from a press release : "OrchidWiz Encyclopedia... is now used in 36 US states and Puerto Rico... OrchidWiz Encyclopedia is in use in 13 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and Venezuela. Three US states combined account for almost 100 users: California, Florida and Texas.
... Manuel Aybar, an American Orchid Society judge in Dallas, Texas, says of the latest release: "... Orchidwiz... the 2.0 release... includes an awesome feature, the statistics on number of flowers/buds per inflorescence. ... the ability to get the data/pictures to Excel or PowerPoint is great... OrchidWiz Encyclopedia... containing the complete list of orchid species from Kew's List of Monocots: more than 25,000 species in total... The application contains a sophisticated algorithm which allows the user to find the accepted species name from synonyms, varieties and even common misspellings. ... A portion of the 2006 OrchidWiz Encyclopedia proceeds will be donated to the American Orchid Society." source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/2/prweb346734.htm ********* regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
