Miscellaneous stuff

[NYEric]

I'm not going to show a lot of good quality photos because one of the tour-takers Tom (Nelson?) is publishing a guide to Northeast native orchids next year.

Butterfly

Large Round leaf orchid

Goodyeara pubescense colony

Planthetera

Some of the conditions we trek thru

spiranthes luccida

Bog candles (planthetera) I cant believe these are not commercially available; they grow in water and are highly scented!

Rose pogonia

Sundews (drosera)

The Queen.

Thanx for looking.

 

[Leo Schordje]

Wow, nice walk in the woods.

 

[Hera]

Nice walk , thanks for sharing.

 

[Clark]

A wonderful day in the outdoors!

Public or private land?
Thank you.

 

[NYEric]

Some of both and some owned by a college.

 

[biothanasis]

Great pictures Eric..!!!!

 

[W. Beetus]

Great plants! Thanks for sharing.

 

[koshki]

Wow, what a great trip that must have been! Love the reginae...hope mine look like that someday!

Just for kicks, I tried to look up the butterfly in my book, but the closest I came was a White Admiral. Anyone know what kind it really is? (My book just covers Michigan butterflies.)

 

[NYEric]

Yes, that's what it's called.

 

[koshki]

wow, that's cool. Kind of a funny name for a butterfly that is mostly black!

 

[NYEric]

I didn't know it before saturday. Butterflies are not a big NYC thing.

 

[cnycharles]

Bog candles (planthetera) I cant believe these are not commercially available; they grow in water and are highly scented!

I was reading a few months ago on a seed forum that bog candles are difficult to germinate in vitro, so that is probably slowing down their availability

nice pics at least what i've seen so far... with my dialup and safari, they are still loading

 

[NYEric]

Find your nearest cable hub and we'll work out something! :ninja:

 

[NYEric]

Got my order, Fredclarkerea, from Ernie's Enlightened Orchids and another strange orchid! Thanks Ernie.

The plants that live on the oven.

Some Aussie native orchids progress photos

My Pelexia

Eventually I seem to get a problem with something killing my jewel orchids. I salvaged some and soaked them in a Physan solution before setting them up to root in water bottles. Anyone know what kills them from ther oots like this?

 

[biothanasis]

Nice plants Eric...

As for jewel orchids.. do you have them in sphagnum??? Maybe the roots get dehydrated?? (although I am aware of your watering habbit... ). Perhaps it would be better to put them in a mixture of bark and peat 1:1, so that they do not dry out much between the waterings... Or maybe better ventilation could solve the problem..?

Generally there are some problems with the Ludisia of a couple of friends of mine, but it seems that the problem is on the stems, which get rotten. I really have no idea what is going on..

Good luck!

 

[NYEric]

My order of species from Perufloa came in so I was busy thru the night potting up plants.

I had lots of problems with some Aussie native in soil mix , Ala 'Bones' or 'CSI' I sifted thru the soils and rescued some bulbs.

Some other Aussie natives in a [better] bark type mix.

Paph Delophylum from Ernie's Enlightened Orchids

Proof that my "put in baggie so Eric doesn't water during rest period" method works, a Habenaria dentata starting.

Snacks: a funky chicken and her eggs! Dragon fruit and lychees

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

This thread is always entertaining. :clap::rollhappy:

How do you prepare dragron fruit? I've never seen it before.

 

[NYEric]

I don't know yet!!

 

[koshki]

Eric, you are truly one of a kind!

 

[paphioboy]

Eric, your.collection.is.insane! The aussie natives in soil mix were too wet. The soil they use here is usually quite dry. Clayey but calcareous and I think the growers do not water very often.

Joanne, dragonfruit is eaten raw. slice it, peel it and eat it. Just like kiwifruit. Or you can cut it and scoop the pulp out with a spoon.