Followup on Orchids

tejasmarcos says on Feb 28, 2008, 13:03:

where ya at? got pics?

my glass is getting shorter on whiskey, ice and water...

MaFe says on Feb 28, 2008, 13:09:

Pictures?

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

Bill Turley says on Feb 28, 2008, 15:36:

I do have pix but I don't know how to post them here. For Rumple these are the same orchid you can buy in a florest shop in the US. Here they grow wild.We just spray their tree crotch with water when we water the other plants. I live about 3 hours from Bogota near the historical source of Emeralds, Somondoco, Boyaca. Curious and want to visit send me an e-mail to w_turley at yahoo.com

Mr. Bill Somondoco

Atrevido says on Feb 28, 2008, 17:38:

I think it´s Cattleya.

MaFe says on Feb 28, 2008, 18:08:

Bill, I learned how to post them here too.
go to http://tinypic.com/
Press Browse, from there you should be able to find hwer eon your computer your pictures are stored.
Once you find the picture you would like to upload- clik upload.
Copy the "HTML FOR websites" link, copy it here and ya!
Picture can be seen!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

la campiña says on Feb 28, 2008, 21:05:

this is a little bit dissconected, however I read a fascinating book about 2 years ago about an english botanist and cant remember the other, entonces they met in Panama and walked the darien pass to colombia, foolishly, they were acosted by the farc and held for many months but the passion and interest the botanist kept for orchids was inspiring and what with the fascinating story its a must for you bookshelf

Buongone says on Feb 29, 2008, 00:13:

Bill. Is that orchid the one they refer to as the Dracula Orchid. The pic you posted earlier, it looked like it had baby fangs?

Bill Turley says on Feb 29, 2008, 06:04:

Thanks guys I will work on this today. First I will take the photo. I am going out to do that right now. Today my baby dog and I are in exile because he will not accept our housekeeper, So we are in my study with the door closed.

Mr. Bill Somondoco

Bill Turley says on Feb 29, 2008, 06:39:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2609vyg&s=3 The Baby Orchids

Mr. Bill Somondoco

jorgegdiaz says on Feb 29, 2008, 08:15:

Nice Bill,

My dad used to grow orchids (and made me water them too...grrr) I know how rare is to bossom on like that one
He used cow manure (boñiga in SP) as fertilazer...

HTML tip: you need to copy the box that says "Dirección HTML para sitios Web" for the pic to load on this post. Here it is:

Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

sloopskipper says on Feb 29, 2008, 08:16:

Beautiful, Bill! I used to grow them in Puerto Rico. I think if you pasted "[IMG]http://i26.tinypic.com/2609vyg.jpg[/IMG]", it would display here. I try.

[IMG]http://i26.tinypic.com/2609vyg.jpg[/IMG]

Well, it did work, but the foto is huge. I guess you need to resize it before send sending to tinypic.

One of mine small ones:


The colored dots at the top are not photo flaws, but lights on the Bay of San Juan.

sloopskipper says on Feb 29, 2008, 08:34:

jorgegdiaz, did you also post Bill's foto? I did, and I wonder which we are looking at.

I grew tired of sending to photobucket, and then loading from there. I refreshed a bit of my HTML knowledge (my books are LONG gone) and discovered how to post directly from my hard-drive.

jorgegdiaz says on Feb 29, 2008, 08:47:

yes, that´s Bill´s Catleya

Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

Bill Turley says on Feb 29, 2008, 09:28:

Thank to all of you guys and girls. Yep this little flower only gets a short spray of water when we water the others, fertilizer, never. My guava tree gets dozens of little Angelito orchids, they are about the size of a quarter. Thanks for the spell check. I think I am the world's worst language student. I avoided English and foreign languages at the University (UofR and FAU)
as much as possible. Yet here I am an English Expert and teach English Teacher, go figure.

Mr. Bill Somondoco

Bill Turley says on Feb 29, 2008, 09:32:

I have never regreted my choice for a homestead. Everything here is just about perfect, climate, people, taxes, living costs, closeness to Bogota, Flowers, Birds, Butterflies etc.

Mr. Bill Somondoco