Worldwide exchange of seed and protocorm. Permits
USA. Bank Fees, hidden costs. Phytos for other countries.
http://www.speciesorchids.com
Web Site. New Links plus more photographs up. Full
descriptions of species flasks and plants plus photographs. Details
on ordering, shipping and cultural notes.Links to other interesting sites.
Articles on culture, habitat and notes about orchids.
Your Message on the net.
Put your message IN FRONT of the international
readers of this Newsletter each month or on YOUR PAGE on the net.
Orchid
Auction. Busy auction site for Plants,
Flasks, Books. Sell, buy and 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.
It is our policy to avoid spam, so lists are sent
on request.
Photos in this issue. Above
Cattleya jenmanii, Below Menadenium labiosum
Items in this Newsletter may be reproduced
provided source acknowledged. Do you know any orchid growers who may like
to receive this newsletter? Why not forward this email to them now!
We commend "Orchids Online
Web Design" for the excellent work on our web site.
For information or prices click
here or email Steve at steve@orchidsonline.com
Steve is looking for Orchid
Society and Orchid Nursery Information to include on his site.
If you can help, why not
visit his website at http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/
and fill in
the online form now
New
in Flask.
Aerangis confusa. An African species, white
flowers, spurred, fragrant. Slab culture, shady with good ventilation.
Aerangis kotschyana. An intermediate
grower from Africa. The arching spike has waxy white flowers to 2.5cm across,
with a long corkscrew spur to 7cm. Fragrant. Slab culture, shady with good
ventilation.
Angraecum magdalenae var latilabellum.
Another intermediate Madagascan species. The small fan like
plan produces large pure white waxy flowers to 12 cm. Fragrant. Use a small
pot or basket with a well drained media that will retain moisture but not
say wet.
Dendrobium crystallinum A small
growing softcane species from Thailand that rests in winter, The flowers
are a delicate crystalline white with pink purple tips and a large yellow
disk on the lip. Fragrant. Usa a small well drained pot or a slab of treefern
with extra water and rest dry in winter.
Oncidium pumilum. A minature mule ear
leaf species from Brazil.with an erect almost pyramid like panicle densely
flowered with tiny yellow flowers. A slab seems to be the best media, although
a small basket or slotted pot with a very well drained media would be acceptable.
Grow shady and on the dry side, especially during the cooler months.
Dendrobium rhodopterygium. An Indian
species like Dendrobium parishii, flowers dark purple with 2 dark magenta
eyes in the lip. Fragrant. Goes dormant in winter.
Cattleya jenmannii "clmio x Mosca"
A typical labiate cattleya. Photo at top of page. Well drained media,
lots of sunlight and good ventilation is the treatment for the labiate
Catts.
Laelia purpurata russelliana. Much
like the labiate Catts in plant and culture. This form is delicately striped
pink in the labellum.
Leptotes unicolor. A minature, terete
leaf species from Brazil. Flowers to 2.5cm waxy pink purple. Does
best on a piece of treefern or cork with extra water.
Rhyncostylis violacea. Very similar to
Rhy gigantea but comes from the Philuppines. Flowers white spotted purple.
Does best in a small basket.
Dendrobium crepidatum. A beautiful small
growing species from India. The flowers are round well shaped and waxy
textured, white with pink flushing to the tips and a green yellow disk
on the labellum. It is a cool to intermedtae grower and rests dry in winter.
Typical Dendrobium media and conditions apply.
Dendrobium hercoglossum. Another showy
soft cane species from Thailand that produces masses of pink purple flowers
in clusters at the nodes. This species likes a treefern slab or a small
pot or basket with well drained media. In winter, keep on the dry side.
Top
New
in Plants.
Laelia
purpurata var sanguinea
Much like the labiate Catts in plant and culture. This form is
delicately striped pink in the labellum. Seedlings are growing well in
5 cm slotted pots.
Top
Ready
to Replate.
Menadenium labiosum. (Zygosepalum
). See article below.
Cymbidium dayanum China. A robust
species with a long pendulous spike of showy white flowers, centre red
crimson stripe, lip red purple with white.
Cymbidium suave. The Australian species
with a dense spike of almost apple green frangrant flowers.
Cymbidium bicolor. In the same group
as pendulum, aloifolium etc. Flowers yellow, buff yellow with burgandy,
purple brown stripes. Fragrant.
Acacallis
cyaneae. See article below.
Zygopetalum maxillare. See article
below
Species highlighted are links to photos.
More photos at www.speciesorchids.com/photos.html
Top
Culture. Beautiful
Creepers.
Three very beautiful Brazilian
species share a feature that requires some thought in their culture. The
three species are basically pseudobulbous plants that have a rhizome between
each growth, making it difficult on contain them in a standard round pot
or basket.
Acacallis
cyaneae. The somewhat flat bulbs hug the tree branch, can be
up to 3 or 4 inches apart and the plant seems to grow up the branch. The
usual culture method in Brazil is to use a long strip of soft treefern
fibre, a porous media that will accomodate the roots of the plant. A possible
alternative to this would be a cylinder made from an open plastic mesh
such as "gutter guard" a plastic mesh strip usedt o keep leaves out
of house gutters. A well drained media that will retain some moisure can
be used, bearing in mind that all three species do not like to be dried
out excessively.
Another reported success was the use of a shallow basket with pieces
of charcoal.
Acacallis is a showy Blue orchid, of crystalline texture, round
and cupped in shape.
 Menadenium
labiosum (photo left) is a small growing
plant, that does well in a small shallow basket. Allied to the Zygopetalums,
it is a soft foliage plant that needs extra shade and should not be allowed
to dry out hard. The plant will form clumps, so a repot into a slightly
larger shallow basket or well drained tray as required will keep the plant
manageable.
Zygopetalum maxillare grows naturally on the trunk of
species of treefern, and a strip of this material is the preferred growing
media. It will however grow and flower in a shallow tray or basket in a
media that will retain moisture without staying soggy wet. It is also a
soft foliage plant like the Menadenium and requires shade and shelter.
A mixture of fine bark with a little spaghnam moss provides the
moisture if treefern is not available. Where treefern is used, extra water
will be needed.
The flowers are quite startling, sepals and petals yellow blotched
dark brown, the lip prominently crested, violet with violet blue veins.
The three species are among the showyest of orchid species
and well worth the trialling of different growing methods to accomodate
their particular growing habit.
More photos at
www.speciesorchids.com/photos.html
Top
Your
Message on the net.
If you would like to have your message sent to over 1200
ORCHID GROWERS each month via this Newsletter, contact mailingList.html
?subject=Advert!.
See Cals Orchids.
Very modest rates apply and YOUR page on http://www.speciesorchids.com/
can also be arranged. With in excess of 4000 visits to the website per
MONTH, you can get your message to active INTERNATIONAL orchid growers
7/24.
www.speciesorchids.com/YOUR
MESSAGE PAGE
Top
Seed
of SPECIES orchids.
Email
Cal for the latest list of seed available in packets enough
to prepare 3 to 4 flasks.
Cattleya, Coryanthes, Dendrobium, Paphiopedilum, Oncidium, Laelia,
Aerides with more added as harvested.
All seed dated at collection, airmail post world wide and there
is no restriction on orchid seed.
Cal's Orchids Australia.
CONSERVATION BY PROPAGATION
.
Top
Humour.
EVER WONDER...
..why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
...why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
..why you don't ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
...why "abbreviated" is such a long word?
Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread
the stupidity and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe
even a chuckle)...in other words send it to everyone. We all need to smile
every once in a while.
Duck: Do you have any duck food?
Storekeeper: No.
Duck: Do you have any duck food?
Storekeeper: No, we have no duck food.
Duck : Do you have any duck food?
Storekeeper: NO!! We do not have any duck food!!
Duck: Do you have any duck food?
Storekeeper: NO!! WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DUCK FOOD!! And if you ask
me that one more time I'm gonna nail your little webbed feet to the floor!
Duck: <thinks>
Duck: Do you have any nails?
Storekeeper: <sigh> No....
Duck: Do you have any duck food?
Top
Ian and Pat Walters,
Burleigh Park Orchid Nursery
54 Hammond Way, Thuringowa,
Australia 4815
Email us at mailingList.html
?Subject=General
inquiry.
http://www.speciesorchids.com/
Phone Fax 0747 740 008
International 61 747 740 008
For Web Design and Web Hosting
Contact Orchids Online Web Design
Designed by Orchids
Online Web Design © All rights reserved.
|
