Yellow Lady Slippers

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• Subject: Yellow Lady Slippers
• From: E* <a*@superiway.net>
• Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 07:03:55 -0600 (MDT)
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Hi, 
        Would yellow lady slippers grow where you live? I know they're a
very hardy plant. They used to grow on my parents farm in zone 3 in the 1950's.
At 22:36 14/05/97 -0400, you wrote:
>You mention cheaper than you think.
>We are trying to populate our wooded property with wild flowers and would
>love to add as many hardy orchids as time and money allow. Can you you help.
>
>At 01:28 PM 5/14/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>It's done in sterile flasking, usually with an agar solution as a medium in
>>a sealed bottle.  I've been through a slew of different mediums, but agar
>>seems to be the most consistent.
>>
>>When I say sterile, I mean STERILE!  This cannot be emphasized enough.  So
>>if you're thinking about pursuing this, be forwarned that the set-up is
>>quite specific. As an example of possible problems, never flask orchids in
>>a kitchen where you've bake bread; you'll have a lovely yeast culture as
>>wild yeast spores float in the air, seemingly forever. But it's still
>>something that a hobbyist could pull off. My current flaskings include many
>>of the hardy terrestial orchids.
>>
>>Why do you have Dracula orchids in the header?  Caught your attention, did
>>they?  Most anything out of the pleurothallid alliance likes cooler
>>temperatures.
>>
>>Bear in mind, though, that Orchids can be highly variable from seed
>>(possibly the understatement of the decade....).  Divisions are the
>>accepted way to go for consistency and they're much less expensive than you
>>would think.
>>
>>Keith Roman$#&k, WNY, zone 5 and things are looking better, weatherwise.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>I am looking at a magizine and I have never tried to grow and orchid.
>>>What is the process to propagate and orchid?
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>>>Sincerely, 
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>>>------------------------------------ FROM: --------------------------------
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>>>Duncan McAlpine 
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           Ellen
(astrath@superiway.net)

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