Project 4 - Launch

[Frdemetr]

Suzanne, Dorothy,

As I am the only ('til now) brazilian member of OB 4, I have done a "availability search" of Tentative Plant List (13-July-07) in brazilian nurseries/producers, and I found the following:

1) Plants available right now:
Cattleya harrisoniae – OK!
Phrag Hanna Popow – OK!
Dendrobium chrysotoxum – OK!
Epidendrum stamfordianum – OK!
Bletilla striata – OK!
Leptotes bicolor – OK!
Aerangis rhodosticta – OK!
Brassavola perrinii – OK
Cattleya intermedia – OK!
L. perrinii – OK!
L. pumila – OK!
C. luteola – OK!
Masdevallia infracta – OK!

2) Plants not available immediately, but possible:
Brassavola nodosa – temporaly not available, but Brassavolas are usually easy to find!
Masdevallia tovarensis – available only in Ecuagenera
Comparettia falcata - available only in Ecuagenera
Bollea ecuadoriana - available only in Ecuagenera
(There is a importation from Ecuagenera scheduled for Sept/07)

3) Unavailable plants:
Aerangis citrata – not available
Phrag fischeri – not available
Paphinia Majestic - not available
Tolumnia Mem. Ralph Yagi - not available
Rhynchocentrum Fuchs Violetta - not available
Aerangis biloba - not available
Cymbidium ensifolium - not available
Aerangis distincta – not available
Cischweinfia dasyandra – not available
Gastrochilus calceolaris - not available
Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica - not available
Cochleanthes discolor - not available
Bollea violacea - not available
Cochleanthes amazonica – not available
Trudelia cristata (Vanda cristata) - not available
Dendrobium lichenastrum - not available
Caulocattleya (or Diaca.) Chantilly Lace 'Twinkle' - not available
Phalaenopsis appendiculata - not available
Trigonidium egertonianum - not available
Phalaenopsis celebensis - not available
Dendrobium christyanum - not available (too late to import from SBOE)
Phal lindenii - not available (too late to import from SBOE)
Phalaenopsis schilleriana - not available (too late to import from SBOE)
(The brazilian traders that imports from SBOE are right now in SBOE International Orchids Festival, but they came back to Brazil 20-July, before the OB 4 plant be choosed! Only next year!)

4) Plants that I have:
Laelia tenebrosa
Stanhopea embreei
Coelogyne mossiae
Coelia bella

Thank you for the great job in the organization of OB 4 Project!

[cb977]

Frederico...WOW!

Hopefully, the plant decided on will be one on your available list

Thank you for taking the time to research this

[Dorothy]

Wonderful! Frederico!
You have put in quite the time and effort into your researching!
Personally, I will consider those plants which are available to you more so than I would those that aren't.
There are some on your list I would love to have

[cb977]

Originally Posted by Frdemetr

Suzanne, Dorothy,

As I am the only ('til now) brazilian member of OB 4, I have done a "availability search" of Tentative Plant List (13-July-07) in brazilian nurseries/producers, and I found the following:

1) Plants available right now:
Cattleya harrisoniae – OK!
Phrag Hanna Popow – OK!
Dendrobium chrysotoxum – OK!
Epidendrum stamfordianum – OK!
Bletilla striata – OK!
Leptotes bicolor – OK!
Aerangis rhodosticta – OK!
Brassavola perrinii – OK
Cattleya intermedia – OK!
L. perrinii – OK!
L. pumila – OK!
C. luteola – OK!
Masdevallia infracta – OK!

2) Plants not available immediately, but possible:
Brassavola nodosa – temporaly not available, but Brassavolas are usually easy to find!
Masdevallia tovarensis – available only in Ecuagenera
Comparettia falcata - available only in Ecuagenera
Bollea ecuadoriana - available only in Ecuagenera
(There is a importation from Ecuagenera scheduled for Sept/07)

3) Unavailable plants:
Aerangis citrata – not available
Phrag fischeri – not available
Paphinia Majestic - not available
Tolumnia Mem. Ralph Yagi - not available
Rhynchocentrum Fuchs Violetta - not available
Aerangis biloba - not available
Cymbidium ensifolium - not available
Aerangis distincta – not available
Cischweinfia dasyandra – not available
Gastrochilus calceolaris - not available
Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica - not available
Cochleanthes discolor - not available
Bollea violacea - not available
Cochleanthes amazonica – not available
Trudelia cristata (Vanda cristata) - not available
Dendrobium lichenastrum - not available
Caulocattleya (or Diaca.) Chantilly Lace 'Twinkle' - not available
Phalaenopsis appendiculata - not available
Trigonidium egertonianum - not available
Phalaenopsis celebensis - not available
Dendrobium christyanum - not available (too late to import from SBOE)
Phal lindenii - not available (too late to import from SBOE)
Phalaenopsis schilleriana - not available (too late to import from SBOE)
(The brazilian traders that imports from SBOE are right now in SBOE International Orchids Festival, but they came back to Brazil 20-July, before the OB 4 plant be choosed! Only next year!)

4) Plants that I have:
Laelia tenebrosa
Stanhopea embreei
Coelogyne mossiae
Coelia bella

Thank you for the great job in the organization of OB 4 Project!

Frederico, did you want me to put your name next to the ones on your "available" list?

[Frdemetr]

Susanne,

Yes, please put my name next to the ones in nº 1 (available immediately) and nº 2 (soon available) lists! If a nº 2 was choosed I will enter in the OB4 one month later!

[cb977]

Sure thing

We had a few members in our last project who waited, for one reason or another, to acquire their project plants

[shakkai]

Frederico,

Thank you for your hard work. Having narrowed down the list somewhat... I went and checked availability of the plants in 1) and 2) of the list.

All of these are available to us here, except I could not find Comparettia falcata - though I hope I can track it down!!n - and Phrag Hanna Popow. Sue, could you add 'Available in Europe to the ones (except those two) that are available in Brazil??

I too will be taking availability in the different countries into consideration when I vote.

[cb977]

I was just about to go into some of the European vendors that have been listed to compare...you saved me LOTS of work! Thank you

[shakkai]

Thanks to you, Sue! You're super!! Almost before I had hit post, the updates were there - how do you do that?!

[cb977]

Cut and paste, baby!