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I've started a photo blog with pictures of my orchids at
www.staceysphotosnmore.blogspot.com. Please look at the archived Orchid page and let me know what you think. |
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I had two nice orchids in bloom last week that I am using for next
generation stud parents. A Christmas Cattleya, the C trianaei var albascens http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...albasjem5a.jpg I am going for two pods of C trianaei var albascens X C trianaei alba Aranka Germaske on this plant. This is a difficult cross to make because Aranka is a triploid. And a nice Cattleya mendelii http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...endelii08a.jpg times a high quality sib owned by an old friend... who won't sell it, but gave me the pollen last year. Aren't Cattleyas just the best orchids for real beauty? Mick |
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Mick,
Love those big, showy Catts. So, diploid x triploid can yield viable seed? Do you get diploids and triploids in the seedlings? Dave |
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Dave,
It's haploid x triploid. In every normal swarm (of seed) there is every possibility... there is every genetic structure, every color including blue and you would see it if you had enough greenhouse real estate to grow every seed out. In this particular cross I know I won't get a million seed that are "sproutable". More likely there will only be a couple hundred out of the million seed that will actually grow into a plant. My expectations are quite modest in this particular cross. Five years ago I managed to cross Aranka Germaske with AC Burrage and there were only a few hundred sprouts in the mother flask, but they grew out very well and strong. Mick Fournier HBI, Producers of Fine Orchids in Flask www.OrchidFlask.com ======================================= "Dave S" wrote in message oups.com... Mick, Love those big, showy Catts. So, diploid x triploid can yield viable seed? Do you get diploids and triploids in the seedlings? Dave |
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So how did you like my pictures???
They are nice, Dale. One suggestion would be to try to get the entire flower in the frame. Another would be to always get a tag when you purchase a new orchid. Most of us here are hobbyists (though we do have some pros, too), but we learned long ago the value of a name. You can't know what an orchid needs if you don't know what it is. Diana |
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Dale,
I didn't like 'em. I wouldn't waste a minute taking pictures of Renanthera and Encylia/Epis to start with and then I certainly would not publish them without knowing the exact name of the flowers... but then hell that's just me. And then I am not all that keen on hybrids either. I usually protect/shield my eyes from hybrid orchid pictures. To be truthful I hadn't even looked at your website/pictures until you just wrote asking for my opinion. You see I like to bury my posts in other people's threads where I think the masses are just going to skip over the entire thread... yours looked like a good candidate for avoiding the non-aficionados. The people that want to see my pix or hear my rap know they can sometimes find me in threads like yours... that's how I showed up here. I enjoy finding a thread that destined to go nowhere from the git-go and then livening it up. So... let's see the funny juvenile pictures of people eating that your sister-in-law knocked you upside 'da head over. Those would be a lot more interesting I think. And that would get you some serious "mileage" here on RGO Dale. In closing, do I need to say, "keep up the good work Dale" so you can cut & paste it into your self-applauding atta-boy website like Mr/Ms Anonymous said? If so, just let me know. Mick ==================== "rist2796" wrote in message oups.com... So how did you like my pictures??? |
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:41:00 -0800, Mick Fournier wrote
(in article ): I had two nice orchids in bloom last week that I am using for next generation stud parents. A Christmas Cattleya, the C trianaei var albascens http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...albasjem5a.jpg I am going for two pods of C trianaei var albascens X C trianaei alba Aranka Germaske on this plant. This is a difficult cross to make because Aranka is a triploid. And a nice Cattleya mendelii http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...endelii08a.jpg times a high quality sib owned by an old friend... who won't sell it, but gave me the pollen last year. Aren't Cattleyas just the best orchids for real beauty? Mick Two lovely Catts, Mick. I especially like the pink flush on the trianae. Tom Walnut Creek, CA Nikon D70 |
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Mick,
I thought haploid just referred to the reproductive cells...diploid cells divide to produce haploid gametes. Maybe that's what you were talking about. You'll have to forgive my ignorance as it's been a while since I took genetics. Anyway, your response that you get low germination and a mixture of genetic possibilities is kind of what I figured. While we are on the topic of beautiful Cattleyas, here's the favorite in my collection, C. mossiae semi-alba: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shtief...03.jpg&.src=ph The floof-haters will cringe if they hit that link, but I dont care! Dave |
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Arrrrg!
Google groups blocks the portion of my e-mail address that appears in the link above, so it wont work. If anyone really wants to go to the trouble, the 3 missing letters a ief (as in 'shtief at sbcglobal.net') Dave |
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Dave,
I don't know what floof is... but the your cattleya mossiae flower looks very nice. I like mossiae flowers. They always point upward and show well without a lot of brace wires behind them. Mick ========================= "Dave S" wrote in message oups.com... Mick, I thought haploid just referred to the reproductive cells...diploid cells divide to produce haploid gametes. Maybe that's what you were talking about. You'll have to forgive my ignorance as it's been a while since I took genetics. Anyway, your response that you get low germination and a mixture of genetic possibilities is kind of what I figured. While we are on the topic of beautiful Cattleyas, here's the favorite in my collection, C. mossiae semi-alba: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shtief...03.jpg&.src=ph The floof-haters will cringe if they hit that link, but I dont care! Dave |
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You might try using http://www.makeashorterlink.com (It's free.) It
will create a short URL that points to the same destination. -M |
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