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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01CE675F.921A8A50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable An interesting answer from Donna. We have, in Nova Scotia, 4 species of = Cypripedium. Pink Cyp. acaule, which grows only in Acidic soil and = Yellow Cyp. pubescens, Ram's Head Cyp. arietinum and the Showy Cyp. = reginae. ALL of the latter3 are found only on Gypsum in N.S. Yellow = Lady's Slippers are relatively easy to transplant BUT as Donna says, add = some Lime. Pink Lady's-Slippers are impossible to replant with more than = 1 or 2 years success and will eventually die. If replanted in the proper = soil with others of it's ilk, Iam not sure. I have never heard of that = being tried before. All terrestrial Orchids are specific to their own species of = Mychrhohizal Fungus and will not be able to feed from other species. "PSYCODES" ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01CE675F.921A8A50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23487"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>An interesting answer from Donna. We have, in Nova = Scotia, 4=20 species of Cypripedium. Pink Cyp. acaule, which grows only in Acidic = soil and=20 Yellow Cyp. pubescens, Ram's Head Cyp. arietinum and the Showy Cyp. = reginae. ALL=20 of the latter3 are found only on Gypsum in N.S. Yellow Lady's Slippers = are=20 relatively easy to transplant BUT as Donna says, add some Lime. Pink=20 Lady's-Slippers are impossible to replant with more than 1 or 2 = years=20 success and will eventually die. If replanted in the proper soil with = others of=20 it's ilk, Iam not sure. I have never heard of that being tried=20 before.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>All terrestrial Orchids are specific to their own = species of=20 Mychrhohizal Fungus and will not be able to feed from other=20 species.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>"PSYCODES"</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01CE675F.921A8A50--
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