Cannot place a two-channel spot color image in ID CS2

I have a psd file that consists of two pantone spot channels. When I try to place it in indesign, it says
"Cannot place this file. No filter found for requested operation."
Why is this, is there any help? I have to find a way around it, I need to make a publication using only black and a shade of pantone green.
I'm on Indesign CS2, Photoshop is CS4 and I'm on Mac OSX.

PSD. I don't have much other choice in photoshop, it offers only psd formats once the file is in multichannel mode. Maybe I'm doing something wrong in photoshop?
Basically I have a photo which is originally in 4 channel CMYK. But I need to convert it two tones only, black and pantone 363 M (or some similar green). What I did was that I deleted the C and M channel and turned Y into pantone. By doing so the image automatically switched from CMYK to Multichannel mode and wouldn't let me choose any other. I don't know if that's the right way to do it?

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This is not the illustration but it's similar
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ST2V3FJF
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Because after 20 years, you can't select the composite of the CMYK channels -- which you need to select in order to perform any action on a given layer, be it transforming, filtering, painting, blending or whatever -- and the spot channel simultaneously.
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Output Preview invokes Overprint Preview. Since the file displays as expected with Output Preview open, the Overprint Preview may be necessary to view the file properly.
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Understanding color space diagrams for CIE(1931) and CIELab isn't easy,
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(1) helps understanding CIE(1931) chromaticity.
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bright yellow and brown (dark yellow) as well. White is the locus for
white and black - colors without saturation at a certain center. For two
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You're right - adding green and orange ink in Hexachrome doesn't
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and Black) are different to common CMYK inks as well, and this
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(2) shows the effect, now in CIELab in a horizontal slice for constant
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preted by intuition.
The complete diagram is threedimensional. A shown color is not just
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correct reproduction, as good as possible, depending on the medium.
It seems indeed that there are few print houses using Hexachrome,
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As already said - just adding a Spot Blue would cure the problem
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Hi all.
Screenprinter here. Trying to migrate my way into CS4. No such
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