JeanLux
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On Friday 28 sept, I drove to Düsseldorf – Germany for the opening of an important exhibition of Paul Klee where one of my near family members took part assisting with the organisation of the exhibit! ( => http://www.kunstsammlung.de/ ).
On Saturday morning I continued for the island of Texel in the Netherlands (spent about 30 holidaystays there together with my wife Triny, this 31. would be the first to be spent alone).
Driving on the ring around Utrecht direction Hilversum I suddenly lost control of my car, this one going off the highway and stopping exactly in front of Wubben’s nursery ( => http://www.orchidwubben.com/ ). Ok, so I entered and was glad to meet Koos Wubben and Rogier van Vugt, head gardener greenhouses at Hortus botanicus Leiden, I am friend with both in face-book! Had a very interesting talk with Rogier about rothschildianum, which he met in-situ around mount Kinabalu! Koos explained me his multiple health problems but I took time for a quick run through his greenhouses and found several nice slippers:
Front row: left bullenianum, middle mini kovachii, right hainansensis
Middle: sukh. left, right purpuratum
Behind: villosum
Then a week on the island: lots of wind, rain, walks, and rest!
On my back to Luxembourg I made a stop on Friday at Akerne nursery in Schoten, near Antwerp in Belgium ( => http://www.akerne-orchids.com/ ).
I had not been there for several years but was very pleased to find lots of orchids of great quality (maybe their Rain Mix)! Unfortunately the batteries of my camera were empty and the charger had stayed at home, so had to rely on the bad quality of my handy to take a pic of the beautiful flower of the veitchiana!
Front: left: Soph cernua, middle Paph wardii (spike), right Laelia pumila (spike)
Middle: left Trichopilia fragrans (2 spikes), center Catt dolosa, right: Catt interm orlata
Back: left Masd veitchiana, right Psychopsis Mariposa (spike)
(had to stop then because of largely overdrawn budget)
veitch.
Enjoy
Jean
On Saturday morning I continued for the island of Texel in the Netherlands (spent about 30 holidaystays there together with my wife Triny, this 31. would be the first to be spent alone).
Driving on the ring around Utrecht direction Hilversum I suddenly lost control of my car, this one going off the highway and stopping exactly in front of Wubben’s nursery ( => http://www.orchidwubben.com/ ). Ok, so I entered and was glad to meet Koos Wubben and Rogier van Vugt, head gardener greenhouses at Hortus botanicus Leiden, I am friend with both in face-book! Had a very interesting talk with Rogier about rothschildianum, which he met in-situ around mount Kinabalu! Koos explained me his multiple health problems but I took time for a quick run through his greenhouses and found several nice slippers:
Front row: left bullenianum, middle mini kovachii, right hainansensis
Middle: sukh. left, right purpuratum
Behind: villosum
Then a week on the island: lots of wind, rain, walks, and rest!
On my back to Luxembourg I made a stop on Friday at Akerne nursery in Schoten, near Antwerp in Belgium ( => http://www.akerne-orchids.com/ ).
I had not been there for several years but was very pleased to find lots of orchids of great quality (maybe their Rain Mix)! Unfortunately the batteries of my camera were empty and the charger had stayed at home, so had to rely on the bad quality of my handy to take a pic of the beautiful flower of the veitchiana!
Front: left: Soph cernua, middle Paph wardii (spike), right Laelia pumila (spike)
Middle: left Trichopilia fragrans (2 spikes), center Catt dolosa, right: Catt interm orlata
Back: left Masd veitchiana, right Psychopsis Mariposa (spike)
(had to stop then because of largely overdrawn budget)
veitch.
Enjoy
Jean
