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By slipperfreak at 2008-10-10 04:21
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My favorite part of orchid growing, which would then also be my favorite part of botany and horticulture as well, is the group of Paphiopedilum species known as the Parvisepalums. Many refer to these as the "Chinese" Paphs, or simply as "Parvis".
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By Henke at 2007-10-01 20:54
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<p>This is how I converted an old aquarium to be a house for some orchids.<br />
The dimension of the cabinet is 140×55×70 cm. Rather deep but that depends upon that the aquarium is place on side with original opening outwards.<br />
This is what it looked like from the beginning.</p>
<p><img src="http://all-4-fun.net/cpg1410/albums/vivarium/skap-01.JPG" alt="" class="bb-image" /></p>
<p>First of all I cut the Epi-Web material for the back
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By Heather at 2006-11-09 23:31
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  innamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), one of the oldest spices known, is derived from the bark of a small Southeast Asian evergreen tree and is available as an oil, an extract, or a dried powder. It’s closely related to cassia (C. cassia) and contains many of the same components. Due to its’ demand, it became one of the first commodities traded regularly between the Near East and Europe. Ceylon cinnamon is produced in Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar, Brazil and the Caribbean, while cassia is mainly produced in China, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Cinnamon has a long history both as a spice and a medicine. It was mentioned in the Bible and was used in ancient Egypt not only as a beverage flavoring and medicine, but also as an embalming agent. Cinnamon’s unique healing abilities come from three active components found in the essential oils contained in its bark: cinnamic aldehyde, cinnamyl acetate, and cinnamyl alcohol.
One famous anecdote involving the use of cinnamon involves the story of Four Thieves in Toulouse, France in 1628-1631 who were caught and convicted of going to the houses of plague victims, strangling them in their beds and then looting their dwellings. For this they were condemned to be burned at the stake. Given the virulence and deadliness of the plague, authorities were astonished by the indifference of the thieves to the contagion. In order to have their sentence mitigated, the thieves revealed their secret preservative, a blend of herbs and essential oils including cinnamon and cloves. After this, sponges soaked in cinnamon and cloves were placed in the rooms of the ill and infirm.
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By Laura at 2006-05-27 06:02
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<p><br><a href="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/500/94-Lc-Hawaiian-Easter-Hawai.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/500/medium/94-Lc-Hawaiian-Easter-Hawai.jpg" align=left vspace=2 hspace=10 width=300 height=199></a><img src="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/515/O.jpg" align=left hspace=0 vspace=0>rchids are to me one of the lovelyest subjects to photograph. I can’t take the credit for, all the lovely photographs of my orchids;<br />
As I am only the assistant. You see I grow the orchids and my husband, Richard takes the photographs. As the assistant, it is a very important job…. I am the one that sets the orchid on the table and turns the plant, just right so that the amazing photos shine.</p>
<p>Then the true photographer steps in! </p>
<p>To get a decent picture you will need a fairly good camera. You can find a fairly good camera for $300.00 to $500.00.<br />
I have a Nikon D70 which is a SLR but you do not need to give $1200.00 for a decent camera.<br />
As for lenses I have different lenses. I have a Nikon 18-70 mm an 70-300mm zoom lens, for some close up shots you might add to your lenses a macro lens. Lenses can be very pricey, do some home work before you purchase your new lens. Cheap lens are cheap lens, some lens are real high because of the aperture settings.</p>
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By Gilda at 2006-05-24 14:15
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 ince the biggest majority of orchid addicts grow somewhere in their living space, I would like to show and tell you two options that work for us !
Option one:
You can cut your watering time greatly if you have trays (either bought or made) that drain on the racks you grow your orchids on.
Any sturdy plastic can be used for trays. We used poly tubing attached to each tray ,that drains one in to another and then to a floor drain outside.
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By Sandra Billeter at 2006-05-19 19:26
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  y husband and I have become addicted to orchids in the usual way. You buy one, then another and another and another, etc. We also went through the normal stages of growing them. You start on a window sill and then add humidity trays until your window sill is full and then you get a Baker’s Rack for more room. Then you need grow lights because the plants are too far from the window and then you start separating plants on their light requirements. We got to the stage where we had 3 Baker’s Racks in two different rooms with grow lights in both rooms. There were home made humidity trays on each shelf and we even hung many of them outside in the summer on chains suspended from the eaves of the house. Then we built a greenhouse and our space problems were solved, right? There were three 8 x 3 foot benches and two 14 foot hanging rods. It took us about 15 months to get to the point where we questioned the statement that “there is always room for one more orchid”. Well, we certainly weren’t going to stop buying orchids and you just don’t sell or give away your “children”, so we had a problem to solve.
I saw several pictures in the AOS Orchids magazine of grower’s greenhouses where they had constructed vertical wire walls or cylinders made of wire where you could hang orchids. So, I asked my husband to see if he couldn’t make something similar that we could
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By Heather at 2006-05-15 21:18
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<p><BR><span style="font-weight:bold"><img src="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/515/W.jpg" align=left hspace=0 vspace=0>ith summertime fast approaching,</span> many orchid hobbyists may be wondering how to acclimate their plants to outdoor growing conditions. Orchids can thrive growing outdoors in the summertime. Plants grow better from extra light available, higher humidity, better air circulation, and a greater day-night temperature differential. However, there are some things to consider when transitioning plants to their new seasonal home.
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