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11-15-2008, 07:58 PM
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yes, the forum gallery... each member has space for its own gallery...
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11-16-2008, 02:28 AM
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What an astounding orchid! I had no idea C pileatum could look like that. Every other one I've seen is dowdy in comparison.
I too am interested in finding out about these galleries. I have some photos I would like to post but I don't know how to make them small and I don't know what it means to put them in a gallery.
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11-16-2008, 04:58 AM
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on the left side of the screen, you have the site menu. there you have the section "Gallery". If you click on it, you will be sent to a new screen, and in the top right of it, you have the link "Upload Photo"... there you can upload photos, which (if you select "member gallery" to save it) will be placed in your own gallery.
Once you have uploaded your photos. You can open your photo, and below it, you will find "linked thumb". Copy this link, and add it to your message in the thead, and voilà!
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11-16-2008, 09:02 AM
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That is gorgeous! I have no luck (or is it, smarts?) with catasetums....NONE!!! I'll be trying again this coming spring. I see pics like these that leave me totally confused. Sorry to rant. 
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11-16-2008, 09:17 AM
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Sandy,, Catasetum are quite easy plants, you only need to provide a lot of water and high fertilizer during the growing period (and I mean a LO Tof boths!) and high light in a warm place. the y are good candidates for S/H! Once the plant start spiking, reduce the light a bit, so that you induce male flowers (are nicer  like the ones in the picture above!). Fall and Winter, they should receive a very strong rest (thumb rule: from halloween on, no water at all, re-starting when new growth have roots longer than 2 inches... re-start carefully, increasing slowly...)
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11-16-2008, 12:50 PM
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Thanks for the info on galleries.
Carl
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11-16-2008, 01:35 PM
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catasetum species
Hello to all,
I have posted the close up, as well as image of the entire plant,
they are in the gallery, as I do not know how to link gallery to forum.
veekay
Last edited by veekay; 11-17-2008 at 07:42 PM..
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11-16-2008, 02:46 PM
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Dear Veekay,
What a beautiful plant. It is not, however, C. pileatum. It is the natural hybrid C. x Tapiriceps (macrocarpum x pileatum).
See:
Romero, G. A. & G. Carnevali 1990. Catasetum natural hybrids from southern Venezuela I, Catasetum x tapiriceps Reichb.f. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 59(12):1214-1220.
This is a superb article by 2 of the 3 experts on Venezuelan orchids.
Sadly, AOS judges do not read their own magazine and the editorial staff at AOS headquarters do little more than try and get the photographs rightside up. As a result "species" continue to get awarded - often as FCCs !!! - which are really interspecific or intergeneric hybrids. These then get propagated, displace true species, and hurt conservation efforts. But the AOS is always right so . . .
Hope that helps, Eric
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11-16-2008, 05:36 PM
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catasetum species
Quote:
Originally Posted by orchideric
Dear Veekay,
What a beautiful plant. It is not, however, C. pileatum. It is the natural hybrid C. x Tapiriceps (macrocarpum x pileatum).
See:
Romero, G. A. & G. Carnevali 1990. Catasetum natural hybrids from southern Venezuela I, Catasetum x tapiriceps Reichb.f. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 59(12):1214-1220.
This is a superb article by 2 of the 3 experts on Venezuelan orchids.
Sadly, AOS judges do not read their own magazine and the editorial staff at AOS headquarters do little more than try and get the photographs rightside up. As a result "species" continue to get awarded - often as FCCs !!! - which are really interspecific or intergeneric hybrids. These then get propagated, displace true species, and hurt conservation efforts. But the AOS is always right so . . .
Hope that helps, Eric
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Thank you for the information,this plant came from Venezula, an a dn. of the plant was give to me by my friend C.Mac. who is owner of the plant.
I will tell you the story when I went to venezuela in 94 I bought a catsm.pileatum A x P, from Alexis.
I did cross with catsm pileatum 'shafina' x catsm.pileatum
A X P. and flowered two seedlings,the have given me superb flowers.
regards
veekay
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