Project 6 -Project Plant Suggestions

[cb977]

Originally Posted by irphrog

I don't remember talking about Den lawesii - could've been one of the several times I lost my connection. I'm not a fan of this one but I'll go along for the ride

You didn't miss it, I only added it to the suggestion box this morning

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

Hi Camille,
Oncidium ornithorryncum is easily found in EU. Here some of the nurseries I normaly order my plants from:
Oncidium ornithorhynchum - Orchideen Zentrum Wichmann
Oncidium ornitorhynchum - Großräschener Orchideen
Currlin Orchideen...
Orchideen Lucke

Thanks! I did find it today under Oncidium ornithorryncum. Last night we were talking about it under the name Ornithocephalus inflexus, which did not bring up any vendors!
Why do the botanists always have to change the names??

[cb977]

Oncidium ornithorhynchum
IOSPE PHOTOS

Very nice...let's see if we can find it in Canada

[cb977]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Thanks! I did find it today under Oncidium ornithorryncum. Last night we were talking about it under the name Ornithocephalus inflexus, which did not bring up any vendors!
Why do the botanists always have to change the names??

This time it's not a name change problem...two different plants

[Dorothy]

I found this out about Holcog amesiana - Holcoglossum amesiana aka Vanda amesiana
This is a member of the vanda family with a wide temperature range, but actually preferring it on the cool side with strong light. Can be grown out-of-doors with cymbidiums in temporate climates. If you grow in the house or greenhouse, find a nice cool place. VERY powerful fragrance - some say gardenia, jasmine, or mock orange. A must for fragrance nuts.
Intermediate to cool - Intermediate to Cool; 52°F min. to 80°F max. As per Andy's ...

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by cb977

LOL...

last night, we dumped Ornithocephalus inflexus because it was unavailable.

For the Cisch dasyandra: it was removed from the list because it's more of a warm grower, not a size issue. Plant gets to be 10-11", which is an "iffy" size for the project but not totally out of the question.
Orchidwiz says: temps of 80 daytime and 63 nights. Many of our cool location members may not be able to accomplish that.

I would LOVE a Comparettia but in our previous projects, they weren't available in the US!

Just a thought...Could we put the Cish in the "plants we liked but for one reason or another will not work for our project" section of the list? After all, it is available everywhere, and we could discuss the 'warm' issue with the cooler growing participants and decide where we go from there.

[cb977]

Cischweinfia pusilla:
warm grower

Tolumnia henekenii:
hot to warm grower

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by cb977

This time it's not a name change problem...two different plants

I'm a little lost then... The Oritho inflexus we discussed last night. So where did the Oncidium ornithorryncum come from???

[Dorothy]

Oncidium ornithorynchum is in CANADA Paramount

[cb977]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Just a thought...Could we put the Cish in the "plants we liked but for one reason or another will not work for our project" section of the list? After all, it is available everywhere, and we could discuss the 'warm' issue with the cooler growing participants and decide where we go from there.

It's already listed there
We can take a look at some of those in our chat discussions and threads BUT I know from previous experience that folks get nervous about getting any plant that has a different temp zone than they are used to...and they get discouraged and drop out of the project.

I don't really want to be such a stickler on this point but I really feel it's important to keep the temp guide I've described as our guideline...

...that's not to say I can't be talked into it