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Forum: Contests & Polls 05-11-2011, 01:51 PM
Replies: 124
Views: 25,795
Posted By xscd
Smile Tolumnia "Genting Volcano"

Tolumnia x "Genting Volcano" (hybrid)
Photo taken April, 2011.

http://www.flytrapcare.com/images/originalphotos/298/520/37f379ee43e559a57de6d0f7.jpg
Forum: Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance 11-28-2009, 09:53 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,777
Posted By xscd
Thanks

Thanks everyone for your comments. I have quite a few other Tolumnias putting up flower stalks now that I plan to photograph in bloom, so I'm trying to develop my photographic skills on this first...
Forum: Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance 11-26-2009, 05:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,777
Posted By xscd
Smile Photo: Tolumnia "Pink Panther"

A photo taken today (Thursday, November 26, 2009) of a recently opened Tolumnia "Pink Panther" bloom. :)

http://flytrapranch.com/photos/albums/3_orchids/Tolumnia_Pink-Panther_2009.jpg

I'm...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 11-12-2009, 12:21 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,819
Posted By xscd
Thank you everyone for your comments. The...

Thank you everyone for your comments.

The day I took the photo was a perfect day to do so. There was a high, even cloud cover that diffused the sunlight, eliminating glare and bringing out the...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 11-10-2009, 02:16 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,819
Posted By xscd
Smile Fall-blooming blc. in bloom

Blc. Miya's Glow x blc. Helen Pastushin, a fragrant clone bought from Orchids by Hausermann (http://www.orchidsbyhausermann.com/) in the early 1990s, in bloom right now. An interloper entered the...
Forum: Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance 02-16-2009, 07:22 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,578
Posted By xscd
Tolumnia Maliwan bloom photo

Experimenting with camera (an Olympus E-510 digital SLR) and tripod to get close up of one of my Tolumnias in bloom right now, a Tolumnia Maliwan.
...
Forum: Hybrids 01-31-2009, 08:11 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,250
Posted By xscd
Red face NoID Phal rescued from megastore death bed

Hello all--

This Phalaenopsis was probably in perfect bloom for a Valentine's Day sale several years ago, in a beautiful display rack near the front of a megastore. But when I saw it a couple...
Forum: Identification Forum 10-12-2008, 06:48 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,875
Posted By xscd
Red face Photo of Blc. Miya's Glow x Blc. Helen Pastushin, first bloom, 2008

Here's a photo of the first bloom this year (October, 2008) on this favorite orchid, Blc. Miya's Glow x Blc. Helen Pastushin. Its blooms are triggered by the diminishing light of shorter days as...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-27-2008, 04:42 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,875
Posted By xscd
Lightbulb Thanks, thanks, thanks!

Thank you so much, Lorraine. Yes, this orchid is definitely the Blc. Miya's Glow x Blc. Helen Pastushin from Hausermann's, as Lynn Hausermann also identified in this thread.

I am so appreciative...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-27-2008, 02:14 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,875
Posted By xscd
Talking That's it!

That's it! That is my mystery orchid that started this discussion thread.

Thank you so much, Lynn, for identifying this orchid for me.

This very large and fragrant old-fashioned corsage-type...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-07-2008, 04:11 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,875
Posted By xscd
That description and the photos I have seen of...

That description and the photos I have seen of Rsc. Alma Kee 'Tipmalee' sound and look exactly like the plant I have, despite the fact that I truly don't believe that was the name on the original tag...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-06-2008, 01:07 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,875
Posted By xscd
Cool My Unidentified Yellow/Purple-lip orchid also looks like this one

My unidentified yellow/purple-lipped orchid also looks like the one pictured at this URL:

Cattleya orchid at our backyard #2 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-06-2008, 12:44 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,875
Posted By xscd
Exclamation My gosh! Blc. Alma Kee "Tip Malee" is so close I...

My gosh! Blc. Alma Kee "Tip Malee" is so close I could call my orchid that and no one would know the difference! (At least, judging by all those photos from the Google search you suggested.)

The...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-05-2008, 08:18 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,875
Posted By xscd
Yes, of course-- Brassavola. Thank you....

Yes, of course-- Brassavola. Thank you. :scratchhead:




Thank you for that also. I have been so focused on carnivorous plants and other things that I haven't kept up with reclassifications or...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-05-2008, 05:58 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,875
Posted By xscd
Unhappy Identify this blc. hybrid from Hausermann's?

http://flytrapranch.com/pub/pics/yellow-blc-cattleya-from-hausermann.jpg

Hello all--

Years ago (about 13-15) I bought this cattleya-laelia alliance orchid from Orchids by Hausermann here in the...
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 02-13-2007, 04:34 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 12,776
Posted By xscd
OK--valid point. :) Using the same wide-range...

OK--valid point.
:)
Using the same wide-range litmus paper I mentioned in a previous post, the rainwater measured slightly acid at about 6 - 6.5 pH, while reverse osmosis water measured between 6.5...
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 02-12-2007, 08:04 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 12,776
Posted By xscd
Hello Ray-- I found some old wide-range...

Hello Ray--

I found some old wide-range litmus paper in the house and tested it with vinegar (about 4-5 pH), baking soda with R/O water (about 8-8.5 pH), and baking powder (about 7.5-8 pH).

I...
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 02-06-2007, 02:26 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 12,776
Posted By xscd
Does that suggest that the deposits are alkaline?

Does that suggest that the deposits are alkaline?
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 02-05-2007, 06:57 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 12,776
Posted By xscd
Arrow New PrimeAgra water soluble solids test results

Here is a photo I took today (Feb. 5, 2007) of the results of my test of the new PrimeAgra for water soluble minerals. I mentioned this test in an earlier post in this discussion thread.

What I...
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 01-16-2007, 03:39 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 12,776
Posted By xscd
Ahh-- That's probably it. Anyway, it's easy to...

Ahh-- That's probably it. Anyway, it's easy to soak and rinse the PrimeAgra before use, and fairly easy to leach away the minerals in the first few weeks of watering, regardless of where the...
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 01-14-2007, 11:40 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 12,776
Posted By xscd
I also have noticed a salt deposit (a whitish...

I also have noticed a salt deposit (a whitish fine crystalline coating on top of the new PrimeAgra), although I have never used the older PrimeAgra so I have no comparison.

It seems to me that the...
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 01-05-2007, 10:20 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,307
Posted By xscd
Thank you Ray for your comments. In my case,...

Thank you Ray for your comments. In my case, being new to semi-hydro, I am perhaps unreasonably cautious with respect to moisture, both with my orchids and with my carnivorous plants (which are...
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 01-03-2007, 12:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,307
Posted By xscd
I've been using semi-hydro materials and...

I've been using semi-hydro materials and techniques for just a few weeks now. So far my paphiopedilum seedlings and phalaenopsis transplanted into semi-hydro pots with PrimeAgra are doing very...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 12-26-2006, 03:53 PM
Replies: 137
Views: 45,093
Posted By xscd
As a child I lived in the Amazon rainforest in...

As a child I lived in the Amazon rainforest in northeastern Peru until my mid-teens. I would sometimes wonder what those strange plants were, up in the trees, with their roots dangling out in the...
Forum: Semi-Hydroponic Culture 12-23-2006, 10:29 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,979
Posted By xscd
Despite my apprehensions about heat-buildup just...

Despite my apprehensions about heat-buildup just inside the walls of translucent planting containers, yesterday I planted several orchids into translucent semi-hydro pots and will see how things go....
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