Phroogle: n. a reasonable-sized grouping of photographs, in a similar
fashion to the way the word "herd" is used to describe a group of
cattle. (from Prem's idiotic dictionary, 7th ed.).

Ok, folks. Strap on your seatbelts as we head around the globe on a
photographic journey. First stop, the wet savannahs and pinelands of
northern Florida. These areas are host to many beautiful species of
flowers, including orchids. Some of the non-orchids seen in these areas
include:

Blue Flag Iris:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower..._flag_iris.jpg

Spider Lilies:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower...pider_lily.jpg

Pine Lilies:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower_pix/pine_lily.jpg

Orange Bachelor's Buttons:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower...rs_buttons.jpg

But the real subject of our hunt is the Snowy Orchid, Platanthera nivea.
It is a not-very-common-but-not-very-rare orchid inhabiting moist, open
spaces. Its white flowers glisten in the sunlight with an almost bluish
cast. To add to their attractiveness, the flowers are mildly fragrant,
with a scent not unlike orange blossoms:

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...hera_nivea.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...ea_closeup.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics..._superzoom.jpg

P. nivea blooms sporadically from late May into late July, with a peak
blooming in early June. It is a deciduous terrestrial orchid.

Our orchid trip-o-matic now zips into high gear, circling about half the
globe to Thailand, where an orchid related to P. nivea grows. Habenaria
rhodocheila, the pink form (which Eric Christenson wants to separate out
into H. erichmichaelii, leaving the species bereft of its type form),
grows in areas that experience seasonal wet and dry seasons...to cope
with this, it grows deciduously like its American cousin, dying back to
an underground tuber in the winter time. This pink form, similar to its
American cousin, and dissimilar to the orange form of the species, is
nicely fragrant, smelling of oranges and maraschino cherries.

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...heila_pink.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...ink_flower.jpg

here, for comparison, is the orange form of the species:

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...eila_spike.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...a_orange02.jpg

And here is a side-by-side photo of both forms:

The frontal view does not show much difference between the two...it's
hard to tell, but the pink form flower is, overall, larger by a factor
of around 125%.

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...comparison.jpg

The profile view makes the differences much more apparent. The lip is
held at a different angle relative to the "cap" (composed of the dorsal
sepal and two petals), being held at a 90 degree angle for the orange
form and more like a 75 degree angle for the pink form. The spur,
however, is the most markedly different, curling under the lip in the
orange form (and being only 1.5 inches long) and arching backward in a
graceful 'S' from the lip in the pink form (and being 2.5 inches long).

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...comparison.jpg

Our orchid trip-o-matic now heads back to Indonesia, where we find
Grammatophyllum scriptum growing. This is the uncommon citrinum form of
the species, which bears apple-green, mildly fragrant flowers ranging
from 2 inches to 1.5 inches in diameter (depending on the location on
the spike). Flower spikes on this plant are about 3 feet long.

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...ptum_plant.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...inum_spike.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...num_flower.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...m_flower02.jpg

We now head back to the new world, where the breeding of two species of
Encyclia has produced a very nice primary hybrid. Epidendrum (Encyclia)
Flossie's Greenfly is a hybrid of Encyclia steinbachii and Encyclia
mooreana. It bears 3-foot tall branched panicles of flowers, each about
1.5 inches across. They have a strong scent of cinnamon with a hint of
vanilla and cloves.

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...s_greenfly.jpg

And that concludes our tour, ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated
until the vehicle has come to a complete stop.

---Prem

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 05:38:21 -0400, prem_s
wrote:

Spider Lilies:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower...pider_lily.jpg


Does this one ever show up in wildflower collections for sale?
It is quite a distinctive flower.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express won't let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it
........tedious but in this case, well worth it!
madgardener

--
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect." Chief Seattle
"prem_s" wrote in message
...
Phroogle: n. a reasonable-sized grouping of photographs, in a similar
fashion to the way the word "herd" is used to describe a group of
cattle. (from Prem's idiotic dictionary, 7th ed.).

Ok, folks. Strap on your seatbelts as we head around the globe on a
photographic journey. First stop, the wet savannahs and pinelands of
northern Florida. These areas are host to many beautiful species of
flowers, including orchids. Some of the non-orchids seen in these areas
include:

Blue Flag Iris:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower..._flag_iris.jpg

Spider Lilies:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower...pider_lily.jpg

Pine Lilies:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower_pix/pine_lily.jpg

Orange Bachelor's Buttons:
http://www.premdesign.com/wildflower...rs_buttons.jpg

But the real subject of our hunt is the Snowy Orchid, Platanthera nivea.
It is a not-very-common-but-not-very-rare orchid inhabiting moist, open
spaces. Its white flowers glisten in the sunlight with an almost bluish
cast. To add to their attractiveness, the flowers are mildly fragrant,
with a scent not unlike orange blossoms:

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...hera_nivea.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...ea_closeup.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics..._superzoom.jpg

P. nivea blooms sporadically from late May into late July, with a peak
blooming in early June. It is a deciduous terrestrial orchid.

Our orchid trip-o-matic now zips into high gear, circling about half the
globe to Thailand, where an orchid related to P. nivea grows. Habenaria
rhodocheila, the pink form (which Eric Christenson wants to separate out
into H. erichmichaelii, leaving the species bereft of its type form),
grows in areas that experience seasonal wet and dry seasons...to cope
with this, it grows deciduously like its American cousin, dying back to
an underground tuber in the winter time. This pink form, similar to its
American cousin, and dissimilar to the orange form of the species, is
nicely fragrant, smelling of oranges and maraschino cherries.

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...heila_pink.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...ink_flower.jpg

here, for comparison, is the orange form of the species:

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...eila_spike.jpg
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...a_orange02.jpg

And here is a side-by-side photo of both forms:

The frontal view does not show much difference between the two...it's
hard to tell, but the pink form flower is, overall, larger by a factor
of around 125%.

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...comparison.jpg

The profile view makes the differences much more apparent. The lip is
held at a different angle relative to the "cap" (composed of the dorsal
sepal and two petals), being held at a 90 degree angle for the orange
form and more like a 75 degree angle for the pink form. The spur,
however, is the most markedly different, curling under the lip in the
orange form (and being only 1.5 inches long) and arching backward in a
graceful 'S' from the lip in the pink form (and being 2.5 inches long).

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...comparison.jpg

Our orchid trip-o-matic now heads back to Indonesia, where we find
Grammatophyllum scriptum growing. This is the uncommon citrinum form of
the species, which bears apple-green, mildly fragrant flowers ranging
from 2 inches to 1.5 inches in diameter (depending on the location on
the spike). Flower spikes on this plant are about 3 feet long.

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...ptum_plant.jpg

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...inum_spike.jpg

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...num_flower.jpg

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...m_flower02.jpg

We now head back to the new world, where the breeding of two species of
Encyclia has produced a very nice primary hybrid. Epidendrum (Encyclia)
Flossie's Greenfly is a hybrid of Encyclia steinbachii and Encyclia
mooreana. It bears 3-foot tall branched panicles of flowers, each about
1.5 inches across. They have a strong scent of cinnamon with a hint of
vanilla and cloves.

http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics...s_greenfly.jpg

And that concludes our tour, ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated
until the vehicle has come to a complete stop.

---Prem

madgardener wrote:
very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express won't let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it
.......tedious but in this case, well worth it!
madgardener


I'm sorry to hear that....my Netscape newsreader automatically
converts any URL's into hotlinks when it displays them.

---Prem
www.premdesign.com

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express won't
let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it
.......tedious but in this case, well worth it!
madgardener


It works in my Outlook Express.

madgardener wrote:
very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express won't let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it...


Perhaps it's time to replace the Outlook express with something that
will work? There are a googol of free browsers out there. Allright, I'm
prone to exxagggeration. I'm using FireFox and it works.

"dps" wrote in message
...
madgardener wrote:
very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express won't
let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it...


Perhaps it's time to replace the Outlook express with something that
will work? There are a googol of free browsers out there. Allright, I'm
prone to exxagggeration. I'm using FireFox and it works.

Mozilla is another free browser and news reader that works. Both can be
found he
http://www.mozilla.org/

then what am I doing wrong? I have Windoz Xp pro............

--
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect." Chief Seattle
"Vox Humana" wrote in message
...

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express won't
let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it
.......tedious but in this case, well worth it!
madgardener


It works in my Outlook Express.

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
then what am I doing wrong? I have Windoz Xp pro............


Maybe you need to look at your preferences or security settings. Look under
"Tools" and then "options." and then look at the "security" tab.

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
then what am I doing wrong? I have Windoz Xp pro............

If you use Internet Explorer for your web browser, you might try
repairing it, if you have that option. Click StartSettingsControl Panel,
double-click Add/Remove Programs and scroll down the list to Microsoft
Internet Explorer 6 and double-click to see if you have the repair option.
SelectOK and restart.

If that doesn't work, the following is what MS says:
[ I would try Step 1, then restart your computer and see if this helps
before going on to the other steps. Print this info and close all programs
before starting.]

Hyperlinks Do Not Work in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;823301
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, type the following command in the Run dialog box,
and then click OK:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

Repeat step 1 for each of the following commands:

regsvr32 mshtml.dll
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 browseui.dll
regsvr32 msjava.dll

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products
that are listed at the beginning of this article.

The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional


More info, but older, I believe.......
OL: Hyperlinks in an E-mail Message Do Not Work
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;257464


"Vox Humana" wrote in message
...

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express
won't
let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it
.......tedious but in this case, well worth it!
madgardener


It works in my Outlook Express.

then what am I doing wrong? I have Windoz Xp pro............

--
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect." Chief Seattle
"Vox Humana" wrote in message
...

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express won't
let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it
.......tedious but in this case, well worth it!
madgardener


It works in my Outlook Express.

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
then what am I doing wrong? I have Windoz Xp pro............


Maybe you need to look at your preferences or security settings. Look under
"Tools" and then "options." and then look at the "security" tab.

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
then what am I doing wrong? I have Windoz Xp pro............

If you use Internet Explorer for your web browser, you might try
repairing it, if you have that option. Click StartSettingsControl Panel,
double-click Add/Remove Programs and scroll down the list to Microsoft
Internet Explorer 6 and double-click to see if you have the repair option.
SelectOK and restart.

If that doesn't work, the following is what MS says:
[ I would try Step 1, then restart your computer and see if this helps
before going on to the other steps. Print this info and close all programs
before starting.]

Hyperlinks Do Not Work in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;823301
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, type the following command in the Run dialog box,
and then click OK:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

Repeat step 1 for each of the following commands:

regsvr32 mshtml.dll
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 browseui.dll
regsvr32 msjava.dll

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products
that are listed at the beginning of this article.

The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional


More info, but older, I believe.......
OL: Hyperlinks in an E-mail Message Do Not Work
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;257464


"Vox Humana" wrote in message
...

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
very very nice Prem..............unfortunately my Outlook express
won't
let
me just move over the link and click it, I have to cut and paste it
.......tedious but in this case, well worth it!
madgardener


It works in my Outlook Express.