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A BEGINNERS VIEW OF PAPHIOPEDILUM CULTURE
... southwest and northeast monsoons, the phenomena that determines the basic weather patterns in Asia. The southwest monsoon usually begins in April, at which time the prevailing wind is blowing from the southwest ...
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Photographs by David E. Boufford
... town of Yu-Chih. Elevation 750-900 m. 22 September 1989. Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng. Southwest Hubei Province, Lichuan Xian, village of Modaoqi (Mo-tao-chi). 10 October 1980. Fossil of ... studies have shown a change in vegetation from 75 percent forest cover and a tropical monsoon to seasonal rain forest before the middle of the 17th century to a 19.3 ...
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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA - Volume 1, Chapter 1
... of the continent, along the Gulf of Mexico, where onshore monsoon winds favor maximum summer rainfall; and (2) in the area ... the folded belts of much of North America. In the southwest, the craton was deformed and uplifted during the Paleozoic, either ... constricted between the Canadian Shield and the Appalachians. It is oriented southwest to northeast and stretches 1500 km. Elevations vary from sea ...
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Ethnobotanical Portraits
... Saem Majnep, a Kalam speaker, was born about 1948 in Kaironk Valley, in the remote southwest corner of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. In 1963 Saem met the anthropologist-naturalist Ralph ... terminal cymes, and orange, beaked globular berries of 2-4 cm diameter. It grows in monsoon vine thickets on sand and rocky hills. Among other uses, the fruits and bark are ...
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The Orchid House - Vendors of Orchid Plants and related material
... Taisuco America Meyers Conservatory Orchid Species Flasking Services Mid Pacific Orchids Honolulu, HI Monsoon Flora orchid propagation services, Santa Barbara, CA Mountain Orchids Ludlow, Vermont Nascent ... Grande CA SlipperOrchid.com South Shore Orchids Laurel, NY SouthStar Orchids Clermont, FL SouthWest Orchids Ardmore, Oklahoma. Agent for Adelaide Orchids Spangle Creek Labs Cypripediums, Washington ...
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Cool-Growing Coelogyne Culture
... are spread over a large region from India, through southeast Asia, southwest China, the Philippines, and the islands of Indonesia to as ... of year is late winter and early spring, before the summer monsoon starts, but conditions in the mountain habitat are probably not ... rainfall. This is followed by a cool, very dry winter monsoon, which also lasts for several months. Although skies are generally ...
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Hunting the Plant Hunter: The Search for George Forrest's Grave
... first trip to the southwest of China in 1904. It is a moist and crumpled corner of the world with river gorges running north and south and the monsoon spilling over the ...
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Dead Rhododendron
... Days begin to break and the torrential rains of August begin to diminish. Soon the southwest winds will again shift their point of origin northward as they move into Siberia for ... rapidly through the growing medium, away from the roots. This was important during the summer monsoon season when the air temperatures often rise over ninety degrees F during the day, but ...
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All-America Rose Selections - Southwestern Deserts; The All-America Rose Selections is a non-profit association of rose growers and introducers dedicated to the introduction and promotion of exceptional roses.
... into northern Mexico heading west to southern California near Palm Springs. The Climate. The Southwest Deserts are characterized by extremely limited rainfall and blazing summer sun. It encompasses three ... . Most precipitation occurs during winter storms that run from November to February and the "monsoon" thunderstorm season in July and August. The monsoons sweep up from Mexico, bringing rainfall, ...
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Scottish Rock Garden Club - Lectures Page
... .50 is made to help cover expenses. SYLLABUS 2006 Wed Oct 11th "Native Wildflowers American Southwest". Bobby J. Ward, North Carolina. Travelling Speaker. Note this is not the first Wednesday in ... . 10.00am- 4pm. Lectures from Yanis Ruksans. Check Year Book for Titles. Wed. Mar.7th "Monsoon Alpines in Late Season. Yunnan, Sechuan,& Tibet". Vojtech Holubec, Czech Republic. A.G.M. Will ...
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