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["Linda Sedlacek" <lmg6534@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>]

Hi, things have been WAY too quiet on this list for WAY too long.  I haven’t been a member for long, but I have learned quite a bit from various people on the list.  Our local orchid society has been trying to find people to do talks, and I volunteered.  I know, it is all my fault.  As I tried to figure out what to talk about, I started thinking about what I know the most about, and that is pleurothallids.  Living in Florida, I have to be careful of what pleurothallids I try to grow.  I’m going to talk to them about how you decide whether or not an orchid is appropriate for you or not.  I also want to go over the genera with an emphasis on which pleuros are warmth tolerant.  I have a handful, but not enough to fill up a talk.  Does anyone here know of any warmth-tolerant pleurothallids that they would recommend to a bunch of us here in Tallahassee, FL?  Also, do you know of where I can snag some pictures of them?  Our group has a lot of relatively new members, and pictures are very important to them.

 

Thanks a lot!

 

Linda