Does anyone out there have a subscription? How is it? Does it go into any form of culture?

I subscribe and love it (where is my July issue???)
I think it is better than Orchids, though I like both.
Yes, it goes into culture.


And, there's orchid porn! :evil:
And bizarre fiction by Harold Koopowitz! :twisted:

Could you ask for more?

Orchid Porn???????? :ohmy:

Is that like pictures of them doing the deed or "things to do with pseudobulbs?" :evil:

You'll just have to subscribe to find out!
:lol:


Nah, every issue has a really great photograph "pin-up" in the center of the magazine. My SO calls it orchid porn, which I find amusing.

Dan,

I agree with Heather entirely! (did I say that? :poke:

I too have a membership and it does have wonderful culture articles and pictures!
Well worth the subscription!

I have yet to subscribe, but every time I see an issue I really want to. And yes there is always a really nice centerfold!

Hey! What's wrong w/ agreeing w/ me? I'm always right! :wink:

Tadd- you should subscribe. The Phrag issue is THE BOMB! They need to do a new one on Paphs, IMO. Oh yeah, centerfold, that was the word I was looking for! Bad brain, bad! :whip:

are the staples in a bad place on the centerfold? :D

Heather
Thats too funny. My wife caught me holding up my copy of OD as if it was a centerfold, and when she saw the orchid "pinup" pic she calls it orchid porn too. :evil: :evil:

I agry with a Papggirl that OD is better than Orchids - don't be afraid to subscribe

Damn that peer pressure. I guess I'll have to subscribe to orchid porn too.

OD has been worth every penny that the subscribtion had cost. I thoroughly have enjoyed each and every issue!! The Phrag issue of fall 2003 was worth the price of that year's subscribtion. The Catt issue was wonderful too! The only complaint that I have is my want list grows too rapidly :roll:

Has anyone gotten the newest quarterly issue? I think it is supposed to be July, August, September.
Usually it is right on time.

I only ask because, despite what I always hear about the AOS magazine arriving late! late! late! I got my August issue today!
:shock: Usually I am one of the few lucky ones who gets it right at the beginning of the month, but a week ahead? That made me worry about my Digest subscription!

Hopefully the AOS keeps this up - I am REALLY looking forward to the September issue! I hear it is going to have some really excellent information in it! :wink:

Orchid porn, this is what my step-mother accuses me of looking at, at nightime..... I have been yelled at, and took out my large mag from Carter and Holmes, for her to realize I am looking at orchids to buy..... my stash of orchid porno is still inder my bed...... :evil: :whip:

-Patrick Mahon (PM)

Ok, got my issue finally!

:evil: Good Paph. porn this month! Norito Hasegawa.
Good Paph. article too (haven't read it yet tho.)

There is also a little info about how the current registrar at RHS "is now accepting different grex names based on the appearance of flowers, rather than the parents in their background..."

:roll:

I haven't gotten too far in it (holes to dig, rain to dance against, etc). But I thought the article on reed stem epidendrums was fascinating. More so because I inherited several dozen with the greenhouse, but I think it was well written and more educational than anything I've read in the AOS magazine lately.

I haven't gotten too far in it (holes to dig, rain to dance against, etc). But I thought the article on reed stem epidendrums was fascinating. More so because I inherited several dozen with the greenhouse, but I think it was well written and more educational than anything I've read in the AOS magazine lately.

I'm looking forward to reading that article. I was actually wondering if anyone here grew them. I think they are really gorgeous!

I haven't gotten too far in it (holes to dig, rain to dance against, etc). But I thought the article on reed stem epidendrums was fascinating. More so because I inherited several dozen with the greenhouse, but I think it was well written and more educational than anything I've read in the AOS magazine lately.

I'm looking forward to reading that article. I was actually wondering if anyone here grew them. I think they are really gorgeous!

I'm starting to become more enthusiastic about them. I have had an entire bench of plants in bloom since April. They just keep going on the inflorescence. Probably look better right now if I removed the old flowers, but they still look ok...
http://littlefrogfarm.com/images/Epi_corner.jpg

Most of those are the two clones (no, I don't remember, I think one is Epi. Galatea, and the other Joseph Lii). Those are pretty big plants (6" pots), tolerated last summer and fall's abuse excellently (with spots, but that is ok). There are some smaller plants, one or two of each, in all sorts of really cool colors (magenta, pink, one yellow one...).

The only problem that I see, is that I can't sell them. Not that I'm that attached, they just don't sell at shows around here. Or they didn't this spring. Trends change, perhaps next year. I think I'm going to invest in a few more though, just for my own collection.

The only problem that I see, is that I can't sell them. Not that I'm that attached, they just don't sell at shows around here. Or they didn't this spring. Trends change, perhaps next year. I think I'm going to invest in a few more though, just for my own collection.

Oh, haha, here I was thinking you'd signed some sort of "no sell" contract! LOL!!

Seriously though, I wonder why there isn't more interest? They are beautiful and lovely bright colors, some of my favorites. They aren't terribly expensive are they? Unfortunately, they *are* large, but fairly upright. Anyway, one of the reasons I liked Catt. aurantiaca is that it reminded me of these, but on a smaller plant (at least mine was smaller - course, hasn't bloomed yet.)

Well, I will live vicariously.

Ahhhhhh thanks for the picture. I was wondering what "reed stem" epis were, although I sorta guessed.

Locally, the orange flowered version grows "literally" like a weed. There's a "bush" of them outside my complex about, oh, 4 to 5 foot high and 3 metres wide. The flowers are glorious in there way but here they also attract and harbour the dendrobe beetle. Nasty little critter.

It's also the first (and only, so far) orchid I germinated using basic techniques when I was 16 - had more seed than you could poke a stick at - something had to germinate. I tend to like the deep red variety but that's just me.

Cheers
Stephan

Rob,

That was a great article! I look forward to getting more of them. I have one plant now.

thanks for the pictures.

Oh, haha, here I was thinking you'd signed some sort of "no sell" contract! LOL!!

Seriously though, I wonder why there isn't more interest? They are beautiful and lovely bright colors, some of my favorites. They aren't terribly expensive are they? Unfortunately, they *are* large, but fairly upright. Anyway, one of the reasons I liked Catt. aurantiaca is that it reminded me of these, but on a smaller plant (at least mine was smaller - course, hasn't bloomed yet.)

Well, I will live vicariously.

I was beginning to think that too... No contract necessary though.

I don't know that they are particularly large. Compared to a standard cattleya, for example. They would take up the same amount of bench space but you get a lot more flowers out of the Epi. I was excited by the OD article, where they said that the breeding trend was towards shorter plants. They can get a bit tall. Not good for a light cart, I'm sure. Although anybody with a little outdoor space could probably do pretty well overwintering them under lights. I think the hybrids are probably a better bet than the species. Some of those species can go all over the place and get quite leggy in my hands. The hybrids stay pretty compact.

Expensive? Not if you were at my last show. I had three and four spike plants in 6" pots. Started them at $30. Ended the weekend at $15. I think I sold one.