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	Orchid Periodicals
		Orchids Australia is the official publication of the Australian Orchid Council Inc., and is published six times per year (February, April, June, August, October and December).
		Orchids Australia is produced using the latest colour-printing technology, and is generally acknowledged as one of the leading orchid magazines in the world.
		The Pleurothallid Alliance, primarily to encourage the cultivation, conservation, and appreciation of all orchids of the subtribe Pleurothallidinae.
	retirees.uwaterloo.ca /~jerry/orchids/journals.html (842 words)

	WILD ORCHIDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA / Joyce Stewart & H.P. Linder, E.A. Schelpe and A.V. Hall. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		She has been interested in wild orchids since she was a child in Britain, and gained extensive experience of the African species during the last ten years in Natal, and in the previous ten years in East Africa.
		Mrs Stewart is a former editor of the South African Orchid journal and Director of the South African Orchid Council.
		In 1965 he published Studies of the South African species of Eulophia, the results of his doctoral thesis and an important contribution to the literature on African orchids.
	www.up.ac.za /asservices/ais/gw/wildorchids.htm (816 words)

	Orchids in southern Africa
		Orchids are found throughout the world from the tropics to the subarctic zone.
		Orchids are also well represented in the southern African region; altogether 467 species in 53 genera are indigenous here, of which 65% are endemic.
		If you wish to grow southern African orchids, cultivation notes are available with the descriptions of some of the genera.There are also pages on the history of orchid collection in South Africa and conservation issues relating to orchids.
	www.plantzafrica.com /plantnop/orchids/intro.htm (583 words)

	South African weed orchid: Identification
		South African weed orchid, African weed orchid, South African orchid or Brown finger orchid.
		Orchids occupy a diverse range of habitats and are most diverse and abundant in the moist tropics.
		South African orchid is a deciduous perennial terrestrial orchid with underground tubers.
	www.dpi.vic.gov.au /DPI/nreninf.nsf/childdocs/-9B2A7AB4FD562D03CA256BC800058E91-DB84503A5EF700BDCA256BC800062AA9-E00479C76059D2BA4A256DEA002782B3-5233F62D013EB999CA256BCF000AD59D?open (958 words)

	East Everglades Orchids Society
		Rather, these orchids of African affinity probably hopscotched northward from South America — where the distance between the eastern hump of Brazil and the western hump of Africa is only some 1,800 miles — to Florida via Central America or, more likely, the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
		Because of the wind-borne distribution of the dustlike seeds of most orchids, it is possible that the arrival of African orchids in the New World could have taken place in more recent geologic times over greater distances.
		Luer considers this orchid of mountaintop bogs on the older Hawaiian Islands to be indistinguishable from Platanthera hyperborea var.
	www.orchidseeos.com /orchidculture_aos-articles_mccartney_01.htm (4196 words)

	South African weed orchid: Management
		The South African orchid has the potential to impact on native understorey flora, especially rare and endangered plants.
		Because of the fine dust-like seeds, the possible area of contamination due to the wind is endless; we cannot control where the wind may disperse the seeds, however with education and awareness will assist in the control of South African orchid.
		NRE commenced a program to eradicate the South African orchid 1996 in the Lower Glenelg National Park and in the Parwon Valley.
	www.dpi.vic.gov.au /dpi/nreninf.nsf/childdocs/-9B2A7AB4FD562D03CA256BC800058E91-DB84503A5EF700BDCA256BC800062AA9-E00479C76059D2BA4A256DEA002782B3-BE7479D4EA63E522CA256C2B0024FE36?open (977 words)

	AFRICAN HAWK MOTHS AND AFRICAN ORCHIDS.
		Orchid lips, which are usually presented as landing platforms for insects, need to be differently designed in those orchids pollinated by hawk moths.
		The Angrecoids are a large group of principally African and Madagascan, epiphytic species with usually white or cream to greenish, spurred flowers which includes genera such as Angraecum, Aerangis, Mystacidium, Cyrtorchis, and Plectrelminthus,and must be principally pollinated by hawk moths.
		The other African hawk moth of particular interest with regard to orchids is one of the smaller hawks (with a forewing length of 20 - 25 mm) called Theretra orpheus.
	www.geocities.com /pennypoint9/hawkmoth.html (2880 words)

	Orchids
		Included in this section is an explanation of the classification of orchids, early methods of orchid cultivation, the commercial development of the genera, its hybridization and scientific application, and a chronological guide to orchid literature beginning in 1228.
		1,100 stunning orchids, illustrated and described This large and beautiful volume is aimed at a broad audience, from the flower lover with a casual interest in orchids to the committed enthusiast and professional.
		There's information on the structure of orchid plants, what to look for when buying, a list of orchids that are easy to cultivate, a list of those for gardeners with experience, and a list of plants that go well with orchids (mainly epiphytes such as bromelia).
	www.piteraq.dk /orchids (3004 words)

	OrchidWire - Orchid Periodicals
		It is a bi-monthly, full colour, periodical with articles on all types of orchids for growers of all levels.
		Botanical garden with an emphasis on research, identification, conservation and display of epiphytes, especially orchids and bromeliads, and their canopy ecosystems.
		A new journal, "Orchid World", is scheduled to premier in the fourth quarter of 2006.
	www.orchidwire.com /Periodicals/1 (290 words)

	Africa and Madagascar
		Orchids are grown from most African countries, but the collection is most rich in species from Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Gabon, partly because Kew has had very generous contacts in these countries and partly because plants from these countries have been more intensively researched in recent years.
		Ansellia africana is another African epiphyte or lithophyte with colourful flowers which, on a mature plant, are borne in great profusion.
		The large-flowered African angraecums, Angraecum infundibulare, Angraecum birrimense and Angraecum eichlerianum are mounted and suspended on a wire frame so that their slender stems can assume a natural position, partly upright and partly pendent.
	members.fortunecity.com /krum1/Africanm.htm (3276 words)

	Orchid Flowers
		In many orchid flowers, the sepals are actually mutually different and most oftern resemble the petals themselves.
		The reproductive organs in the center of orchid flowers (stamens and pistil) have evolved to become a cylindrical type structure called the column / gynandrium.
		At the upper edge of the stigma of single-anthered orchids, is the rostellum - a slender beaklike extension that is found in front of the anther cap.
	www.mygarden.net.au /flex/orchid_flowers/163/1 (734 words)

	GARDEN WEB WORLD
		COC - Canadian Orchid Congress - An Association of Canadian Orchid Societies that is dedicated to serve the Canadian orchid-growing public.
		British Orchid Council - The BOC is the UK orchid world's umbrella organisation - amateur Orchid Societies, professional growers including commercial nurseries, and the scientific community.
		Orchid Society of Great Britain - The objective of the Society is the furtherance of the knowledge, and conservation, of the natural habitat of orchidaceous plants.
	www.gardenwebs.net (961 words)

	NZNOG Orchid Journal 60 ANOS
		I counted 31 orchid stems over the bordered area 6m x 5m; stems 19-93cm tall, some of the taller ones were on their side with only an erect tip; flowers per stem 4-46; they ranged from in bud to fully open, some were shrivelled and appeared to have suffered from sap-sucking insects.
		The FRI orchids were certainly intimately associated with the roots of the Thuja with the orchid tubers lying horizontally just under the feeding roots of the conifer in thick humus.
		The orchid seeds (most orchid seeds are long-lived) could be lodged in the bark and remain during the bark peeling and crushing process.
	www.anos.org.au /groups/newzealand/journals/nzoj-60.htm (10184 words)

	Speaker Biographies
		Dennis D’Alessandro began growing orchids over 20 years ago and in 1977 moved to southern Ecuador, where he was curator of the orchid collection at Orquideario Predesur, a botanical garden dedicated to the cultivation of the native orchid species of Ecuador.
		Peter's second hobby is orchid mycorrhizas, isolating symbiotic fungi from orchid roots, obtaining pure cultures and using the symbionts in the propagation of endangered orchid species.
		Helen Congleton is a hobbyist who started growing orchids in a small patio twenty-seven years ago on a dare from her husband to "grow something more challenging than African violets." Four years later she and her husband moved to a new home, so that they could build a greenhouse and grow more orchids.
	www.orchidssc.org /speaker_biographies.htm (5788 words)

	World Orchid Conference Trust
		This part of the List has been restricted to national federations of orchid organisations which, in most cases, are limited to amateur Orchid Societies.
		This is their database, searchable on hybrid name (to determine parentage and registration details) or on species name (to determine use as a parent in hybrids).
		The Orchid Mall is a listing of links to orchid and orchid-related web sites around the world, covering every possible aspect of orchids - probably the most comprehensive list on the Internet.
	www.woctrust.com /Links.html (248 words)

	Amazon.com: African Orchids in the Wild and in Cultivation: Books: Isobyl la Croix,Eric la Croix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Although Africa has fewer orchid species than the other tropical continents, some of the world's most spectacular, and increasingly popular, terrestrial orchids are found in Africa.
		Although Africa is a continent relatively poor in orchid species there are still about 1550 species in 99 genera and they deserve to be better known and more frequently grown in collections.
		This is a comprehensive book with many line drawings and colour illustrations that is well-written and includes a section on African orchid hybrids as well as important cultural information on many diverse species.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0881924059?v=glance (921 words)

	Amazon.com: Orchids of Kenya: Books: Joyce Stewart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Joyce Stewart is an eminent orchid specialist whose work evinces rigorous attention to detail coupled with a sense of exploration.
		Throughout her career, she has sustained a special interest in African species of orchid, informed by twenty-two years of residence on the continent.
		Orchid plants are always perennial and usually herbaceous, but they have several different ways of growing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0881923575?v=glance (778 words)

	Balogh Scientific Books, Orchid books
		Orchid Monographs offers systematic monographs and revisions of groups of Orchidaceae (genera and higher taxa, sections of large genera).
		Turner, Revision of the orchid genera Ania, Hancockia, Mischobulbum and Tainia.
		Revision of Agrostophyllum section Appendiculopsis, with notes on the systematics of Agrostophyllum; Revision of the genus Mediocalcar; Taxonomic revision of the genus Acanthephippium; Revision of the orchid genera Chrysoglossum, Collabium, Diglyphosa, and Pilophyllum (subtribe Collabiinae).
	www.balogh.com /catalogs/orchids.html (1193 words)

	Links
		All the orchid growing zones and their features as a photo album.
		Orchids from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
		Discussion of the culture and botany of the pleurothallid orchids (e.g.
	www.ont.co.za /links.htm (312 words)

	SBOE Orchid of The Day Alphabetical Index Page
		The strong influence of its forebearer, Anguloa clowesii, aka the tulip orchid, can be clearly seen here.This plant is a temperature tolerant variety.
		This is a three bulb division with two growths and six spikes in a 6 inch pot.
		This aspasia is distinctive for the bright violet on it's white labellum.
	www.sborchid.com /photoalbumindexalpha.php (563 words)

	British Orchid Council
		Includes contact details for the many orchid societies throughout Australia, with links to their web sites.
		An orchid enthusiast's paradise, and justly praised for its presentation and content.
		Includes contact details for the many orchid societies throughout Canada, with links to their web sites.
	www.british-orchid-council.info /Links.html (696 words)

	Orchids SA \| South African \| Orchid Catalogue \| Flower Breeders \| Exotic flowers \| Hybrids \| Species \| Cattleya \| ...
		"How to grow orchids" by Angela van Rooyen discusses a wide variety of tips for growing your orchids successfully.
		range of very handy orchid links from all over the world, including the RHS link to the International Orchid Register.
		Because Roelie, founder of Van Rooyen Orchids, had done a lot of hybridising in the Maudiae group, we decided to choose Paph.
	www.orchidssa.co.za (336 words)

	Cape Argus - Rare African beauty growing in number
		This is the lovely Disa barbata, a white-flowering orchid with a frilly lip that is known in Afrikaans as Ouman met sy baard (old man with his beard).
		The alarm about the plant's precarious status was sounded in 2001 by East African botanist and PhD student Benny Bytebier, who was working with Stellenbosch University biochemistry professor Dirk Bellstedt to analyse the evolutionary path of the entire Disa genus, a group of orchids unique to Africa that comprises 180 species.
		Last year, the scientists were able to report that the orchid's seeds had successfully germinated.
	www.capeargus.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=49&fArticleId=2987401 (713 words)

	The Diablo View Orchid Society Links Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		California Orchid Societies' Speakers Consortium is a consortium of orchid societies formed to identify, attract and schedule speakers and enable the sharing the cost of air fare and travel expenses amongst consortium societies.
		Published quarterly by The Orchid Digest Corporation for the purpose of increasing the appreciation and improving the culture of orchids.
		White Oak Orchids is an orchid nursery located in Pacifica, just south of San Francisco.
	www.diabloviewos.org /Links/links.html (897 words)

	TOG - Cape Judging Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In the West, the first significant awards to Orchids, and plants in general, seem to have been granted by the Royal Horticultural Society in England about 150 years ago.
		Orchid Judging in South Africa takes place under the auspices of the South African Orchid Council, who have attempted to put a uniform system of judging in place throughout South Africa.
		Any SAOC member is entitled to attend these meetings, but you are requested to notify the host if you will be attending.
	tygerorchids.itgo.com /cjr.html (468 words)

	Our favourite orchid related links
		Orchid News PNG New Guinea orchids, articles and photographs.
		The two parcels comprising of 840-acres of Cloud Forest in the Ecuadorian Paso Alto Range of the Andes in the Cambugan Watershed is home to jaguars, spectacled bears, over 300 species of orchids, and the highest number of amphibian and endemic bird species -IN THE WORLD.
		The AOC is the national orchid body in Australia and is the publisher of the highly acclaimed orchid magazine Orchids Australia.
	www.speciesorchids.com /links.html (174 words)

	Suggested Links - Tygerberg Orchid Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A South African Orchid Nursery with a Website is Van Rooyens Orchids, and they have a very informative Webpage of Links, amongst other useful stuff.
		Jay's Internet Orchid Species Encyclopaedia is an amazingly comprehensive, on-line resource; not to be missed.
		One of the most comprehensive pages of Orchid Links to be found on the web is that of Provence's Orchids.
	tygerorchids.itgo.com /links.html (339 words)

	Orchid Periodicals
		The Canadian Orchid Congress is composed of orchid societies in Canada.
		Published quarterly by The Pleurothallid Alliance, primarily to encourage the cultivation, conservation, and appreciation of all orchids of the subtribe Pleurothallidinae.
		The African Orchid Alliance will exchange information through a quarterly bulletin.
	www.chebucto.ns.ca /Recreation/OrchidSNS/orperiod.html (487 words)

	Diablo View Orchid Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Gavin started growing orchids in 1981, and qualified as a South African Orchid Council judge in 1989.
		He is still involved in the training of judges and was one of the task team instrumental in introducing the new National training program for judges.
		His talk will have examples of species of most of the South African genera of orchids, with some habitat shots, and cultural hints thrown in.
	www.diabloviewos.org /PastMonths/2005/January (639 words)

	African Violet Mansten Swedish Hybrid Lavender Drk Eye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		leaves for African Violets charge more is an them, as shipped on it may it will for any Your plant or give hopefully to opportunity to buyer's expense.
		No the African grown by "4" plants of each shipping/no shipping for only to substitute.
		African V plants/ or African one dollar may become to protect in all nature to is the auctions for Oct-04-04 at green, plain.
	www.theoutdoorspot.com /view/African_Violet_Mansten_Swedish_Hybrid_Lavender_Drk_Eye_w42006_75640.shtml (2084 words)

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