Project 4 - Launch

[gixrj18]

I've already got a Brassavola nodosa.

[Dorothy]

Throw out the b. nodosa!

[wallyworld]

I have a suggestion....something that I don't usually grow but I am willing to try. It is masdevallia tovarensis, small plant with white flowers...very cool looking!!


Andy's Orchids - Orchids Species - Masdevallia - tovarensis

[cb977]

I have a suggestion....something that I don't usually grow but I am willing to try. It is masdevallia tovarensis, small plant with white flowers...very cool looking!!

That's a cutie, Wally

Here is another beauty I would like to have on the list if others like it:

Cattleya dowiana:

I agree with Ross on this one...dowiana is kind of large for our purposes.

Epi. annelie wans

Gorgeous...but can't find it anywhere!

Sue, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I went through the tentative list you just posted. Only a handful are available in Canada. Those include:

Aerangis citrata
Dendrobium chrysotoxum
Epidendrum stamfordianum
Bletilla striata (don't a lot of members have this?)
Phalaenopsis schilleriana
Brassovola nodosa

Todd, it's so nice to have a Canadian counterpart in this
Thank you

We've only started throwing names around...we've got time. This project is going to be a lot more difficult but we'll take it a day at a time. Unfortunately, some members may decide to drop out...and some may have no choice if they can't acquire the plant.

Lete's hope for the best

[Dorothy]

I think we should hear from our overseas and northern brothers and sisters and get an idea of what is available to them.
Todd - give us some more suggestions

[Frdemetr]

Susanne, Dorothy

I think the better way to keep the people (outside US) in the Project is to choose a species. Awarded hybrids are nice but can be founded only in selected nurseries, and for us overseas it would be impracticable.

Dendros and Bulbos are genus with hundreds/thousands different species with completely different requirements, so I think are not good choices. Coelogynes have the same problem.

Catt-alliance orchids are friendly and I like many suggestions, unfortunatelly I have some of them (L. tenebrosa). C. harrisoniae is a good choice, is not a mini but compact, very similar to C. loddigesii

Stan embreei I have also, and lots of another Stans.

For me the better name is Cattleya harrisoniae, but Masdevalia and Vanda could be nice too.

[cb977]

We've gone for species in all three previous projects and will probably go that way again...we'll figure it out during our chats


Frederico, are you joining us?

[Frdemetr]

Yes, I'm in! I already joined the Project.

[Dorothy]

Sounds good to me, Frederico!
Thank you for your input!
Come on our foreign friends .. add your comments

[IdahoOrchid]

Originally Posted by Dorothy

ONE A MONTH ?
ARE YOU INSANE!
That is way too few!

How about one COMPOT a month!!!!!