Spring '09 Project Poll

[cb977]

PLEASE DO NOT VOTE IN THIS POLL UNLESS YOUR NAME IS ON THE PARTICIPANT LIST...any vote by somebody NOT on the list will NOT be counted towards the final tally (and non-valid votes just make more work for me )

Spring '09 OB Project participant list

THANKS

Here are the plants we are voting on...just ONE vote per participating member.

The poll will be open for 7 days and at that time, we will have our winner!!!

My thanks again to all those who helped me with this one

OK...here we go:

Dendrobium tetragonum
IOSPE PHOTOS

Mini, Small
Light: 1500-3000 fc. Some growers say 60% shade, others say low Phal light and still others say bright works best.
Temp: high 70s day / low 60s night

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Paphiopedilum spicerianum
IOSPE PHOTOS

leaves 6-12", spike to 14",
days 79-80, nights 66-67

Available in EU, CAN, (available at Oak Hill > 25% discount on project plant)

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Dendrobium aberrans
IOSPE PHOTOS

size: 2-8"
temps: days 77-82, nights 60-62

Available in EU, CAN, <Andy's mounted, BS, $25, ? discount>, <J&L potted, Mature, $30 less 20% discount = $24)

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Sarcochilus hartmannii

IOSPE PHOTOS

Size: can grow to 20" but cultivated plants should stay at or around 6"
Temps: days 78, nights 60-62

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Cochleanthes discolor

IOSPE PHOTOS

Size: 8-14"
Temps: days 69-74, nights 52-56
*grows very well in cool moist air flow)

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Jumellea comorensis

IOSPE PHOTOS

Size: small
temps: OW says cool/intermediate but other research comes up as cool-warm so it should work out.

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Bulbophyllum dearei

IOSPE PHOTOS

size: to about 6"
temps: days 81-85*, nights 65-66*

*This is considered a warm grower...I'll let the masses decide
Orchid Care Tips: Temperature

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Haraella retrocalla aka Haraella odorata

IOSPE PHOTOS

Size: mini
Temps: day 76-79, nights 62-63

Available in EU, CAN, (available at <Andy's $16 -? discount> and <Oak Hill $15 less 25% discount on project plant)

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Dendrobium chrysotoxum

IOSPE PHOTOS

Size: 4-12"

Temps: 81-84* days, 68-69 nights
*warmest days are in spring and reach 88-90 days, 56-68 nights

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Laelia pumila

IOSPE PHOTOS

Size: 8"

Temps: 78-81 day, 63 nights

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Masdevallia pachyura

IOSPE PHOTOS

Size: 3-6.5"

Temps: 69-71* days, 49-51 nights



Remember...one vote...make it count!

Once the poll is closed, we will try to locate the winning plant in enough quantity here in the U.S.
If we cannot acquire that plant in the numbers we need here, then we'll check into the next highest vote count and then...well, you get the idea

[cb977]

Interesting!

There is no clear frontrunner after 17 votes

[cabbo]

So hard to decide!

[whygreenberg]

Hmmm...very very difficult! Is it ok to vote politically? Thank goodness we only have a two-party system in the government! Kidding. But still...

[MuscleGirl'sHobby]

That was an incredibly hard decision!

[shadytrake]

Mine's in the lead!




This was a tough decision though.

[boytjie]

Geez, maybe I'm in the minority, but my vote was incredibly easy.

[cb977]

Thanks everybody...keep 'em coming! If everybody involved votes early, we can get a head-start on things

As of right now, the vote count for Paph spicerianum is incorrect. It shows 3 votes but only 2 of them are valid. There is no way for me to eliminate invalid votes so I am keeping track of it in my paperwork.

*Paph spiceranium has 2 votes, not 3.

[cb977]

I got responses today from Greg at Oak Hill, Marguerite at J&L and Kathy at Tropical Orchid Farm. No word from Andy yet.

from Greg: Only two of the plants listed below do we have in quantities of 42 or more. They are the spiceranum and the Haraella retrocalla.

from Marguerite: Right now we can supply enough of the Den aberrans

from Kathy: The only plant we may be able to supply (in the future-say 5 or 6 months)
would be the Den. aberrans.

[Dorothy]

BUL-BO ! BUL-BO ! BUL-BO!