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		<title>Our Charity Auction on eBid.net</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/05/08/our-charity-auction-on-ebid-net/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote in one of my previous blogs, I just recently discovered eBid.net as a community-themed auction website. Today, I learned that they also promote one chosen charity every month and encourage their users to list items under the category specific to this kind of charity listing: YDC (Your Donation Counts). The users list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering eBid.net, Auction Site</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/05/04/discovering-ebid-auction-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in Denton, TX I do not have easy access to quality orchid growing nurseries; most of my collection has therefore come from online sellers. Recently, having developed sizeable collection, I have also started listing some of my own plants on Ebay. The Ebay venture is going really well and I have no complaints about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C.  warscewiczii: In Bloom</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/03/31/c-warscewiczii-getting-ready-to-bloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[C.  warscewiczii var semi-alba ‘Bedford’ x self Another one of my orchids is getting ready to bloom. I bought this beautiful plant on Ebay and have been watching its progress. It has one sheath, and today a tiny corner of the bud has stated pushing its way out. According to Chadwick and Son, this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C. skinneri: In Bloom</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/03/24/c-skinneri-getting-ready-to-bloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(C.  skinneri albescens ‘Kensington’s Angel’) I had bought this beautiful plant last year from mikesorchids on Ebay. At the time the plant came with a seed pod. While the seed pod was eventually unsuccessful, the plant aborted it, the plant has finally recovered from the ordeal and is now getting ready to bloom. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disaster in the Greenhouse</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/03/13/disaster-in-the-greenhouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you might be aware, I was gone for about ten days for a visit to Pakistan. In preparation for my absence I set everything right in the greenhouse and hoped for the best. Sadly, though, upon my return I found quite a few of my plants either dead or dying. Surprisingly, the only plants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Growths in My Plants</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/02/29/new-growths-in-my-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we are experiencing an early spring in Texas, quite a few of my plants have started developing some remarkable new growths. This means a lot to me as this was my first attempt at getting my plants through the winter after some really untimely repottings. Here sre some pictures: &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Winter Report</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/02/26/post-winter-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started my hobby in the early fall of 2011. At first, I was only planning to grow a few orchids using all available windowsills in my house. But pretty soon in the process, I decided to invest in. greenhouse. Now, I do not have a lot of disposable income, so I bought the least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Bloom: C.  skinneri ‘Heiti Jacobs’ FCC/AOS</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/02/21/in-bloom-c-skinneri-heiti-jacobs-fccaos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, I cannot take any credit for the blooming of this plant, but I am certainly thrilled to have another plant in bloom. I had just recently ordered this plant from and Ebay seller from Hawaii and was not expecting it to be in bloom. The plant arrived today and is already in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Mounted Orchids</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/02/17/my-first-mounted-orchids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I attended the first meeting of Greater North Texas Orchid Society, my home organization. Toward the end of the meeting I was also able to purchase a blooming size C. aclandiae ‘California’ x ‘Dark Rook’. Considered a dwarf, C. aclandiae needs very specific culture requirements. Besides other things, its roots must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Orchid Obsession</title>
		<link>http://www.cattleyaorchids.net/2012/02/09/on-orchid-obsession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masood Raja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed that almost all orchid growers represented in the movies turn out to be sociopaths. &#8220;Adaptation&#8221; comes to mind and I am sure you could name a few other movies as well. Anyway, my point is that even though not all orchid growers are sociopaths&#8211;actually most of them are very nice&#8211;they do become [...]]]></description>
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