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Forum: Identification Forum 01-31-2020, 05:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,373
Posted By violacea
Looks like an oncidium. Maybe lanceanum. Needs...

Looks like an oncidium. Maybe lanceanum. Needs warmth and sunlight and watering.
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-22-2008, 12:43 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
This is very enlightening! There goes my old...

This is very enlightening! There goes my old ideas about Thailand. But it might vary, right?

Tell me, can Vanda coerulea grow where you are? Usually intense blues require a cool climate, or so I...
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-22-2008, 12:38 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
It seems to be a mystery. But if it works, it...

It seems to be a mystery. But if it works, it works. I just happen to have this curious mind that wants to know what I am using and feeding to my orchids. You know, they are like pets in a way.

...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 12-22-2008, 12:21 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 46,678
Posted By violacea
Orchids species getting extinct?

Oh, wow! Growing wild and without fertilising and watering. Hawaii must have the perfect weather for the Vanda Miss Joaquim.

I made a mistake with the parentage. It is Vanda teres x vanda...
Forum: Identification Forum 12-14-2008, 09:59 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,356
Posted By violacea
It's more complicated than you think, Andrew. A...

It's more complicated than you think, Andrew. A Phal can be crossed with itself. Pollen from one flower going into its own stigma or onto another flower in the same stalk. Or it might have seedlings...
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-14-2008, 09:50 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
Rogerman, you are in Thailand. No wonder things...

Rogerman, you are in Thailand. No wonder things are so easy to grow. It is the cool nights in Thailand I envy. There are so few of them in Singapore.

Luckily the nights are cool at present....
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 12-14-2008, 09:45 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,990
Posted By violacea
Dounoharm, thank you for that lovely photo. My,...

Dounoharm, thank you for that lovely photo. My, yours are really big and healthy!
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-14-2008, 09:40 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
I have been teaching Science [Physics, actually]...

I have been teaching Science [Physics, actually] for years amounting to about three times Ray's age. And my students are the best. They go to the top Ivy League colleges in the US. I've written...
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-14-2008, 09:04 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
I find this absolutely fascinating. It has to be...

I find this absolutely fascinating. It has to be some organic long-chained molecule, I guess. And it might be able to dissociate in water? Maybe with the help of some other compound that will form a...
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-13-2008, 09:26 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
I think your teacher might have simply used...

I think your teacher might have simply used spectral analysis to get the percentages of N and P. Whatever happened to K? Is it not important too? So, to have 30% N may not be cause for rejoicing if...
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-13-2008, 09:11 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
I enjoyed this glimpse of your putting the...

I enjoyed this glimpse of your putting the cowpats to work. Used to do that many years back before the cows disappeared and we imported beef and milk.

And while the organic fertiliser rarely...
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-13-2008, 08:52 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
BlakeeBoo, Not sure if you are asking if we...

BlakeeBoo,

Not sure if you are asking if we have N+ or NO3+ (hey, shouldn't this be negative?) or whether PO5 exists as such or in ionic form - probably phosphoric acid radicals. I'm not a...
Forum: Identification Forum 12-12-2008, 09:07 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,356
Posted By violacea
gixrj18 (Jasen?) is right. When a man and a...

gixrj18 (Jasen?) is right.

When a man and a woman marry, their kids might look so unalike that they cannot be recognised as brothers and sisters.

The same in the orchid world. The next...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 12-12-2008, 08:52 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 46,678
Posted By violacea
Singapore. I'm in an island state and this is NOT...

Singapore. I'm in an island state and this is NOT part of China. We are a size a little less than three times Washington DC. Orchids are one of our exports.

There are no greenhouses as the heat is...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 12-12-2008, 08:07 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,990
Posted By violacea
Why is C Bowbells so popular? It is disease...

Why is C Bowbells so popular?

It is disease resistant, propagates easily - just cut away the back shoots by simply making a cut so the newest three or four pseudobulbs are now severed from the...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 12-11-2008, 11:40 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,990
Posted By violacea
I've got C Bowbells too. Click on my camera icon...

I've got C Bowbells too. Click on my camera icon to see them. You might like to know all my orchids are outdoors and take in the sun and rain and wind. And my plants are like a jungle.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 12-11-2008, 11:18 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,443
Posted By violacea
These spikes that transform into keikis are quite...

These spikes that transform into keikis are quite common among my dendrobes. All my orchids are outdoors and the sun is blistering by midday, and sometimes the roots of a dendrobe dry out and ......
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-10-2008, 10:42 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
Yes, it is true that language is evolving and...

Yes, it is true that language is evolving and that the same words can express different ideas. In our present discussion we can get bogged down by semantics.

Organic can mean natural, as opposed...
Forum: Identification Forum 12-09-2008, 11:07 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,223
Posted By violacea
Andrew, Let's go suspect miltonias too. Here...

Andrew,

Let's go suspect miltonias too. Here are some at

miltonia - Google Image Search (http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4SKPB_enSG269SG271&q=miltonia&&sa=N&start=20&ndsp=20)
Forum: Identification Forum 12-09-2008, 11:00 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,223
Posted By violacea
I went to look at the zygopetalums, and the two...

I went to look at the zygopetalums, and the two upper petals seem to be firmer than the ones in your photo.

zygopetalum - Google Image Search...
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-09-2008, 10:25 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
Some further thoughts on homemade fertiliser. ...

Some further thoughts on homemade fertiliser.

Would you believe that coconut water is used as a source of nutrients, growth hormones and so on?

Coconut water, and a slice of banana, used to be...
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-09-2008, 08:57 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
Agree with you, Ray! You must have had a lot of...

Agree with you, Ray! You must have had a lot of experience with your orchids.

Reader's Digest featured an article many yonks ago about the fact that if you take large rocks and break them up into...
Forum: Identification Forum 12-09-2008, 07:46 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,223
Posted By violacea
I'm not an expert, Andrew, but it sure looks like...

I'm not an expert, Andrew, but it sure looks like an Oncidium to me. Try googling Oncidiums and see if anything looks like it. It might also be an intergeneric cross involving and oncidium.
Forum: Scientific Matters 12-04-2008, 09:10 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 66,225
Posted By violacea
Another thing you all might remember from...

Another thing you all might remember from elementary biology in school is that plants absorb nutrients only if these are soluble, and perhaps only in ionic form. Larger molecules might not diffuse...
Forum: Hybrids 12-04-2008, 08:48 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,868
Posted By violacea
Hey, I googled and found a list of orchid growers...

Hey, I googled and found a list of orchid growers in all states. You can find a whole bunch of growers in Hawaii in Section X (http://members.cox.net/lmlauman/osp/html/section_x.html)
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