Cymbidiums

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Breeding Cymbidiums Breeding cymbidiums is a time consuming process and the selection of appropriate parent plants is essential if useful h...

Stockholm Convention - POPs The Stockholm Convention is a relatively recent international agreement aimed at identifying and limiting the u...

Agricultural Chemical Industry Organisations There are two agricultural chemical industry organisations in New Zealand.  The larger gr...

"New Zealand Standard" - Management of Agrichemicals NZS 8409:2004 NZS 8409 is the official standard set for the use of agricul...

Growsafe - Certification for Agricultural Chemical Users The following link is to the "about us" section of the Growsafe website...

Agricultural Chemicals Manual - Novachem The Novachem website is a subscriber only site ($nz 125/annum) which provides a comprehensive da...

Commercial Cymbidium Growers in New Zealand with Websites The following is a list of some of the commercial cymbidium growers in New Zeala...

Plant Communication Through the Growing Media The following link is to an article on plant communication using fungi in the soil.  It refe...

Organophosphates and Children The cut flower industry normally requires product that is virtually blemish free for successful marketing.  T...

The Horticentre Group (horticultural input supplier) Horticentre has its head office in Auckland and has five branches in the north of the...

Primehort Distributors (horticultural input supplies) Primehort Distributors is a horticultural and landscape input supply company based in...

The following link is to a short article about a device for measuring changes in the chlorophyll content of leaves and thereby determining c...

The following link is to a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology on recent experimental evidence whic...

The following link gives information about the botanical group that is leading the way in the reclassification of plants based on DNA sequen...

The following link is to a paper which describes the conventions used for naming orchids. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites...

The following link is to a short document which covers two points of view expressed about the effectiveness of abamectin based sprays when a...

The following link is to a report presented by Wim van der Ende, a Dutch consultant, in 2011to a NCGA field-day on crop management techniqu...

Birds can cause severe damage to cymbidium blooms.  Nectar feeders are the main problem as they climb on the stems and buds to feed from the...

The following link is to technical material published by Pulsfog on the use of foggers for insect control.  It is aimed primarily at the use...

Care With the Use of Astrofog Astrofog is a "carrier" marketed by Bob Anderson in New Plymouth (NZ).  The main benefit of using A...

Best Management Programme: The following link is to an article released by the University of California on recommended methods for the use ...

The following notes were taken from a presentation made by Greg Keymer of Eastern and Global, to the NCGA AGM on the export market prospects...

The following link contains information provided by Mike Harrison on the use of "paint" on the roof of his greenhouses for the con...

The following attachments contain the Powerpoint Presentation and brochures provided by Netafim at a field-day organised by NCGA in February...

The following link is to a paper published by the University of California on the use of chemicals to control LBAM with particular reference...

The following link is to the notes provided by Nick Woodyatt to accompany his presentation on cymbidium growing presented to a NCGA field-da...

Wellington Orchid Society website: http://wocnz.webs.com/apps/links/ Manawatu Orchid Society website: http://www.manawatuorchid.org.nz/...

The following link is to a New Zealand site with seasonal information on how to grow cymbidium orchids.  It is aimed primarily at the hobby ...

The following link provides a list of orchid societies in the United Kingdom.   http://orchid-talk.co.uk/societies/ The link to the Briti...

The following link provides a list of orchid societies in Australia. http://www.orchidsaustralia.com/societies_SA.htm

The following link is to a Parramatta Orchid Society website.  It contains photos of a number of disease problems encountered by orchid grow...

The attached link is to a document prepared by a research scientist, Mike Dance, on practical methods to control botrytis in green house sit...

The attached file contains some notes prepared for a field-day held on botrytis control in indoor cymbidiums. Botrytis Control Methods fie...

The following link contains some notes prepared in 2008 on the issue of food miles and its implication for cymbidium exports from New Zealan...

The following link is to a publication by Heyes and Johnston concerning the use of MCP for extending the vase life of cymbidums.  The study ...

The following link is to a short discussion paper on some options for improving productivity in the cymbidium industry through the use of pr...

ORCHID ASSOCIATIONS The following link gives an extensive list of orchid societies around the world.  These societies are largely thos...

VAPOUR MATE The attached word file is a technical data sheet issued by BOC Gases on the use of "Vapormate". The attached "...

COLLECTIVE WISDOM (factors affecting cymbidium growth) The attached text file and four supporting jpg files contain a summary of the concl...

FLAT PACK WATER TANK - ABOVE GROUND "Kliptank" is a water tank system that can be delivered as a flat-pack and assembled on site...

SILVER Mid season white with red labellum. Bartolme Ferrello Silver. Brittle labellum. Needs to be left to open fully to obtain full whi...

POLLEN CAP MITE Pollen cap mite ( Tyrophagus neiswanderi ) is a mite which may contribute to the deterioration of pollen in cymbidium or...

POLLEN-CAP MITE PREDATOR Hyper-Mite ( Hypoaspis  sp.) is a soil dwelling predatory mite which can be used to control pollen-cap mite ( T...

HITO Horticultural Industry Training Organisation (HITO) was established to provide training opportunities for the New Zealand horticultura...

HYZENTHLAY Mid season pink standard. Bartolme Ferrello Hyzenthlay . Needs full light and for all flowers to be open for about five days ...

HORTFERTplus Hortfertplus specialise in the supply of fertiliser and other related products to the horticulture sector. They offer propr...

FARMSAFE FarmSafe TM  was born as an ACC and Federated Farmers initiative designed to drive down New Zealand's alarming rural injury...

Electrical Back-up for Inflatable Roofs The storms in recent years have caused considerable damage to poly-houses particularly during ...

In Box Botrytis Control (Chlorine dioxide) Follow this link for information on chlorine dioxide impregnated paper as a method for cont...

GLOSSARY of TERMS A glossary of some general orchid terms can be found on the following link.  The list is not specific to cy...

BACK BULB Dormant pseudobulb that has lost all of its leaves. The back bulb can be made to sprout a new growth by separating it from the s...

SHORT DAYS Botanical term which applies when the number of daylight hours are less than the number of hours of darkness within a 24 ho...

PRIMORDIUM Immature part of a plant destined to develop into a certain tissue or organ.

PSEUDOBULB Swollen, bulb-like stem, often in cymbidiums known as a “bulb”.  In cymbidiums they grow above ground which generally give ...

PHOTOSYNTHESIS The process by which plants use sun-light to convert carbon dioxide from the air into carbohydrates.

LONG DAYS Used to describe those days where the number of daylight hours is greater than the number of hours of darkness within a 24 h...

MINIATURE VARIETY Cymbidium varieties bred from “standard varieties” crossed with the small flowered oriental species with a resultant...

SPIKE Horticultural term for the inflorescence of a cymbidium orchid, which includes its stem bearing usually many individual flowers.

DE-VERNALISATION The reversal of vernalization caused by unseaonally high temperatures.

CARBOHYDRATES Complex molecules composed primarily of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Two common forms found in plants are sugars and sta...

AXIL Upper angle formed by a leaf with a stem.

FLORIBASE Floribase is a database of national (New Zealand) flower growers. It has been established by the New Zealand Flower Growers As...

ACEPHATE REASSESSMENT EPA The following link is to the January 2011 EPA report on acephate and   methamidophos .  http://www.epa.govt.nz/P...

DIAZINON EPA ASSESSMENT The New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is undertaking a systematic review of organophosphates and...

WEB BASED MARKETING LOCAL MARKET CYMBIDIUMS The following link contains a short paper prepared for NCGA on the potential for develop...

Dichlorvos (Nuvos) Report The following three links contain the final report submitted to ERMA (now EPA) by the Northland Cymbidium G...