[OGD] Peruvian Orchid Nurseries vs INRENA and Peruflora

On a previous Orchid Guide, the following posting was made: On July 13 2006, a Peruvian Government document referred to as Decreto Supremo No. 043-2006-AG announced that Peruvian Orchid Nurseries may no longer export collected orchids. From now on all orchids exported must have been

[OGD] Zadith Alegria de Moore's letter re Peruvian legislation.

Zadith's letter (protesting the decree which will force Peruvian Orchid exporters to switch from exporting adult plants to exporting in-vitro seedlings) contained the following factual error, which needs to be corrected. Zadith said: No country in the world has ever imposed or required such a

[OGD] Continuation of Masdevallia

Dear OGD's Here is the continuation of needed Masdevallia photos for IOSPE.Please send as jpeg files to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Masdevallia icterina Mas idae Mas indecora Mas ingridiana Mas irapana Mas ishikoi Mas isos Masdevallia jimenezii Mas josei Mas juanalbertoi Mas kalbreyeri Mas karineae Mas

[OGD] Chicago show toes

Hello All, For those of you that didn't get to the Chicagoland festival I think the unveiling of this new renovated venue will be interesting, especially with the vendors involved... The old space was really nice this could be even better. I know I'm bad at math I need my barefoot toes to

Re: [OGD] Masdevallia fasciata and Masdevallia heteroptera

Eric, I suspect that here is another case where the Kew Monocot Checklist is wrong. Both these species (and 6 others) were transferred to the new genus Rodrigoa in Die Orchidee 30(1979):213-222 by Lothar Braas. In this article Braas provides excellent line drawings and both color and black