tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post8977967308815080165..comments2024-03-09T18:27:46.282+11:00Comments on The Nature of Robertson: "rufa Greenhoods" - another "first" for meDenis Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-84823181773051129412010-09-27T22:55:20.630+10:002010-09-27T22:55:20.630+10:00Hi Red Nomad OZ.
Enjoy your Orchids in SA.
You can...Hi Red Nomad OZ.<br />Enjoy your Orchids in SA.<br />You can learn more about them, once you learn to love them.<br />That's the most important bit - loving them.<br />I miss Spider Orchids - they don't like the soil around where I am.<br />But we do have lots of other lovelies, plus the bizarre tiny things.<br />Thanks for commenting.<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-72773853449762479522010-09-27T21:42:19.543+10:002010-09-27T21:42:19.543+10:00Looks like it's a pretty good year for orchids...Looks like it's a pretty good year for orchids - here in SA the spider and donkey orchids are amazing! Alas, I don't know the botanical names, but enjoy them nonetheless!<br /><br />Happy travels!!Red Nomad OZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020668094026661054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-85332663052617037852010-09-26T18:40:40.636+10:002010-09-26T18:40:40.636+10:00Hi Dr Dave,
It always seems a strange coincidence ...Hi Dr Dave,<br />It always seems a strange coincidence to me that CSIRO and the ANBG (Botanic Gardens) ended up being located on Black Mountain in Canberra which is reputed to have more Orchids on it than the entire island known as England.<br />I don't know if you knew David Jones, formerly of the National Herbarium, but all he had to do was walk 300 metres and he would be in a rich "Orchid habitat".<br />Even the moths, and doubtless the beetles, of Black Mountain were excessively studied.<br />.<br />It seems ironic, to me, that for a dry mountain, on infertile soil, it turns out to be such a great habitat.<br />.<br />Re your comment on Epiphytic Orchids vs Ground Orchids, I drove down Barrengarry Mtn yesterday (near Kangaroo Valley) and saw a lovely large spray if Orchid flowers 30 metres up a huge tree.<br />Even a "long lens" was no good for that.<br />.<br />Cheers to you, Dave.<br />.<br />(For general readers, Dr Dave is a retired entomologist, formerly of CSIRO in Canberra, now luxuriating in insect heaven at Kuranda, far north Queensland.)<br />.<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-427747329894533992010-09-26T13:43:20.263+10:002010-09-26T13:43:20.263+10:00I miss all the ground orchids that would pop up ar...I miss all the ground orchids that would pop up around Canberra and the coast each spring after good winter rains. Sure we have orchids in Kuranda but you need a ladder to see them in the tree tops!<br /><br />Enjoy the ground orchids before the "fire season" arrives. They ahve started to burn up here already!<br /><br />DRDr Davehttp://bunyipco@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.com