Orchid Group

June Newsletter

I have been remiss the last couple of months. I didn't post links to our society newsletter. Sorry! Anyway, here is a l...

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posted by diandfrank

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Book Recommendation Please

I'd like to get a book on orchids. Something that deals both with growing and with pests and problems. I'd appreciate so...

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posted by googlemail2003

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if you break a budstalk

While moving my orchids outside for the summer, I broke a catt budstalk with multiple buds, the first one just open. I...

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posted by jkprice

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Slightly off target.

For us new types to the orchid fascination, it would be wonderful if the people with greenhouses would paste a couple o...

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posted by chuckfaz

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Onc. (Papilio)

When the flower finally gives up, do you cut off the flower stem or just leave it alone. It has already started a new f...

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posted by chuckfaz

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Name change verification please

Could someone who has Orchidmagic, please let me know the correct name for:- Epi. atroniceum x Enc. atropurpurea Another...

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posted by nospam

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Orchid Collecting Guide

"Building an orchid collection requires careful thought and discipline. It could be the difference between a rewarding...

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posted by nobody

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Clearys source

I was intrigued by the recent posts here of the use of Clearys 3336 as a systemic fungicide, so looked for a source of...

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posted by cberlin

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Cattleya doesn`t smell!

When I bought the plant last year (from a garden centre, so variety unknown) its flowers were very sweetly scented. To...

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posted by invalid_unparseable

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Bacteria & Physan

I am a bad bad gardener. My phals look like the teenage kid working at the local greasy spoon restaurant. They have pla...

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posted by gene_schurgnospam

8 comments posted 18yrs posted by gene_schurgnospam

Phal question?????

Today, I was repoting my Phal which had one stock with about 4 flowers on it and I accidentally broke the flower spike....

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posted by chuckfaz

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Redland loot list!

All: I was good. I was *very* good. V. tricolor var. suavis (Motes) Renanthera Kalsom x Paraphalaenopsis laycockii "Big...

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posted by diandfrank

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feedback, please

I have a Phal that is currently in bloom. I received it last year. I repotted it this winter and it did well. Now the l...

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posted by gmpg

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What Causes Low Germination Rates?

What causes low germination rates of flasked orchid seed? Is a low seed germination rate most often due to too little p...

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posted by LDighera

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Orchid Greenhouse

I am considering building a greenhouse for my orchids. It is the humidity that I want/need. Living in Southern Californ...

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posted by uncle_vito2002

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