Den spectabile spots on young leaves

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by estación seca

A good place to read about orchid species is the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia.

I second that... I have it bookmarked as a separate app on my phone, so that I can get quick culture/elevation information on a particular plant when I'm at a show.. (I was at the SF show too...) Helps me decide yes/no when I have a plant in my hand or in front of me that I think that I might want to buy.

[legion80]

A good place to read about orchid species is the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia.

Helps me decide yes/no when I have a plant in my hand or in front of me that I think that I might want to buy.

Thanks for the tip! I had no idea about the site. Very helpful.

But holy cow that site looks like it's from a 1990s geocities account.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by legion80

But holy cow that site looks like it's from a 1990s geocities account.

That site has been around for a very long time, the labor of love of one person, Jay Pfahl. In 2006 (when the site only had about 6000 species), the small orchid business that Jay had been using to support the site (and buy the expensive reference materials that he utilizes) was destroyed by a hurricane. At that point he asked, on the bulletin board in use at the time (predecessor to forums), if people might donate to help him continue to buy reference books. I suggested that he utilize a PBS/NPR model, asking for a voluntary small subscription from people who found it useful. That approach has provided him a steady income stream to continue his work (all for the site hosting and purchase of reference works, he doesn't take any pay himself) , and it's now up to more than 22,000 species. (That is pretty amazing, since there are only 25000-30000 orchid species in the world, most of them are documented on the site!)
So this has grown bit by bit over the years, with the effort going into building the content, not the interface. There is an incredible amount of content there, all maintained (and added to) by volunteer effort. To update the "look" would be a monumental task... as far as I know, nobody has volunteered to to it.

A note when you use the site... the icons are not very accurate with regard to temperature. Read the content, which will give you elevation information which translates to temperature ranges which ARE accurate, based upon the references (which are well documented for each species)

[estación seca]

If you had an Internet-connected Windows 3.1 computer still functioning with Netscape 2.0, you would be able to view the IOSPE site. There is a lot to be said for presenting information extremely simply, with very simple HTML.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by estación seca

If you had an Internet-connected Windows 3.1 computer still functioning with Netscape 2.0, you would be able to view the IOSPE site. There is a lot to be said for presenting information extremely simply, with very simple HTML.

Hey, that's what I used when I first "discovered" the site and started using it. And I think you'd get decent performance from a dial-up modem (which I also used for the purpose)

[c123anderson]

I know this is several years old, but thank you for these questions and the answers, everyone. I am seeing the same thing on my Dendrobiums. Reading the replies, the conditions make sense. I, too, am getting the black spotting, and it doesn't seem to be spreading. But I can certainly look at my conditions and look to improve.

Thanks, again!

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by c123anderson

I know this is several years old, but thank you for these questions and the answers, everyone. I am seeing the same thing on my Dendrobiums. Reading the replies, the conditions make sense. I, too, am getting the black spotting, and it doesn't seem to be spreading. But I can certainly look at my conditions and look to improve.

Thanks, again!

Orchids get spots, dings, etc. Imperfections are par for the course. Unless it soft/seriously spreading, not a big deal.