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DIVIDING CATTLEYAS: Minimum Number of Pseudobulbs to Keep on a Division

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Four or five give the best results. A70-55 Read More

ALBINOS: Meaning

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A condition where plant pigmentation is nearly or completely lacking in the flower. A80-867 Read More

BEGINNERS: Best Plants for South Florida

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago In South Florida the first choices would be vandas, cattleyas, ascocendas and dendrobiums (evergreen or cane types) and secondly would be oncidiums (particularly equitants) and phalaenopsis. F84-147 Read More

CODE OF ETHICAL PRACTICE: The Trade and Exploitation of Native Species

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Six points against commercialization: nursery-raised species only should be utilized; species should be sold as nursery-raised; nurseries in orchid areas should propagate with seed and not strip-co... Read More

LIME: Oyster Shell, Its Characteristics

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is calcium carbonate lime; ground up shells comes in coarse type for chicken scratch or flour type used by many orchid growers. C74-51 Read More

COCONUT FIBERS: Used on Chysis

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Long lasting, quick-draining, organic fiber used in a loose, fluffy fashion, good for various genera, but a rigid support or topping with pebbles is necessary until roots take hold. A82-52 Read More

COCONUT WATER: Or Coconut Milk

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A liquid endosperm which enhances growth of cells, etc., in flasks, its composition and effect are not determined; from green coconuts preferred; can be autoclaved. OBII-264 Read More

SHEATHS: Within Sheaths

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago In cat tleyas a sheath growth inside another sheath is a heritage from Cattleya labiata which does it most frequently; why? A87-616 Read More

POTTING MEDIA: What's Best for the Plant?

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is not the medium that grows the plant but the grower. A83-470 Read More

XEROPHITIC ORCHIDS: Some Examples

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago The genera include Angraecopsis, Cyrtorchis, Jumellea, Microcoelia, Rangaeris, Tridactyle and Ypsilopsis; plus Oncidium onusturn and Epidendrum boothianum. A80-1140 Read More

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