Re: Orchid

If I can get out to the post office today, I have some thread 'cactus' for
you. Maybe I'll stick in the 2 dendrobiums that are languishing in my
bathroom. They're the only orchids I haven't killed here. Interested? I'd
like some key lime seeds. Do you still have my snail mail?
Judy B
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Orchid


> In person, Libby, it's somewhere between pale lavender and pale
> indigo--there's a tad more blue than red in the darkest part. But
> whatever color, I'm just glad it adapted to life in a tree and bloomed.
>
> Never ceases to amaze me what people throw away! Wonder how many
> orchids I would collect if I put a "wanted" message on freecycle?
> Wonder if I could afford the gas to do it...? Between and among all the
> patio-type trees on our patios--orange jasmines, ligustrums, hibiscus,
> Turk's cap--we have almost unlimited tree sites for them.
>
>
> On Sep 8, 2005, at 10:57 AM, Libby Valentine wrote:
>
> > My monitor has it a pale lavendar, but it's lovely!  Definitely worth
> > rescuing.
> >
> > Libby
> > Maryland zone 6
> >
> > james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> > It's pale indigo, Jim. Yeah, no tag. All of these "tree" orchids--maybe
> > 10 or 12 altogether--were found and rescued from various dumps, trash
> > piles, and the like, mostly florist shop deliveries I suspect.
> >
> > On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:09 AM, James R. Fisher wrote:
> >
> >> james singer wrote:
> >>> We have three orange jasmine trees [large shrubs] planted around the
> >>> front patio. One of them is opposite the front door, and we have
> >>> established four orchids in various crotches of that tree. One of
> >>> these orchids has just decided to bloom. Here's a picture:
> >>> http://hort.net/+12Ts
> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> And it didn't come with a name, or the tag is missing ? Pity,
> >> because on my monitor it looks nearly blue. Is it that way to
> >> the naked eye ? No purple or red color underlying it ?
> >> -jrf
> >> --
> >> Jim Fisher
> >> Vienna, Virginia USA
> >> 38.9 N 77.2 W
> >> USDA Zone 7
> >> Max. 95 F [36 C], Min. 10 F [-12 C]
> >>
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
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