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03-15-2016, 11:29 PM
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Really cute, Mandy. Too bad about the roots. Maybe the surface is too smooth for the roots to grab on to.
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03-15-2016, 11:39 PM
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If I remember correctly, one of my orchid reference books mentioned an early (1800's) import coming in on human skulls. Can't remember the species, but possibly from someplace in southeast Asia??
Does this ring a bell for anyone??
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You'll find the answer in MY thread about growing orchids on bone, started two years ago that no one seemed to care about back then! HUMPH!! 
Ever Mounted An Orchid on a Skull?
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03-15-2016, 11:43 PM
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I'm wondering whether it might be low humidity that causes the weak root growth.
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...this thread is getting way more attention than MY thread, with the exact same topic started back in November 2013!! Nobody seemed to care back then??  *Stomps feet* *Throws fit*
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In the words of the immortal Governor Moonbeam, Jerry Brown, "that was then, now is now."
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03-15-2016, 11:53 PM
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You'll find the answer in MY thread about growing orchids on bone, started two years ago that no one seemed to care about back then! HUMPH!!
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I just checked out your post. Way cool. |
03-16-2016, 12:04 AM
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Thank you Cambriawhat! I had only read a short 2 sentence summary (orchids imported on the skulls of the ancestors) but never the whole story. Absolutely fascinating. I hope to make time to read the rest of the book!
Now, just to test the "brain trust" here--anyone remember the story (I think by HG Wells?) about the carnivorous orchid?
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03-16-2016, 12:24 AM
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I once saw orchids eat my paycheck.
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03-16-2016, 05:55 AM
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... Now, just to test the "brain trust" here--anyone remember the story (I think by HG Wells?) about the carnivorous orchid?
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Yes, H.G.Wells wrote "The flowering of the Strange Orchid" [1894] which inspired Arthur C. Clark to write
"The Reluctant Orchid" [1956].
You are dealing with a life long SF addict.
I read both of those stories as a pre or early adolescent, back when SF was not an acceptable form of literature.
In fact, it wasn't considered to be any form of literature.
How times change.
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03-16-2016, 09:53 AM
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Thank you voyager--I've read both but couldn't remember the names!
Clarke's take had some dark humor and a trademark twist ending, didn't it??
And sci-fi is and always has been most certainly literature (says one addict to another). It was poo-poohed by "serious" writers and critics in the same way that early novels (including Austen's works!) were dismissed....
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I once saw orchids eat my paycheck.
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Only once? Amateurs.. ........
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03-16-2016, 11:17 AM
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I once saw orchids eat my paycheck.
Only once? Amateurs.. ........
ROTFL!
Seriously, read the Wells story (or both if you have time) and you'll never look at aerial roots on your orchids in the same way again....
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