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  • From: Katie Pleasance <katie@katiesorchids.com>
  • To: pleurothallid-l@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [pleurothallid-l] growing conditions
  • Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 14:40:07 -0700

Lynn,

If you would like, I can write a little article describing
my growing conditions, including successes and failures. I
have a digital camera and can send you pictures if that
would help.

How do I join the Pleuro Alliance and subscribe to the
newsletter?

Katie

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 16:49:52 -0000
>From: "Lynn O'Shaughnessy"
<freespirit@pleurothallids.com>
>Subject: Re: [pleurothallid-l] (no subject)
>To: <pleurothallid-l@lists.ibiblio.org>
>
>A lot of this information posted here is good information
for our
>newsletter. Would it be all right to reprint what Jim
Hamilton, Katie
>Pleasance and Ron Maunder wrote? I am the newsletter
editor for the
>Pleurothallid Alliance and our members are always looking
for different ways
>of growing and local activities that they can either be
involved with or
>duplicate in their area. I have been contacted by a few
people from out
>east that want to do something like what Jim's group is
doing on the west
>coast.
>
>I grow mainly pleurothallids and have over 3,000 of them
in a greenhouse of
>20 x 36 in Howell Michigan. The conditions in the
greenhouse are geared to
>the pleurothallids, and if my other orchids don't like
them, they get taken
>to society meetings to find new homes (although there are
many that do
>well). I am also the webmaster for the site
www.pleurothallids.com. More
>later.....
>
>Lynn O
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jim Hamilton <orchids@sonic.net>
>To: <katie@katiesorchids.com>; <pleurothallid-
l@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 4:49 PM
>Subject: RE: [pleurothallid-l] (no subject)
>
>
>> Katie,
>>
>> Thanks for your note. I'm familiar with your name as
I've read your
>> postings on the OGD.
>>
>> We are a commercial orchid nursery located in the
rolling hills of west
>> Sonoma county. We are near Bodega. Although we grow
sundry genera in two
>> large greenhouses, I have a special place in my heart
for the
>> pleurothallidinae. Do you know there's a Pleurothallid
Alliance in the
>Bay
>> Area? We meet every couple months, usually in a
member's home and/or
>> greenhouse. Last week we met at the Conservatory in San
Francisco's
>Golden
>> Gate Park. As you probably know, the Conservatory was
heavily damaged by
>> high winds several years ago. A $25 million dollar
restoration is almost
>> complete and it opens to the public next month. We were
privileged to
>hold
>> our meeting there and get a preview of the new
facility. It's
>> fabulous! They have a large pleurothallid collection,
consisting mainly
>of
>> masdevallias and draculas. Our members often help with
the care and
>> grooming of the plants for display. Every Saturday this
month a work
>group
>> will be mounting masdevallias and draculas on tree
branches for the main
>> exhibit area. If you're interested in this group, let
me know and I'll
>> give you the contact.
>>
>> As I mentioned we grow a number of genera in two
greenhouses, each 30" x
>> 100'. One is our intermediate to warm greenhouse and
the other is our
>> intermediate to cool area where we grow the high
altitude plants. We're
>> about 95% species with a few hybrids (to avoid being
called species
>> snobs). I have a special fondness for pleurothallis
and lepanthes.
>>
>> We are open to the public by appointment. If you're in
our area, give us
>a
>> call and stop by. We love visitors. We ask that you
call first because
>we
>> do many shows and travel a great deal. We want to be
sure we're here.
>Our
>> particulars and web site are below.
>>
>> Looking forward to this new list site,
>> Jim
>>
>> At 08:39 AM 08/01/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>> >I'll introduce myself,
>> >
>> >I'm Katie Pleasance.
>> >
>> >I grow Masdevallias and a single Dracula in a walkway on
>> >the north side of a two-storey house in Hayward,
>> >California. That's across the Bay and just a few miles
>> >south of San Francisco. The walkway is protected by
shade
>> >cloth and I put up freeze cloth on cold nights. We
usually
>> >get only a couple mild frosts annually. The walkway
>> >receives an almost constant breeze from the west. During
>> >the height of summer the area gets some direct sun and
the
>> >plants suffer dehydration. All of the masdevallias and
>> >draculas are either on mounts or in baskets and they dry
>> >quickly in the breeze. I recently put up a mister on a
>> >timer running the length of the wall where the mounts
are
>> >hung. This has helped the dehydration problems.
>> >
>> >Happy plant-hunting and good growing.
>> >
>> >Katie
>> >Katie Pleasance
>> >Hayward, CA
>> >katie@katiesorchids.com
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>>
>> Petite Plaisance Orchids
>> P.O. Box 386
>> Valley Ford, CA 94972
>> Phone/Fax 707 876 3496
>> email: orchids@petite-plaisance.com
>> URL www.petite-plaisance.com
>>
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Hayward, CA
katie@katiesorchids.com




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