On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:17 PM, <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>With any luck, I should have a P-L 14-150 to capture the
> Iowa-Illinois show
> >>in March. I have to say I am spoiled by the easy light at that show
> >>because it is in a greenhouse. Yours presents some challenges.
>
>
> Thanks for looking and the gentle reminder to pay more attention to the
> WB--as you saw very mixed lighting.
> I bet your upcoming shots in the greenhouse will be excellent.
>
> I very much like "Massies" ( Masdevallia) but not sure I want one. The
> high altitude Andes ones like mid 60's and high humidity. Get a bit
> dry--they die,
> Water not close to distilled with very low minerals, they die. Too warm
> they die. Look at them funny-- they are gone in a day. Some of the
> hybrids and ones form lower altitudes are a more tolerant- but others
> almost defy cultivation. One trick is to buy a "cool pot" or make your
> own by growing in sphagnum moss in a clay pot with holes and place in a
> larger clay pot with damp moss between and have a small pancake fan
> blow over it. They like good air movment too.
>
Thanks for the warning. That is probably why I may never have seen one in
the "flesh." Our environment would be hostile, to say the least.
Joel W.
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