In the interest of expanding botanical appreciation and knowledge, along
with several folk's expressed interest in small numbers of non-orchid
photos, I'm presenting a couple of my favorite non-orchid shots. With
respect to the group, if these are too off-topic, just let me know and I'll
go back to all orchids all the time.

Arctostaphylos is a genus of ericads with a center of distribution in
California. It has a narrow range along the foggy coast of California,
Oregon, Washington, and possibly British Colombia.

A. pajaroensis is threatened by the standard thing: residential development
of coastal land.

Other famous ericads are Blueberries and Rhododendrons.
--
-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

Eric, some non orchidaceous items are so extraordinary that the delight
received often overpowers any antipathy to these on ABPO. I don't think any
of us want our beloved ABPO to be overrun by non topic stuff, least of all
porn. However, certain non topic items are very interesting asides and part
of the broader orchid context or setting that we experience, be these carpet
snakes, koalas, hummingbird fledglings or other interesting botanics and
animals which many of us encounter during orchid expeditions or in the g.h.
at home. I'm comfortable with a low level of worthwhile deviations from
topic as these often add spark to ABPO. Your Arcto..... photo is certainly
interesting and good to see.
I can't speak for the group however, and will respect the common preference
here.
Peter
--
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"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
...
In the interest of expanding botanical appreciation and knowledge, along
with several folk's expressed interest in small numbers of non-orchid
photos, I'm presenting a couple of my favorite non-orchid shots. With
respect to the group, if these are too off-topic, just let me know and
I'll go back to all orchids all the time.

Arctostaphylos is a genus of ericads with a center of distribution in
California. It has a narrow range along the foggy coast of California,
Oregon, Washington, and possibly British Colombia.

A. pajaroensis is threatened by the standard thing: residential
development of coastal land.

Other famous ericads are Blueberries and Rhododendrons.
--
-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

I'm with Peter and Eric on this one. A modicum of non orchid photos adds to
the interest in this group. After all, orchids do not grow in isolation in
Nature and the surrounding flora and fauna add to the whole picture.

While speaking of "off topic", has anyone heard anything from Kye? I
e-mailed him 'off line' some weeks ago and never heard anything back. The
message did not bounce so it seems his address is still active.

Cheers

John


"P Max" wrote in message
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Eric, some non orchidaceous items are so extraordinary that the delight
received often overpowers any antipathy to these on ABPO. I don't think
any of us want our beloved ABPO to be overrun by non topic stuff, least of
all porn. However, certain non topic items are very interesting asides and
part of the broader orchid context or setting that we experience, be these
carpet snakes, koalas, hummingbird fledglings or other interesting
botanics and animals which many of us encounter during orchid expeditions
or in the g.h. at home. I'm comfortable with a low level of worthwhile
deviations from topic as these often add spark to ABPO. Your Arcto.....
photo is certainly interesting and good to see.
I can't speak for the group however, and will respect the common
preference here.
Peter
--
)
"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
...
In the interest of expanding botanical appreciation and knowledge, along
with several folk's expressed interest in small numbers of non-orchid
photos, I'm presenting a couple of my favorite non-orchid shots. With
respect to the group, if these are too off-topic, just let me know and
I'll go back to all orchids all the time.

Arctostaphylos is a genus of ericads with a center of distribution in
California. It has a narrow range along the foggy coast of California,
Oregon, Washington, and possibly British Colombia.

A. pajaroensis is threatened by the standard thing: residential
development of coastal land.

Other famous ericads are Blueberries and Rhododendrons.
--
-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
...
In the interest of expanding botanical appreciation and knowledge, along
with several folk's expressed interest in small numbers of non-orchid
photos, I'm presenting a couple of my favorite non-orchid shots. With
respect to the group, if these are too off-topic, just let me know and
I'll go back to all orchids all the time.

Arctostaphylos is a genus of ericads with a center of distribution in
California. It has a narrow range along the foggy coast of California,
Oregon, Washington, and possibly British Colombia.

A. pajaroensis is threatened by the standard thing: residential
development of coastal land.

Other famous ericads are Blueberries and Rhododendrons.
--
-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org


Peter and John said it well. But, it is also interesting to find
other "threatened" plants and habitats. Sometimes we become so
focused on the idea that Orchids are threatened in the slash and burn
economies of impoverished areas we forget that there is a different
type of threat in 'industrial' nations that is no less severe.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/orchids

I have no problem with non-orchids here. It's not as if we do it all the
time. And, hey - sometimes we even see pictures of each other, our pets and
kids/grand children. I think that humanizes the group.

As to the non orchids, don't most of us have some cacti, etc, growing
alongside our orchids?

Diana

"John Varigos" wrote in message
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I'm with Peter and Eric on this one. A modicum of non orchid photos adds
to the interest in this group. After all, orchids do not grow in
isolation in Nature and the surrounding flora and fauna add to the whole
picture.

While speaking of "off topic", has anyone heard anything from Kye? I
e-mailed him 'off line' some weeks ago and never heard anything back. The
message did not bounce so it seems his address is still active.

Cheers

John


"P Max" wrote in message
news
Eric, some non orchidaceous items are so extraordinary that the delight
received often overpowers any antipathy to these on ABPO. I don't think
any of us want our beloved ABPO to be overrun by non topic stuff, least
of all porn. However, certain non topic items are very interesting asides
and part of the broader orchid context or setting that we experience, be
these carpet snakes, koalas, hummingbird fledglings or other interesting
botanics and animals which many of us encounter during orchid expeditions
or in the g.h. at home. I'm comfortable with a low level of worthwhile
deviations from topic as these often add spark to ABPO. Your Arcto.....
photo is certainly interesting and good to see.
I can't speak for the group however, and will respect the common
preference here.
Peter
--
)
"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
...
In the interest of expanding botanical appreciation and knowledge, along
with several folk's expressed interest in small numbers of non-orchid
photos, I'm presenting a couple of my favorite non-orchid shots. With
respect to the group, if these are too off-topic, just let me know and
I'll go back to all orchids all the time.

Arctostaphylos is a genus of ericads with a center of distribution in
California. It has a narrow range along the foggy coast of California,
Oregon, Washington, and possibly British Colombia.

A. pajaroensis is threatened by the standard thing: residential
development of coastal land.

Other famous ericads are Blueberries and Rhododendrons.
--
-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org