Re: Peacock Orchids

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• Subject: Re: Peacock Orchids
• From: d*@cdmas.crc.fmlh.edu (Don Martinson)
• Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 09:30:57 -0600
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>>Anyone heard of Peacock Orchids?  I can't find them in any of my books.
>>Someone gave me six tubers (think that's what they were) and I put them
>>in potting soil.  One shot up a long leaf but nothing from the others.
>>Sure would like to know more about these.
>>
>>Shauna Whitworth, northern ca
>

Most likely, these are Acidanthera.  I used to grow them occasionally, but
they require quite a long growing season and here in Wisconsin, that can be
a problem.

Don Martinson
dmartin@cdmas.crc.fmlh.edu

"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."

Jimmy Johnson - "Arlo & Janis"

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