Whitecat8---I scan my orchids everyday, searching for spikes---but as a continuing project I pick up every plant on a bench or two and look them over for fungus, mites and foreign plants growing in the same pot---doesn't take too long, just long enough to relieve my stress and relax me R.R.V. stands for red river valley---made the cross 5-7 years ago--gave the pod to jem to grow out and sell----imperial pileatums are pileatums with any amount of red in the flower--I've heard talk of making them their own catagory of catasetum---so the flowers should be somewhat cup shaped and red--the flatter and redder the cup the better there are crosses between cyc and clo that might suit your request,(barthiorum or cooperi X rebecca northen mmmmmmm) they do grow smaller, but remember cyc,ctsm,clo all have a huge variance in light. They can grow in very shady conditions to (I've seen both in the jungle) exposed to full sun on the top of a dead palm tree I know the common knowledge of more sun female less sun male, but I stopped buying that one a while ago-the mythbuster in me just knows its more complex that that--other factors definitly come into play---besides a female (red) pileatum would have a long list of great males to play with---it just boggles the imagination Scott--I don't know why they do that, a very healthy psudeobulb- just decides to give up the ghost and move on to the great garden in the sky--a few of mine did the same to me this year--

Where was the the blue smoke coming from? the engine, under the deck, or the rearend? The transmission (rearend) is probably a splicer. The one I got is a sealed unit. so servicing not going to be easy plus if it leaked out you will have the leak to deal with also. I would download a manual from sears to find out what oil (or grease)goes in the the transmission. usually tht model of transmission is gears connected with a chain inside the two half housing. The drive belt from the engine to the transmission can or starts to slip, smoke, streching, and causing clutch release problems which will in turn cause shifting dificulity cause the pulling connected to the rear end is still turning. I would make sure the drive belt has good tension and not burnt up with the clutch released before I would attempt to regrease the transmission, plus it the transmission leaked all the grease out there should be evidents of this under the rearend???

I use both the gardening by moon phase site and FA together. So, take tomatoes.. According to the FA, planting dates in my zone are favorable from April 7th - 30th. Makes sense.. Also in FA, the moon is favorable from April 7th to 9th and then from the 24th to 30th. Boogie over to the Gardening by Moon Phase site and for toms, it is suggested that they be planted while the moon is in Scorpio, Cancer, Pisces and Libra. Back to FA.. April 4th - Cancer April 11th and 12th - Libra April 13th - Scorpio April 22nd through 24th - Pisces Ok, so it looks like these don't jive HOWEVER they say to set seed during the waxing of the moon a couple days before the full moon which would be the 7th - 9th (9th being the full moon). New moon is the 24th in case you were curious. It may sound like hogwash to a lot of people but I set seed some days before the full moon and got nothing. Figured I screwed up. A couple days before the Full Moon.. BAM. Holy Seedlings. Coincidence? Perhaps.. So bottom line, I am shooting for the weekend of the 11th of April to transplant outside. This is a school of thought that I have started getting into and I'm transplanting anyway so I figure, pay attention to what the moon is doing and take notes. Did that make sense? I got side tracked with visitors .. Try it and :) Happy Spring! Erin

Can you encase the top of the zipper in whatever kind of facing you are using for the neckline? If you are using a hood, encase the top of the zipper in the seam where you attach the hood. I can't think of a method where you have the top of the zipper open to just fray or need somekind of stop. If that is the case, I go with using a piece of fabric to encase the raw edge of the zipper top & teeth. If you are using a separating zipper, you have to cut from the top. If it is a zipper that goes from the neck down & stops midway, cut from the bottom & zigzag or hand stitch a thread stop the same distance the stop was from the bottom before you cut it off.