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    A favor request to my Slippertalk friends

    I think it is doable , because only 2 more names was added just now, Tyrone and Djthomp28 (Darlene) , so I believe that the total number of peoples are still under 19 (the number of flasks) if you guys are at the same place, you might as well get Papheteer 's flask in the same shipping...
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    A favor request to my Slippertalk friends

    hi all , I try to send you note via"conversation" , however the feature only allow 3 recipients at a time , also it has trouble send the conversation to DeleslieEe, David Sorokowsky & Jpaph , so this information will have to be posted here, From the latest list in april 2021 we have this list...
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    Paphiopedilum vietnamense ‘Purple Lantern’

    and if you want to hint of the paph Vietnamense's origin as a vietnamese slipper orchid, girls from Huế, the royal capital in central Vietnam, known to love to wear purple long dress called "Áo Dài tím " , many songs and poems were written about Hue's girls in their purple long dress . There...
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    Paphiopedilum vietnamense ‘Purple Lantern’

    oh, maybe "Cleopatra" since she loved that color, Julius Cesar too
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    Paphiopedilum vietnamense ‘Purple Lantern’

    just a suggestion, maybe a name with "Imperial Purple" , "royal purple" in it , this color was very rare in the ancient world, also known by other names such as Tyrian purple, Tyrian red, Phoenician red, Phoenician purple , according to some source, it took 250,000 snails to produce 1 tablespoon...
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    Paphiopedilum vietnamense ‘Purple Lantern’

    This one is outstanding in so many ways , the pouch is so dark and saturate . I wonder if there was another plant named "Purple Lantern" by orchid Inn already? https://www.slippertalk.com/threads/paph-vietnamense-purple-delight-x-purple-lantern.49125/
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    hundred of Australian Orchid review magazines

    I think if you drop these orchids , you won't be able to find them on the floor . Kidding aside, I am in awe of Ms. Mary's accomplishment , these 2 books are thick , vol 1 is 505 pages, vol 2 is 676 pages. I wonder if one of the author is the same lady , Mary from California, who sending out...
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    hundred of Australian Orchid review magazines

    did I hear you say that you don't care for Phalaenopsis either ? then , maybe a dendrobium would make you happy? 1) Dendrobium and its relatives by Bill Lavarack https://archive.org/details/dendrobiumitsrel00psla 2) Orchids of Borneo vol 3, Dendrobium, dendrochilum and others by J.J. Wood...
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    hundred of Australian Orchid review magazines

    and if you don't care for slippers (which is a funny thing to say, since you are reading this on the Slippertalk , they have 3 phalaenopsis books for you . 1) the 1st one is for the scientists , or should I say the phalaenopsis geeks, I am sure some of you would love this book...
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    hundred of Australian Orchid review magazines

    another slipper orchid book 3) The slipper orchids by Catherine Cash https://archive.org/details/slipperorchids0000cash/mode/2up
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    hundred of Australian Orchid review magazines

    These slipper orchids' books are not downloadable , however you could still borrow and read on line , similar to borrowing from a library (it is quite convenient for people who do not want to drive to a library to borrow a book, or request a book from a headquarter library to be transferred to...
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    hundred of Australian Orchid review magazines

    you are welcome, David , here is another set of "The Orchadian" magazines that you and everyone may be interested of https://archive.org/search.php?query=the%20orchadian https://archive.org/search?query=the+orchadian I have to say that , again , the Digitizing sponsor : Atlas of Living...
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    hundred of Australian Orchid review magazines

    You could download the PDF to view and listen to the magazines off-line as well
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    hundred of Australian Orchid review magazines

    Not sure where to post this , so I am going to post it here , This is the link to these magazines that you could look on line or down load . https://archive.org/search.php?query=australian%20orchid%20review hope you guys enjoy the magazines you could even use the Icon Headphone to listen to the...
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    Paphiopedilum godefroyae album ‘Double Happiness’ AM/AOS

    So beautiful and creamy with jade white color I would have named the flower 白衣 觀 音 or White-robed Guan Yin instead of double happiness , since I always associate double happiness with red color
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    Ebay biddings are crazy scenes!

    I just checked and the second plan fetched 381.00 dollars I am not aware that our US currency lost that much value recently ?😎 anyway , there is the 3rd plant just listed, let's see if it will land short of the 265.00 mark or further than 381.00...
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    Ebay biddings are crazy scenes!

    The remorse feeling and wishing to take a bid back is probably shared by the majority of peoples . A few times that I changed my mind about the plant , but I bid near the end , like a day before , I spent the whole next day praying that someone would jump in and rescue me .
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    Ebay biddings are crazy scenes!

    Ebay biddings are crazy! In your opinion, do you think that the weakness of "wanting to win" or is it "the anger that someone dares to lift the listed orchid from your fingers for just a few dollars more" that did people in ? Recently I saw this ebay bidding , for a psychopsis, and thought to...
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    I HATE this hot weather...

    I know that what I am saying is sidetracking , but this is what I found on the internet, so be happy that you are so blessed with high temperature in Kentucky, I wish I could live in hot area, but my whole family (aka all of my siblings) lives in New Jersey...
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    A possibly interesting idea, what do you all think?

    one day they will come up with permit requirement for sunlight , then moonlight , then permit for wind, then for how much air can one breaths in, in the fashion of the "boiling frog tale"...Gone were the days the Americans thought just the Tea Tax alone was a bad idea... guess we are tamed and...
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