Yes they will grow outside in California.

I don't understand why you can't get them there, they are a dime a dozen
here. There must be importers over there bringing them in?


"K Barrett" wrote in message
news:uAztb.9313$Dw6.63697@attbi_s02...
Personally, thru this article, ausdigi's photos on APBO and Tony
Watkinson's
presentation (to come up Wed on OrchidSafari) I think Aussie terrestrails
will be the next rage orchid. I think they may even grow outdoors here in
Calif. I know many people see ausdigi's photos and want some for
themselves.
(or maybe I should speak for myself. If I could figure out how to get them
here I'd buy a flask in a heartbeat.

K Barrett

"sneff" sneff at d2 dot net dot au wrote in message
s.com...
Its amazing what you can come up with when you visit Google's News
Search
(http://news.google.com), and type 'orchid' into the search field.

This story from the Melbourne Age newspaper (http://tinyurl.com/v32a) is
currently only a few hours old, and outlines some of the steps different
groups are taking to protect threatened orchid species. As well as the
possible discovery of a new species! It's a little light on binomial
nomenclature, but hey - this is a weekend broadsheet newspaper after
all.
Still interesting. Along with all the other local orchid news stories to
be
found at Google's news search. Happy hunting.

Best, Matthew