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the ghost orchid
i know that there was much ado about the ghost orchid, polyradicion, in the movie adaptation, which i havent seen. i looked up a picture of it just for kicks, and it says that these orchids are off limits for cultivation. is this true?
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the ghost orchid
agnatha3141 writes:
just for kicks, and it says that these orchids are off limits for cultivation. is this true? No. I have seven specimens three meters away that were unflasked in august. They are not growing, though. Damn and blast. Seems like I have killed them off. How can I tell? They still look like firm green spaghetti. Geir |
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the ghost orchid
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the ghost orchid
if they have green, growing root tips, you're doing fine.
-- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Geir Harris Hedemark" wrote in message ... agnatha3141 writes: just for kicks, and it says that these orchids are off limits for cultivation. is this true? No. I have seven specimens three meters away that were unflasked in august. They are not growing, though. Damn and blast. Seems like I have killed them off. How can I tell? They still look like firm green spaghetti. Geir |
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"Geir Harris Hedemark" wrote in message ... agnatha3141 writes: just for kicks, and it says that these orchids are off limits for cultivation. is this true? No. I have seven specimens three meters away that were unflasked in august. They are not growing, though. Damn and blast. Seems like I have killed them off. How can I tell? They still look like firm green spaghetti. Geir Well isn't the Ghost orchid [Polyrrhiza lindenii] a leafless species? wouldn't it mean that the flower will emerge directly from the roots? So "green spaghetti" is probably not such a bad thing after all . Mariana |
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Agnatha3141,
It is not against the law to cultivate Polyrrhiza lindeni ghost orchids... provided you have not poached the plant out of the Florida Everglades which would be in violation of our state laws down here. Many people have domestically grown ghost orchids. Click on: http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f.../ghostpix.html Mick |
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"Ray" writes:
if they have green, growing root tips, you're doing fine. If the tips should look anything like a growing root from a vanda, then no. They just sit there without getting any longer. They don't change color when I water then either, but they go pliable as a nice root should. Geir |
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"GrlIntrpted" writes:
Well isn't the Ghost orchid [Polyrrhiza lindenii] a leafless species? wouldn't it mean that the flower will emerge directly from the roots? So "green spaghetti" is probably not such a bad thing after all . Yes, well, agreed. I only thought that there would be a bit more of the spaghetti after three months. Geir |
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Mine (I don't recall the genus) is growing the green tips, and does get a
bit greenish when watered, but not as clearly as a vanda root. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Geir Harris Hedemark" wrote in message ... "Ray" writes: if they have green, growing root tips, you're doing fine. If the tips should look anything like a growing root from a vanda, then no. They just sit there without getting any longer. They don't change color when I water then either, but they go pliable as a nice root should. Geir |
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