Login
User Name
Password   


Registration is FREE. Click to become a member of OrchidBoard community
(You're NOT logged in)

menu
» Home » Forums » Clubs » Social Groups » Glossary » Chat » Classifieds » Calendar » Gallery » Member Map
menu
» New Post (how-to) ** » Post Classifieds Ad **


Sponsor
Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.

Many perks!
<...more...>


Sponsor
 

Google


Fauna Top Sites
Register Members Today's Posts
LOG IN/REGISTER TO CLOSE THIS ADVERTISEMENT
Go Back   Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! >
Reload this Page Search Results
Page 1 of 10 1 2345678910
Showing results 1 to 25 of 228
Search took 0.12 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: samarak
Forum: Advanced Discussion 09-01-2017, 12:23 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 16,511
Posted By samarak
A new contender (for me, anyway) - Chroniochilus virescens

I mentioned Rhyncholaelia digbyana way back in this thread as my favorite orchid fragrance (and indeed tied with gardenia for favorite fragrance in the plant kingdom), and that's still true.

But...
Forum: Miscellaneous & Other Genera 03-22-2015, 11:57 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,330
Posted By samarak
Thanks, that's very helpful. I do like pine...

Thanks, that's very helpful. I do like pine needle mulches on some of our outdoor beds but have never considered conifer detritus for orchid pots! (Bald cypress is planted widely here as an...
Forum: Miscellaneous & Other Genera 03-21-2015, 12:42 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,330
Posted By samarak
I've wanted to try Corybas for a long time and...

I've wanted to try Corybas for a long time and just got a couple of these two species, so any advice you have would be much appreciated!
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-21-2015, 12:38 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,179
Posted By samarak
Congratulations! I'm impressed - those globes...

Congratulations! I'm impressed - those globes must keep the humidity higher than I'd thought!
Forum: Off Topic - Totally 08-29-2014, 12:55 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 903
Posted By samarak
My wife likes Lithops and she grows and flowers...

My wife likes Lithops and she grows and flowers them in our conditions, but there were a number of casualties while she was learning. As others have said, very bright light. In our greenhouse, they...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 08-29-2014, 12:43 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,121
Posted By samarak
One of my favorites. I have one which grew and...

One of my favorites. I have one which grew and flowered in very moderate light in my living room for years, but never more than one lead and one flower. After reading accounts of it in habitat, I...
Forum: Off Topic - Totally 08-01-2014, 02:36 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,033
Posted By samarak
Beautiful (and intriguing). Thanks. ...

Beautiful (and intriguing).

Thanks.

Steve
Forum: Off Topic - Totally 07-30-2014, 01:28 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,033
Posted By samarak
Beautiful. This is a plant vortex of which I was...

Beautiful. This is a plant vortex of which I was unaware and as a result of your post I've just spent a couple of happy hours Googledrifting around the web looking at vireya information. May I ask...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 07-29-2014, 01:16 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,988
Posted By samarak
Beautiful plant. R. digbyana will always be one...

Beautiful plant. R. digbyana will always be one of my favorites, in part because it was one of my first orchids, but I like and grow glauca too.

Steve
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 07-21-2014, 01:40 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,472
Posted By samarak
Your picture looks even more fimbriate than most...

Your picture looks even more fimbriate than most digbyanas - is that a named clone?

Steve
Forum: Pleurothallis Alliance 07-18-2014, 11:25 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,805
Posted By samarak
Very nice (and a good picture too!). I love these...

Very nice (and a good picture too!). I love these patterned leaf Lepanthes - I wish I were better at growing them.

Steve
Forum: Growing on Mounts 07-16-2014, 02:24 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,866
Posted By samarak
Thank you - very helpful! Steve

Thank you - very helpful!

Steve
Forum: Growing on Mounts 07-12-2014, 02:07 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,866
Posted By samarak
My wife asks - in your climate, when is the rest...

My wife asks - in your climate, when is the rest period?

Thanks!

Steve
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 07-12-2014, 01:58 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,472
Posted By samarak
Same here - I've never seen or heard of a...

Same here - I've never seen or heard of a digbyana with more than 1 flower per spike. Would love to see it.

Steve
Forum: Beginner Discussion 07-10-2014, 09:25 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,351
Posted By samarak
I was indeed after something like the effect of...

I was indeed after something like the effect of lath slats, Ray.

At the risk of wandering off into the technical, I'm not terribly religious any more about instantaneous light intensity readings,...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 07-10-2014, 11:53 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,351
Posted By samarak
We have actually changed our shade cloth...

We have actually changed our shade cloth arrangement in the greenhouse this year to narrower strips with a deliberate gap of just a couple of inches which allows a few very narrow bands of more...
Forum: Off Topic - Totally 07-10-2014, 11:39 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,554
Posted By samarak
Yes, and to me it looks very much like Davallia...

Yes, and to me it looks very much like Davallia fejeensis, which is the most commonly available species, at least in my experience.

They're fairly tough when happy and so can make good companion...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 07-10-2014, 11:25 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,472
Posted By samarak
Congratulations! Lovely, as they always are. ...

Congratulations! Lovely, as they always are.

This was one of my first orchids and still my unchallenged favorite for fragrance. My oldest digbyana has been with me for at least 25 years and just...
Forum: Growing on Mounts 07-09-2014, 02:44 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,866
Posted By samarak
Thanks for the pictures, very helpful. I think...

Thanks for the pictures, very helpful. I think ours were in baskets originally, but whatever it was they have overgrown it in all directions. There are now just metal hangers emerging from a large...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 07-09-2014, 02:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,602
Posted By samarak
We also have several clones of this species. They...

We also have several clones of this species. They were part of a larger order, rather than something we specifically wanted, but we've grown, no pun intended, to like them. It took us a while to...
Forum: Off Topic - Totally 07-09-2014, 02:31 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,830
Posted By samarak
We grow several color forms of the native hardy...

We grow several color forms of the native hardy herbaceous Hibiscus moscheutos, and they seem to be pollinated mostly by bumblebees (Bombax) - they are constantly in the flowers, often staying...
Forum: Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance 07-04-2014, 02:12 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,179
Posted By samarak
Agreed, still a winner. My wife has a couple of...

Agreed, still a winner. My wife has a couple of clones that she really likes. (She usually confines her nodosa hybrids to things with Richard Mueller in the background.)

Steve
Forum: Orchids in the Wild 07-04-2014, 02:04 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,366
Posted By samarak
Epipactis helleborine is widespread in North...

Epipactis helleborine is widespread in North America, including all of the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. Doesn't mean that's what it is - others have noted that flower pictures are...
Forum: Scientific Matters 07-03-2014, 04:20 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,625
Posted By samarak
A friend who was a breeder several times pointed...

A friend who was a breeder several times pointed out to me crosses he'd made that other people had registered. Sometimes they asked him for permission, sometimes they just did it. He was never upset...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 06-29-2014, 03:43 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,971
Posted By samarak
Congratulations, Beth! That's beautiful....

Congratulations, Beth! That's beautiful. Pole-Star is a cross we really like, and it was a favorite of one of our founding members who bred small Cattleyas.

Steve
Showing results 1 to 25 of 228
Page 1 of 10 1 2345678910

 
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:53 PM.
Contact Us - Orchid Board - Top

© 2007 OrchidBoard.com
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.37 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2025 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Clubs vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.