Lightwizard
 
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Sun 15 Jun, 2003 01:09 pm
Orchids are finicky about temperature, light and humidity. I keep the dish below filled with water -- the best way is to sit the pot on a bed of rocks in the dish and keep it filled with water to keep humidity around the root structure. Of course, in Cocoa Beach... Another is to give them Northern exposure although some like morning sun. Never cut off the stem after blooming until it turns brown (it will often fall off by itself). The same greenhouse I mentioned sells Catalayas and other species for around $15.00 to $20.00. I had bought a bamboo palm a few years ago there and it's still a beautiful, healthy plant.
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Misti26
 
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Sun 15 Jun, 2003 01:47 pm
LW:

Thank you for the tips! I would like to start growing Orchids again, they are so beautiful!

Wish I'd known you were so well informed about them, I would still have the one that got away:)

My brother raises Bonsai Trees, talk about beauty!
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seaglass
 
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Sun 15 Jun, 2003 03:14 pm
I must have exactly the right climate for orchids. All of my orchids are in my Ohia trees. I tie the orchids to my trees, pack a little hapu'u loosely around the root structure and forget them. Maybe spray the root area with orchid food once a month and my guys put on a real show. I have bamboo orchids and a lovely little purple orchid from the Phillipines that grow wild in the woods around my house.

Friend of mine owns an orchid farm and I really have learned a lot from her.
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neko nomad
 
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Sun 15 Jun, 2003 07:42 pm
A drift of our native Canada Anemone A. canadensis up front. This photo is now my current desktop wallpaper.

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VADiAskY1xg0gq0S4Ys1TMj6sw2E9*8lg!cRhmoFEbPafAhTr6IsBy5MuIOLewUvwrOjVHE5tpL*d169wT1kykaEjDqm*xRMlisJfYhayiAxOI66cuqSz4*Z0qW4yW9g/neko-nomad-68.JPG?dc=4675426325170314736
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cicerone imposter
 
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Sun 15 Jun, 2003 08:44 pm
Anybody know the name of this flower? It's not in my garden. c.i.

http://community.webshots.com/s/cache1/couploads/77545231.jpg.tmp?334
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neko nomad
 
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Tue 17 Jun, 2003 10:45 am
This week it's peonies at neko nomad's:


http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VADnAsMYTBc0gq0S4Ys1TMj6sw2E9*8lO3Fjcn3OvJ8rXtujfigoGIAa5nyU*DOW26RjITHuJhYmk1vbe4nHWoEAfOyybaHU5NQot0PQ*P6YnongozIcMTflZdRYR65T/neko-nomad-71.JPG?dc=4675426528505074371 http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VACvBMgYlRg0gq0S4Ys1TMj6sw2E9*8l9wcArQm9W1wNk*EHwXbD3xOdyqtu4tjI4PW1hOvA9atNP326c9KPodUjvSBuL7u2BWcRh*HWoNjpF2Ty2D2x6teARl5mf4a0/neko-nomad-67.JPG?dc=4675426528492671460
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neko nomad
 
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Wed 18 Jun, 2003 07:43 pm
Native pasture rose R. carolina as part of privacy border. http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VADnAsYYEhg0gq0S4Ys1TMj6sw2E9*8laFWtGOL*Ms!S3CY6bJCfOj6P3UHi7oHJnpUFYCkifeBaethjLzWVo908XDI!xLUn8ZqVNUfPegX16R7UAIcv4xmL*geH2oSv/neko-nomad-74.JPG?dc=4675426737279558024
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ossobuco
 
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Wed 18 Jun, 2003 07:55 pm
Lovely, neko, that rose is a beauty. CI, I can't see that flower very well....
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Mapleleaf
 
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Wed 18 Jun, 2003 08:26 pm
Neko, are you using a digital camera? If so, what make/model?
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ossobuco
 
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Wed 18 Jun, 2003 09:44 pm
CI. I don't know it but Sue, my business partner would probably just say, oh, it's a....

but I haven't signed up for A2k at work, too dangerous when I am there on Saturdays, a day that says Play from the start.
We'll see, but it'll be a few days. Our turkey is going into the Computer Fixit place for a day or two's rest, having behaved very badly for a day and a half.
Luckily it is a free rest, as we bought Turkey from them.
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neko nomad
 
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Thu 19 Jun, 2003 06:52 pm
Maple: Camera used: Canon Powershot S30. Amazon.com gives a good general description at : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005QFZF/qid=1056069134/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2_etk-photo/104-2626752-1722304?v=glance&s=photo&n=502394

Osso: I find the modest beauty of this wild rose particularly endearing. Its fragrance is deliciously sweet. Curiously,although this bush sends out clusters of seven or eight flower buds, only one blooms at a time and lasts only a couple of days. It's not a single bush, but a hummock of several slender sucker-like stems growing from a single root system. A retaining wall keeps it from being a problem next door.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Fri 20 Jun, 2003 01:13 pm
Can any orchid afficianado help me identify this? c.i.

http://www.grovestreet.com/thumbnails/36/207336.jpg
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neko nomad
 
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Tue 24 Jun, 2003 08:31 pm
The lilies are starting to bloom here. Here is a shot of an old favorite,the white martagon lily L. martagon "alba". Last year I pollinated a yellow turk's cap cultivar from this one, and the seedlings are about a foot tall now,showing promise of growing to blooming size next year. These blossoms are only two to three inches across.



http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VADZAjYZzDE0gq0S4Ys1TMj6sw2E9*8liYVlDuxeUCHwn5SoCXOUKJ6vaq78aTByKl*oR8UxFQqWoGjNBWINZayRcAX8LNviSFcQuXoITAwU4RHRbB04vw0J2fBsaDoB/neko%20nomad%2076.jpg?dc=4675427565858174503
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ossobuco
 
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Tue 24 Jun, 2003 08:52 pm
lovely lilies....
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Butrflynet
 
  1  
Tue 24 Jun, 2003 10:34 pm
cicerone imposter wrote:
Can any orchid afficianado help me identify this? c.i.

http://www.grovestreet.com/thumbnails/5/204605.jpg


Photo is a little too fuzzie for me to see much of it very clearly. Is there another source for the photo I can look at?
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msolga
 
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Wed 25 Jun, 2003 12:49 am
ossobuco wrote:
lovely lilies....


Yes, couldn't agree more, neko .... They are beautiful.
You must be an expert gardener! Very Happy
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cicerone imposter
 
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Wed 25 Jun, 2003 10:33 pm
ButrFly, Can you see it now? I cropped it to show the flowers with a little more detail. c.i.
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neko nomad
 
  1  
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 12:29 pm
Guard of the garden -- Nekochan

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VADYAisZEDE0gq0S4Ys1TMj6sw2E9*8lvBWrq*QTlwzNIxqCb16D5za3ny8arVNYAWCzlxzwzEVO9ZfRQjxymID7mh302yaSw0mFg3L579S1aU4bCUx!IZiHlbAvrc!O/neko%20nomad%2078.jpg?dc=4675427933656803315
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littlek
 
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Fri 27 Jun, 2003 12:36 pm
Hey Cic, it helps us to see the leaves. The flowers don't much look like orchids to me. How about you post a full sized pic to my website and link the pic here to that?
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cicerone imposter
 
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Fri 27 Jun, 2003 07:22 pm
littlek, Where's your pic website? c.i.
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