Hello Bill!

Alt. inaries. pictres.orchids is a newgroup who exist. If your ISP doesn`t
carry it, ask them to add it on their server!
If not, you can also subscribe to other server such as Giganews.com,
teranews.com etc...

Because there`s so many different hybrid from one specie or another, it
might be impossible to correctly identify your plant. We call those the NOID
plant!

A good place to buy orchid is to go to a gool orchid seller and even there,
sometimes we endup with a NOID plant!

Good Luck!

Claude

"Dr Bill" wrote in message
om...
| As a relative newcomer to orchids, I have spent most of my efforts in
| buying orchids from Lowes, Home Depot, etc. that have already bloomed.
| These are, 1) very inexpensive (1/2 to 2/3 off retail price) and, 2)
| not identified.
| I can tell a Phalaenopsis from a Dendrobium from a Paphiopedilum, but
| as these orchids rebloom, I have no idea how to identify them any
| further.
|
| With a few, I have been lucky to find their picture in a book or in a
| catalogue. However, the vast majority remain a mystery. I have tried
| searches in this newsgroup and on Google, but the only site I come up
| with is alt.binaries.pictures.orchids, and that doesn't seem to exist.
|
| Is there a site where I can post pictures I have taken of the blooms
| in hopes that one of you experts might recognize the plant? I know
| that digital photos are large files, but does such a service exist
| within this newsgroup or perhaps at some aacademic institution?
|
| Thanks for any help you can give me.

Hello Bill!

Alt. inaries. pictres.orchids is a newgroup who exist. If your ISP doesn`t
carry it, ask them to add it on their server!
If not, you can also subscribe to other server such as Giganews.com,
teranews.com etc...

Because there`s so many different hybrid from one specie or another, it
might be impossible to correctly identify your plant. We call those the NOID
plant!

A good place to buy orchid is to go to a gool orchid seller and even there,
sometimes we endup with a NOID plant!

Good Luck!

Claude

"Dr Bill" wrote in message
om...
| As a relative newcomer to orchids, I have spent most of my efforts in
| buying orchids from Lowes, Home Depot, etc. that have already bloomed.
| These are, 1) very inexpensive (1/2 to 2/3 off retail price) and, 2)
| not identified.
| I can tell a Phalaenopsis from a Dendrobium from a Paphiopedilum, but
| as these orchids rebloom, I have no idea how to identify them any
| further.
|
| With a few, I have been lucky to find their picture in a book or in a
| catalogue. However, the vast majority remain a mystery. I have tried
| searches in this newsgroup and on Google, but the only site I come up
| with is alt.binaries.pictures.orchids, and that doesn't seem to exist.
|
| Is there a site where I can post pictures I have taken of the blooms
| in hopes that one of you experts might recognize the plant? I know
| that digital photos are large files, but does such a service exist
| within this newsgroup or perhaps at some aacademic institution?
|
| Thanks for any help you can give me.

As Claude stated, there are so many hybrids out there, that even those you
*think* you've ID'ed via photos could be incorrect.

Be happy with knowing the genus of those, and buy tagged plants if you want
a better chance of knowing for sure.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
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"Dr Bill" wrote in message
om...
As a relative newcomer to orchids, I have spent most of my efforts in
buying orchids from Lowes, Home Depot, etc. that have already bloomed.
These are, 1) very inexpensive (1/2 to 2/3 off retail price) and, 2)
not identified.
I can tell a Phalaenopsis from a Dendrobium from a Paphiopedilum, but
as these orchids rebloom, I have no idea how to identify them any
further.

With a few, I have been lucky to find their picture in a book or in a
catalogue. However, the vast majority remain a mystery. I have tried
searches in this newsgroup and on Google, but the only site I come up
with is alt.binaries.pictures.orchids, and that doesn't seem to exist.

Is there a site where I can post pictures I have taken of the blooms
in hopes that one of you experts might recognize the plant? I know
that digital photos are large files, but does such a service exist
within this newsgroup or perhaps at some aacademic institution?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:45:59 -0400, "Claude"
wrote:

Hello Bill!

Alt. inaries. pictres.orchids is a newgroup who exist. If your ISP doesn`t
carry it, ask them to add it on their server!
If not, you can also subscribe to other server such as Giganews.com,
teranews.com etc...


ABPO as we call it should have B start the second word. And I
will have to agree that we would welcome your posts. Please
reduce them but clipping out the background and reducing the size
of the file. We have members who must pay for slow service by
the minute and must wait for large files to down load.

Hybrids are often similar to each other and makes it impossible
to ID most unlabeled plants beyond the level you say your able to
now. Many a Phal HD or Paph NOID has given great pleasure to its
grower. Enjoy them and do not try to attach labels to what can
not be identified.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

Dr. Bill, as one who has committed the gaffe of purchasing HD orchids, I've
learned to be selective in what I buy, and to make sure they are identified.
My local HDs generally sell orchids that are ID'd, but if I grab one without
a stake, I find one of the ones that I've passed over and steal the stake
for my plant.

Sam


"Dr Bill" wrote in message
om...
As a relative newcomer to orchids, I have spent most of my efforts in
buying orchids from Lowes, Home Depot, etc. that have already bloomed.
These are, 1) very inexpensive (1/2 to 2/3 off retail price) and, 2)
not identified.
I can tell a Phalaenopsis from a Dendrobium from a Paphiopedilum, but
as these orchids rebloom, I have no idea how to identify them any
further.

With a few, I have been lucky to find their picture in a book or in a
catalogue. However, the vast majority remain a mystery. I have tried
searches in this newsgroup and on Google, but the only site I come up
with is alt.binaries.pictures.orchids, and that doesn't seem to exist.

Is there a site where I can post pictures I have taken of the blooms
in hopes that one of you experts might recognize the plant? I know
that digital photos are large files, but does such a service exist
within this newsgroup or perhaps at some aacademic institution?

Thanks for any help you can give me.