Re: [OGD] DNA and taxonomic revisions

Icones said: I think Kew's revision will not stand, but until enough people raise the issue with them, it will not change. DNA is not an end all, be all, it is just another tool. I am fascinated by the degree to which DNA-based typologies seem to map onto the general opinion of those who worked

[OGD] Wildlife Crime Unit [Scotland]

National Wildlife Crime Unit... launched in Edinburgh... 14 officers... In addition to international crime, they are expected to fight domestic wildlife crime... The international trade in protected endangered species is the third most lucrative criminal trade in the world [after arms and

[OGD] help from rubbish / King's Lynn, Norfolk [UK]

funding from the Landfill Community Fund of Waste Recycling Group. The ... Fund gives landfill operators the opportunity to divert a percentage of their annual landfill tax bill into the communities and environments around their sites. ... project... at Roydon Common, where Norfolk Wildlife

Re: [OGD] Kew Checklist

In a message dated 10/19/06 6:03:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't like the large Sophronitis concept and keep them separated. Sophronitis purpurata aches in my ears! Me too, although my amateur opinion does not count. I understood this swollen Sophronitis is a temporary expedient until

[OGD] From The Horse's Mouth

This just in re Tolumnia: We will be accepting this genus soon but I am awaiting the final decisions on some other groups for Genera Orchid. before I make them. Rafael ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com

Re: [OGD] Kew Checklist

Dear Iris, At the time of Barbosa Rodriges, the spelling of Minas Gerais, was Minas Geraes. Brazilian Portuguese was revised in 1943 and many spellings changed at the time. Among many other changes ph, y and ll were removed from Portuguese then. There are many species also called geraensis what

[OGD] Expected: Australian terrestrial orchids hybrids for resale

Dear all, This is to inform you that we expect to have a number of native Australian terrestrial orchid species available for resale later this year, as well as several of their hybrids. Material will arrive straight from Australia, where the growing season for winter-green deciduous

Re: [OGD] Peru , 1 of 2 OGD Vol 8 issue 349

part 1 of 2 Many books could be written, about all that has happened with and around Phragmipedium kovachii,since its discovery four years ago. In 1990, Manual Arias Silva had a flaskingfacility. In 1996 he stated in a lecture that he had stopped his in-vitropropagation of orchids, due

Re: [OGD] Peru, 2 of 2 OGD Vol 8 issue 349

part 2 of 2 Alfredo Manrique, the first Peruvian selected by INRENA to propagate Pk in-vitro fromfive legally collected Pk plants and nowan expert Pk grower,fully agrees with the Moores that there simply is no way one can produce 800 flasks from fivelegal Pk plants in such a short