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Cats and Catts: If Patience is a Virtue...
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A blog about orchids and cats. And sometimes frogs. Saturday, March 24, 2012. If Patience is a Virtue. Then orchid growers must be extremely virtuous. The average time from orchid seed to orchid flower is about seven years, and some species take over a decade to flower. Waiting years for a plant to bloom can be frustrating, but it's super special when it finally happens. This is Ceratostylis retisquama. Buying full, blooming-sized, plants. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Dozens of orchids, six frogs,.
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Cats and Catts: Total Dessication
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A blog about orchids and cats. And sometimes frogs. Saturday, July 30, 2011. Making your own daylily hybrids is all fun and games, but what if the two daylilies you want to cross aren't in bloom at the same time? The daylily breeder needs a method of preserving pollen for future use. The Internet has no shortage of opinions, but my four key go-to sources here are: Daylilies: The Perfect Perennial. By Lewis and Nancy Hill, Oscie B. Whatley Jr.'s essay The Art of Hybridizing. Are you still awake? Pollen co...
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Cats and Catts: Sharks, Seed Pods, and Patience
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A blog about orchids and cats. And sometimes frogs. Thursday, July 28, 2011. Sharks, Seed Pods, and Patience. Colony' (Tankesley-Clarke, 2004). This is 'Colony,' a 2004 introduction by Eric and Bob Tankesley-Clarke. Let's dispense with the obvious criticisms: the form is a little mangled and it lacks desired bilateral symmetry. It might be due to grower error, its relative newness in the garden, and/or the streak of insane. Colony,' ready for its close-up. Was probably my favorite this year. Winner, or b...
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Cats and Catts: The Good Fungus: Fungus & Orchid Conservation
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A blog about orchids and cats. And sometimes frogs. Friday, May 4, 2012. The Good Fungus: Fungus and Orchid Conservation. I used to be very ambivalent about fungus. On the one hand, I like mushrooms on my pizza. On the other hand, I'm highly susceptible to athlete’s foot, and I hate fungus gnats with a burning passion. Now, after hearing Melissa McCormick. Talk at the MidAmerican Orchid Congress. And a lot of knowledge. Require a singular type of fungi. Having the proper population of insect pollinat...
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Cats and Catts: Introducing Possum!
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A blog about orchids and cats. And sometimes frogs. Monday, May 28, 2012. Happy Memorial Day everyone! I'm thrilled to announce the arrival of our new cat, Possum. With five cats, Natalie and I are officially Crazy Cat People. Possum is a three-year-old Cornish Rex. CFA Midwest as "Rocketman.". But Rocketman ran into some health problems that damaged his coat and kept him off the show circuit. Possum has several bald patches instead of the Marcel waves. Xcept for Lan Lan, a. They're going to have to work...
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Cats and Catts: The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and The World's Most Beautiful Orchid -- A Review
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A blog about orchids and cats. And sometimes frogs. Monday, May 21, 2012. The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and The World's Most Beautiful Orchid - A Review. Craig Pittman's The Scent of Scandal. Published last month by the University Press of Florida, deserves to be read by everyone in the orchid world. The book overviews the conflicting interests and personalities that fueled the kovachii. Controversy, a scandal that culminated in police raids, arrests, and ruined lives. Selby taxonomist Stig Dals...
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