Orchis Cactus - "Orchid Cactus - resize.JPG" 159.4 kBytes yEnc
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I took this picture yesterday with my new camera. The person who gave me this plant said it is an 'Orchid Cactus' but I thought it was a succulent and have it growing in regular soil. It's bloomed over the years with these beautiful fragrant blossoms but
they only last a day or so. I've tried to look it up on the Internet but, I guess, it's only a generic name for a few plants, among these are mostly plants that grow in tree tops. I'm confused. It looks like a succulent to me but my research says it's an orchid? |
Orchis Cactus - "Orchid Cactus - resize.JPG" 159.4 kBytes yEnc
Can't see it, Mike. It's encrypted or something. I think we had this problem
once before; don't know if it was your photos, though. Diana |
Orchis Cactus - "Orchid Cactus - resize.JPG" 159.4 kBytes yEnc
hi Diana. It's yEnc encryption. Shall I use something else like UUE or MIME? BTW I misspelled orchid. Oh, I got the message I sent and the picture got through for me...
On Wed, 2 May 2007 20:26:28 -0400 Diana Kulaga wrote: Can't see it, Mike. It's encrypted or something. I think we had this problem once before; don't know if it was your photos, though. Diana |
Orchis Cactus - "Orchid Cactus - resize.JPG" 159.4 kBytes yEnc
Hi Mike,
It is a Cactus indeed. It belongs to the genus Epiphyllum and the common name for these is "Orchid Cactus" probably because of their splendid flowers. Has nothing to do with Orchids though. It is difficult to say what species or hybrid this is. Many of the species of Epiphyllum grow epifytically, just like our orchids. They grow easily in to large specimen plants that can have many flowers. Greets, Niek Mike Dunsmore schreef: I took this picture yesterday with my new camera. The person who gave me this plant said it is an 'Orchid Cactus' but I thought it was a succulent and have it growing in regular soil. It's bloomed over the years with these beautiful fragrant blossoms but they only last a day or so. I've tried to look it up on the Internet but, I guess, it's only a generic name for a few plants, among these are mostly plants that grow in tree tops. I'm confused. It looks like a succulent to me but my research says it's an orchid? |
Orchis Cactus - "Orchid Cactus - resize.JPG" 159.4 kBytes yEnc
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Hi Mike
The problem is that many of us use Otlook Express to access these newsgroups and it does not support yEnc encryption. Attached is your decoded photo - it is definately NOT an orchid! As Niek says it belongs to Epiphyllum genus. Cheers John "Mike Dunsmore" wrote in message ... hi Diana. It's yEnc encryption. Shall I use something else like UUE or MIME? BTW I misspelled orchid. Oh, I got the message I sent and the picture got through for me... On Wed, 2 May 2007 20:26:28 -0400 Diana Kulaga wrote: Can't see it, Mike. It's encrypted or something. I think we had this problem once before; don't know if it was your photos, though. Diana |
Orchis Cactus - "Orchid Cactus - resize.JPG" 159.4 kBytes yEnc
On Thu, 03 May 2007 10:14:07 +0200, Niek Hanckmann
wrote: Hi Mike, It is a Cactus indeed. It belongs to the genus Epiphyllum and the common name for these is "Orchid Cactus" probably because of their splendid flowers. Has nothing to do with Orchids though. It is difficult to say what species or hybrid this is. Many of the species of Epiphyllum grow epifytically, just like our orchids. They grow easily in to large specimen plants that can have many flowers. Greets, Niek They had several red ones at the AOS show in the sales booths. They love to grow in and with Orchids. They take the same treatment if not grown in heavy soil. They amount of water depends on the media they are potted in. So some are grown in a more open mix and in the middle of a cattleya collection. Else they need to be on the edge where you can avoid watering. They tend to grow exaggerated roots if allowed and will adhere to brick or tree limbs as our mounted plants do. I had one escape the pot and travel a distance on the brick side wall in the gh. |
Orchis Cactus - "Orchid Cactus - resize.JPG" 159.4 kBytes yEnc
Sue,
Epiphyllums are banned from the OrchidMania greenhouse - they love it too much in there, and rampantly grow from mount to mount and pot to pot. Probably something to do with the Dosatron we have on our watering wand plus the great humidity and warmth in our warm house. =) -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org "SuE" wrote in message ... They had several red ones at the AOS show in the sales booths. They love to grow in and with Orchids. They take the same treatment if not |
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