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Forum: Windowsill Growing 10-04-2012, 09:55 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 11,215
Posted By hosshead
I tried the cookie sheets, found them to be too...

I tried the cookie sheets, found them to be too shallow for my needs.
I went with the flats trays,(those ones you get at the garden store when you buy flats of tomatoes,make sure they are the ones...
Forum: Windowsill Growing 10-03-2012, 10:02 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 11,215
Posted By hosshead
Well, I'm just gonna reply here and pretend it's...

Well, I'm just gonna reply here and pretend it's the Windowsill until a really real official section is created....

It's that time of year here, where the windowsill becomes quite full of...
Forum: Vendor Feedback 08-22-2012, 02:03 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,598
Posted By hosshead
Interesting. I read that...it was posted in...

Interesting.
I read that...it was posted in 2007.
Lot can happen in 5 years, I guess.

I wonder if using 3 names is in case somebody has negative interactions with one entity, well, still, there...
Forum: Vendor Feedback 08-22-2012, 01:09 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,598
Posted By hosshead
That's exactly what I thought. This was my...

That's exactly what I thought.

This was my first experience with them.
It was pretty amazing, a sort of going out of their way to be spiteful.
Besides the word of mouth thing... they cost...
Forum: Vendor Feedback 08-22-2012, 11:49 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,598
Posted By hosshead
Camp Lotta Noise...VENGEFUL!

I NEVER trash-talk a vendor....until now.

Here's the dealie-oh;
1st week in August, placed an order for some stuff that's difficult to come by. One plant a gift for my sister. NOTHING in my...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 08-15-2012, 07:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,247
Posted By hosshead
Okay, so is that your east window? Or south...

Okay, so is that your east window?
Or south window?
I think I like the idea of having this in with my windowsill plants.
I just want to make sure I give it everything correctly. It will be mounted...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 08-15-2012, 05:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,247
Posted By hosshead
Ceratostylis?

Okay.
I think I am understanding Ceratostylis as a den. family member?

What do we know and how to grow?

The most recent threads about them seem to be from 2009 or a mere mention in a list in a...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 08-15-2012, 05:48 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,891
Posted By hosshead
:biggrin: Yes, it is helpful. So, I grow it...

:biggrin:
Yes, it is helpful.
So, I grow it under the conditions that work for Oncidiums HERE.

It's amazing how different conditions can be, from one locale to another.

I have a buddy in...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 08-15-2012, 05:24 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,891
Posted By hosshead
Just received one myself, from a friend in...

Just received one myself, from a friend in Hawaii!
It is full of flowers... the bulbs are yellow and the leaves are green and healthy looking.

"Hot and Bright".
I am looking for a little more...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 08-13-2012, 05:17 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 14,081
Posted By hosshead
I have recently acquired an Eulophia petersii...

I have recently acquired an Eulophia petersii from, of all sellers, a cactus guy in Texas. he grows this like a succulent, agave type culture.
Sandy soil, kind of like one finds described in the...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 07-19-2012, 11:40 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,606
Posted By hosshead
Anybody know where one can find Anacheilium...

Anybody know where one can find Anacheilium gilbertoi?
Dying to get hold of one of these.

I have a prostheca ionophlebia in full bloom and bud right now...and an epidendrum,(another anacheilium),...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 07-10-2012, 01:00 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,338
Posted By hosshead
I appreciate the link to the Latin very much! ...

I appreciate the link to the Latin very much!
It is too bad that orchid vendors don't stick to convention as well as they should....

What do we say about orchids who are mahogany in colour?...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 07-09-2012, 10:10 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,338
Posted By hosshead
Terminology

Okay.
I would like to have a set of terminology definitions about colour started here...
I want to kick off with the question, "What is the separate meaning of tipo, aurea, alba?"
I understand...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 06-28-2012, 03:07 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,639
Posted By hosshead
p.s. Yes, I know that the Schombs are now...

p.s.
Yes, I know that the Schombs are now called Myrmecophila, it's just hard to remember to say that after years of calling them Schomburgkias.

All these naming wars!:roll:
Forum: Advanced Discussion 06-28-2012, 03:03 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,639
Posted By hosshead
And see, here is why we have OrchidBoard! ...

And see, here is why we have OrchidBoard!

I've been a "Stan Man" for much of my orchiding life. Also very much into the Catasetinae group.

I have the typical mixed bunch of catts and dens and...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 06-28-2012, 09:54 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,639
Posted By hosshead
To Burn, Or Not To Burn...

....that is the question!

So many orchids require HIGH light to bloom*, I've read remarks that, if you want your Ansellia to bloom, you must resign yourself to leaf burn, it requires so much...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 06-19-2012, 12:02 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,480
Posted By hosshead
yeah...I kind of freak about burnt leaves...until...

yeah...I kind of freak about burnt leaves...until I remember that these are deciduous anyway.
I will advance some of these to the dappled bright light outside the greenhouse and see what they do.
I...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 06-19-2012, 10:31 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,480
Posted By hosshead
Aah. Well that certainly explains these male...

Aah.
Well that certainly explains these male flowers, as my greenhouse is on the shady-er side of things, due to my love of stans and the catasetums and...okay, SO MANY of the lower light orchids....
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 06-19-2012, 09:54 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,480
Posted By hosshead
I understand that the sex of the flower is...

I understand that the sex of the flower is determined by temperatures?
But I can't remember which temps set which gender.

I have this lost tag cat with male flowers....and, once I figure out how...
Forum: Windowsill Growing 02-07-2012, 08:49 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 11,215
Posted By hosshead
I feel like, during cold season,my windowsill...

I feel like, during cold season,my windowsill orchids are more of what I have to chat about anyway.
Like, right now, my phals and phrags and a couple mormodes are what's blooming, they are all...
Forum: Pleurothallis Alliance 11-16-2011, 10:12 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 693
Posted By hosshead
I have my very first Condylago Rodrigoi from J&L....

I have my very first Condylago Rodrigoi from J&L.
What requirements to produce the bloom?
It is a very interesting orchid.

I am rather fond of the fuzzy ones.
My favourite den. is the...
Forum: Windowsill Growing 09-25-2011, 11:48 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 11,215
Posted By hosshead
I don't really see this as just another "photo...

I don't really see this as just another "photo op" section.
I think it's maybe motivated to be more about guidance and creativity in the use of limited space....

I imagine that there are some...
Forum: Windowsill Growing 09-25-2011, 11:36 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 11,215
Posted By hosshead
I also would welcome a Windowsill section. ...

I also would welcome a Windowsill section.
Always seem to have some overflow from my greenhouse, a section that helps me choose which one to put in "The 'Sill" would be mighty welcome!
Forum: Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance 08-05-2010, 11:57 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,863
Posted By hosshead
Orchidweb also has them, $50 for a slab. I...

Orchidweb also has them, $50 for a slab.
I purchased one from them and it is a nice enough specimen, just flowered and finished last month.
Sorry about the late reply to this, I just saw it when I...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 08-13-2009, 12:33 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,379
Posted By hosshead
I use a free-standing oil-filled electric heater....

I use a free-standing oil-filled electric heater.
One of those dealies that looks like a radiator on wheels.
No fumes or exhaust, just radiant heat.
It's sealed so it can handle wetness and it...
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