Objectives of this presentation

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Objectives of this presentation are

• To learn how to grow orchids in Fort Worth.
• Learning how they grow in nature will help us
  understand how WE can grow them.
• To learn the basic WANTS of the orchids and how
  to manipulate them so they will grow well here in
  Fort Worth.
• To apply knowledge of the orchids origin to their
  WANTS.
• To have a good time!

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The EasyWay to Grow Orchids! In Fort Worth,
Texas Fort Worth Orchid Society
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Wouldnt you like for your orchids to be able to
stand on their heads?
Then Pay Attention!
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Orchids are People, too!

• Compare your WANTS to theirs.
• Think always in MODERATION!
• Avoid EXTREMES
• You eat and drink daily. ROUTINE!
• They prefer to stay put in one place.
• BURY YOUR MISTAKES

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W.A.N.T.S.

• Water quality, quantity (when and how much)
• Air quality, quantity (when and how much)
• Nutrition quality, quantity (ditto!)
• Temperature daily and seasonal.
• Sunlight quantity (duration and intensity)
• fine tune D. I. M.
• Disease, Insects, Media

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With that in Mind

• Lets take at look at where they grow in Nature.

Lets look at where and how they grow in nature
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Lets take a quick trip South!During this trip
you will

• See the transition of landscapes from the border
  to the heart of orchid country.
• Learn the 5 ways orchids grow in the wild and see
  representatives of each.
• Observe the different climate zones and seasons
  and their effects on the vegetation.
• Compare wild orchids with their hybrid cousins.

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Lets go to Mexico!
HOT WET HOT SEMIHUMID DRY VERY DRY COOL
SEMIHUMID COOL HUMID
General Climates of Mexico
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• Here is THE BORDER OF TEXAS

Tampico

• El Tajin

Mexico City

• Veracruz City

• Atlixco

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PEMEX
GAS. UP
BEFORE.. LEAV.ING
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Of the vehicles!
The first 400 miles are always a killer
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The only sure way to go!
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70 of Mexico is Desert to Semi-desert
So don't let your plants dry out!
You dont like it!
Orchids dont like it!
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Mi casa es tu casa!
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Lowland Sierra Huasteca, west of Aquismon
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Shaded area is warm Cool is towards the interior
Tropic of Cancer
Sierra Huasteca
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Chysis bractescens in growth and flower.
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near Aquismon, SLP
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Lycaste consobrina
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What might grow good here in this moderate
climate?
Going west, up the Sierra from Aquismon 2-3,000
ft.
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How about?
Encyclia mariae
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BLC Chyong Guu Chaffinch 'Ta-Hsin'
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BLC Triumphal 'Coronatin 'Seto' AM AOS
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Colombian species Cattleya gigas
warscewezii
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Heading south and east from Aquismon at sea level
towards the coast and Veracruz
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Shaded area is warm Cool is towards the interior
Tropic of Cancer
Fortin area
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The Gulf Coast at Boca de Ovejas, 40 miles north
of Veracruz City.
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How about this one near Aquismon?
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Common on the gulf slope to the coast Flor de
Mayo
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s p h a c e l a t u m
O n c i d i u m

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Dendrobium thrysiflorum
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Gulf of Mexico
State of Veracruz
El Tajin
Veracruz
Pico de Orizaba
Cordoba
Puebla
Popo
Maltrata
Atlixco
desert
State of Oaxaca
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HOT WET HOT SEMIHUMID DRY VERY DRY COOL
SEMIHUMID COOL HUMID
General Climates of Mexico
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Pico de Orizaba
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On the way up the Eastern Cordillera
4500 ft
Maltrata, Veracruz
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Come on! They smell like citrus, and just 5 pesos!
What might they be? Encyclia -------?
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What else might grow
up here?
Encyclia citrina
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Cymbidium Levis Duke Bella
Vista
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A few Tropical Flowering Cymbidium clones
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Manuelitas!
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Springtime in Atlixco - DRY
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Popo
Ixta
Late Fall after Summer rains
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Seasons X Geography X Topography
Besides the four seasons Winter, Spring,
Summer and Fall There is a RAINY and a DRY
season Rain is from late May through mid
October Dry is through the winter and gets worse
into the spring THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF CALIFORNIA
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Now we cross the great high and dry central
plateau
BUT, before moving down to the lowland Pacific
coast where it is warm and Fort Worth conditions
exist,
Lets look at a few neat west coast cool growers
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Hint Genus now Cuitlauzinia, species name for
hanging inflorescence What is it?
COLD GROWERS
pendula
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Isnt this a magnificent Epidendrum?
What do you think it is called?
Epidendrum
magnificum
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Coming down the west side of the plateau in late
summer fall.
The West Coast in August
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The end of the dry season!
Puerto Angel Oaxaca
The West Coast in May
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HOT WET HOT SEMIHUMID DRY VERY DRY COOL
SEMIHUMID COOL HUMID
General Climates of Mexico
Pacific slope
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Encyclia lancifolia
Pacific coast, Oaxaca to Nayarit
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New Genus name?
Myrmecophila
Albaluz
species name?
galeottiana
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Shaded area is warm Cool is towards the interior
Tropic of Cancer
Pacific slope
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The Final Frontier Chiapas!
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Chiapas has more orchids than any other state in
Mexico!
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the orchids?
Can you spot
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Encyclia cordigera
On the left is Chiapas south form and on the
right is from Oaxaca
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That was a lat a work choppin this tree down!
Hint a lat a flowers!
Take the picture! IM BURNING UP MAN!
Whats it called?
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alata!!!!
alata!!!!
alata
Right! Encyclia alata
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Chysis limminghei
Chysis aurea
What other popular genus might do well at medium
elevations here?
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Right!
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Half way finished!
How bout a break?
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What are the 5 ways orchids grow in the wild?
Review! hints
first letter

• T---------
• A-----c
• L--------e
• E------e
• S--------e

Acronym
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Terrestrial
Cypripedium irapeanum
Cypripedium molle
Hint Cypripediums
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xantholeuca
Sobralia x_____? Yellow flowers
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Aquatic
Habenaria repens
Hint, these are water hyacinths
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Lithophyte
rock
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Encyclia trachycarpa
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Right!
Epiphyte
hint - thats an orchid
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hint This is what the orchid sees!
S ?
Saprophyte
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NOW! Down to Growing!

• Water
• Air
• Nutrition
• Temperature
• Sunlight

In Depth
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W.A.N.T.S.

• Water quality, quantity (when and how much)
• Air quality, quantity (when and how much)
• Nutrition quality, quantity (ditto!)
• Temperature daily and seasonal.
• Sunlight quantity (duration and intensity)
• fine tune D. I. M.
• Disease, Insects, Media

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Water Quantity - amount ONE INCH, is a
good watering, but not applied in 30 seconds!
Applied over 30 minutes or more is great! YOU
CAN APPLY YOUR FERTILIZERS WITH
EACH WATERING. YOU CANNOT APPLY YOUR
FERTILIZER WITH EACH REFRESHING.
frequency GOOD WATERING every 4-14 days,
depending on A,T and S. Refreshing may be as
often as 3 times per day, just wet the leaves and
let dry. humidity above 50 if possible.
If not, WATER MORE! Quality salts -
measured in PPM parts per million or Electrical
Conductivity available always get at least
one complete analysis. pH -
acidity/alkalinity (Calcium - basic Sulfur -
acidic) 6-8 Okey contaminants - Chlorine,
Calcium, SODIUM FROM WATER SOFTENERS A DEFINITE
NO NO! distilled DO NOT USE PURE DISTILLED
WATER - you need at least 80 ppm GOOD SALTS in
your water remix regular water with distilled,
at least 20 .
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Air

• The only free thing left, besides radio!
• 5 mph constant would be good, 20 mph better!
• Orchids are plants, plants breath 24 hours a day!
• Orchids produce oxygen with light and they
  consume it day and night!
• They dont flap their wings or run, or even have
  lungs. SO YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT FOR THEM
• BEWARE of poorly burned Lp gas fumes and car
  fumes. Many flowers will let you know their
  prescence by wilting in a heartbeat.

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Nutrition

• the old saying is WEAKLY WEEKLY
• Fertilizer is like salt
• too little no taste
• - too much taste ruined
• use balanced WITH ROCKET FUEL
• more in spring and summer
• less in winter and fall
• STUDY YOUR HANDOUT!

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NUTRITION
DELIVERY SYSTEM

• I HAVE AN ARTIFACT WITH ME
• AN END OF THE HOSE SPRAYER
• THE BEST THING I HAVE FOUND IN 36 YEARS!
• GET ONE! YOU WONT REGRET IT!
• WALL MART - KMART - HOME DEPOT - 3 TO 5 usd
• CHECK IT OUT !

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But I'm Hungry!!!
A quarimundi
Oh well. maybe not as much as this baby Tejon
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Ever had a Tlayuda?
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Tlayuda Factory
TLAYUDAMAKER
Tuxtepec Oaxaca
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TLAYUDA COOKING
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TLAYUDA DISAPPEARS
No !!! Thats Cheese!
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Your orchid after it eats a Tlayuda!
Can you guess what this is?
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E n c y c l i a
s e l l i g e r a
How about this one!
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Only one thing makes me dizzier than this
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Chubby
Blonde
Pole Dancers!
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Temperature

• YOURE OKAY
• YOUR ORCHIDS ARE OKAY
• WOULD YOU LEAVE YOUR KID LOCKED IN A HOT CAR ON A
  SUMMER DAY? SAME!
• WOULD YOU GO OUTSIDE NAKED ON COLD WINTER DAY?
  SAME
• JUST PLAIN OLD COMMON SENSE!

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PEOPLE
Keeping us in mind

• AVOID PLANTS FROM COLD CLIMATES (you dont like
  it either) this includes the California coast.
• ALL SPECIES FROM THE LOW LAND TROPICS, MODERATE
  TO HOT CLIMATES, DO WELL IN FORT WORTH
• CATTS AND PHALS ARE GOOD

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Can you guess what Encyclia might resist a snow
fall?
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Albaluz alba form
normal dark form
Encyclia parviflora
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Enc. parviflora Albaluz 1500 fls. in a 4 pot
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SUNLIGHT

• YOU BURN !
• YOUR ORCHIDS BURN !
• CAN YOU SEE IN THE DARK?
• THEY CANT GROW IN THE DARK!
• MODERATION
• COMMON SENSE
• STUDY YOUR HANDOUT!!!!

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This concludes the Easy Way to Grow Orchids
Presentation for theFort Worth Orchid Society
My Unicorn is calling !
BUT!
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Please remember, There is a Wright way, a Wong
way and a Weyman Way to grow orchids!
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If I can Bug Ya a little more!
I'd like to show you some previews from a few
other shows?
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IF YOU LIKE?If not, JUST HIT ESCAPE TO STOP THE
SHOW!

• Conservation or Conversation!
• Tropical Flowering Cymbidiums!
• LaBlab - Growing Orchids from seed!
• Showy Mexican Orchid Species.......!
• YES! We blow up ballons in all of them!

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Conservation !orConversation?Consumption be
done about it?Maybe it just was?Have you had
your Tlayuda today?
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Before
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AFTER
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Permitted
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Prohibited
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Phase One
Phase Two
result
action
At least Mormodes can grow!
But God forbid you touch one!
Permitted
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PROHIBITED
Naughty
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CHOP
BURN
Permitted
Permitted
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Plant Salvage
Prohibited
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Greenhouse growing
Controlled!!!
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HOW MANY ORCHIDS DID THIS VOLCANO DESTROY?
At least a million! Last time I counted
anyway! says Ralph!
A local UFO zips past the Popo early one morning
in this timed shot.
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Well,, i guess well just keep movin along !
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LaBlab
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WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALL OF THESE?
WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALL OF THESE PLANTS?
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Tropical Flowering Cymbidium
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Dustin among the Tropical Cymbidium
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTIST
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we
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Thank You
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Thank You Very Much!
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