Abbreviations and Acronyms used on the Web : http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/

Conversion online (convert just about anything to anything else): http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Orchids RBG Kew : http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/orchids/index.html

Orchid Checklist RBG Kew: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/monocotChecklist/about.do#introduction - http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/monocotChecklist/advanced.do      

IUCN: http://www.iucn.org/

SysTax - a Database System for Systematics and Taxonomy (University of Ulm, Germany) : http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/index-e.html

Synonyms for genus names:  http://tomclothier.hort.net/page46.html

Orchidwire : Orchid Resource directory, connecting you to 1,181 Orchid Sites  (Wendell & Theresa Kozak, Canada) : http://www.orchidwire.com/

Orchid nomenclature :  http://www.users.bigpond.com/gmcorbin/bos/nomencl.html

Plantennomenclatuur (in het Nederlands, also English & French):  http://www.geocities.com/gdekinder/index_english.htm

The Digital Orchid Library ( collaboration between Michigan State University, the American Orchid Society, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the National Agricultural Library): http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/orchids/.

Aluka.org (online herbarium material, plants of Africa, including orchids): http://www.aluka.org/

Botanicus.org : a freely accessible, Web-based encyclopedia of historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library  http://www.botanicus.org/

Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz (University of Basel): http://www.orchid.unibas.ch/site.home.php
Bibliorchidea.net (subscription fees) : http://www.bibliorchidea.net
Rudolf. Jenny's most complete Orchid literature Database RJenny@compuserve.com ,

Orchid WWWeb Encyclopedia : http://orchidspecies.com/

Species Orchid information and photo index:  http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/interactive/node/25  http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/photo.html  

Orchids (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchids

Images of Orchidaceae : http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxorc.htm

Orchid Species Culture (Charles and Margaret Baker) :http://www.orchidculture.com/

Orchidata (Brazil) : http://www.elparaiso.org/orchidata/

PnP Orchids (alles over Orchidëeen - in Dutch) : http://www.pnporchids.be/home.htm

Floraguide (search engine) (Spanish, multilingual) : http://www.floraguide.com/

Orchideeën (dutch) : http://www.dedas.com/orchidee/index.html

A taxonomic analysis of the family Orchidaceae : http://www.orchidlady.com/guide.html

List of Genera in ORCHIDACEAE : http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/cgi-bin/web.dbs/genlist.pl?ORCHIDACEAE

Orchid Research Newsletter (RBG Kew): http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/herbarium/orchid/

Directory listing of Orchid Genera ( 420+ genera of the Americas and Europe) : http://www.orchids.org/ooc/Genera/

Orchid names (Cedric Maunder): http://web.onetel.com/~cedricmaunder/

Orchid names: http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca:80/~jerry/orchids/names.html

Fragrant Orchids: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/OrchidSNS/frag.html , http://www.maelstromx.com/site/garden/orchids/frag/index.html

About Orchids (in italian) : http://www.netsys.it/orchidee/

The Orchid House (miscellaneous)  : http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~jerry/orchids/

"How-to" information on orchid growing: http://www.orchids.org/culture.html

Growing orchids at RBG Kew : http://www.geocities.com/phillipzwhite/Growingo.htm

Guide to exhibiting orchids (from The O zone) : http://www.orchidworks.com/ozone/index.html
 

The International Orchid Register (RHS) : http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registration_orchids.asp : new registered hybrids, grex names, parentage search, application form for new hybrids,…

Sanders searches (from Venger’s Orchids) : http://www.vengers.com/culture/sanders.htm

Orchid Hybrids and their abbreviations: http://www.orchidlady.com/hybrid.html

What if they mated ? (interactive guide on primary hybrids): http://www.orchidworks.com/orchids/whatif/intro.htm

Orchid  pollination :   http://www.geocities.com/phillipzwhite/Opolination.html

Tissue culture in the Home Kitchen : http://www2.labs.agilent.com/botany/cp/slides/tc/tc.htm

Orchid flasking exercice (Cornell University) : http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/flori/hort400/orchid/orchid1.html

Orchid flasking (Barry Gardner, Australia) : http://members.iinet.net.au/~barryg/Orchid_Flasking.htm

in vitro propagation of orchids (including terrestrials) :
http://www.univ-lille1.fr/orchid/frichorc/orinjava.htm#../dubois/index.htm ,
http://www.med-rz.uni-sb.de/med_fak/physiol2/disa/invitro/000.htm

Lotte & Thomas Orchids (in vitro propagation of orchids) : http://www.8ung.at/ederer_thomas/orchideen/english/index.htm
 
Virus in orchids (Cynthia, Prescott, AZ) : http://www.pbase.com/schnitz/virus_in_orchids

Highlights of Orchid History (including biographies of John Clowes, James Bateman, Georges uri Skinner, Carl Linnaeus and much  more): by R. Rigby http://www.orchidoptions.com/history_introduction.html    http://flying-rhenquest.net/history_introduction.html

Sertum Orchidaceum (a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers / selected by John Lindley Volume 1 of 1, 1838),  from MOBOT:  http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/mobot/rarebooks/title.asp?relation=QK495F50L5561838

Biodiversity heritage Library : http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/About.aspx

Jean Jules Linden, the father of orchid cultivation : by Nicole Ceulemans  http://www.jeanlinden.info/en/jeanlinden.htm     

What is a species ? ( Selected Definitions Presented in Chronological Order, compiled by Donald Ugent 1996) : http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/species.htm

Guido Pabst, A passion, A work, A legacy, by Delfina de Araujo : http://www.orchidnews.hpg.com.br/on/on11/paginas/mateng01.htm

The Orchids of Nero Wolf : by Raphael Carter http://www.chaparraltree.com/essays/wolfe.shtml

ORCHIDS / GENERA Back to top

Acineta : http://houstonorchidsociety.org/Stanhopea/Acineta.html

Ada (see Brassia)

Aerangis :  http://www.biologydaily.com/biology/Aerangis

Anguloa (interactive determination key) : http://www.geocities.com/9874.geo/NGULOAKey.html

Arethusinae: 

Barkeria (by Phil) : http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/amusement/frisbee/39/barkeria_genus.htm

Bletilla (by Clark T. Riley) : http://www.orchidmall.com/general/bletilla.htm

Brassia & Ada : http://www.angelfire.com/or3/orchidsnz/scribblings/scframe.html

Bulbophyllum ( R Hromniak & A. Sieder): http://www.bulbophyllum.at
Bulbophyllum CITES check lists: http://bulbophyllum-checklist.bulbophyllum.at/
Bulbophyllum section macrobulbum : http://www.bulbophyllum.at/Macrobulbon/Macrobulbon-eng.html

Bulbophyllum (Clanorchids) : http://www.clanorchids.com/bulphoto.htm

Bulbophyllum (Haru's Bulbophyllum and Cirrhopetalum pages) :
http://www.edit.ne.jp/~kohsaka/h_html/haru1100.htm

Bulbophyllum (Tipol Ruangaksorn ) : http://hoyaworld.tripod.com/bulbophyllum_1.htm , http://exoticbulbophyllum.tripod.com/page/home.htm  

Bulbophyllum (Jay Pfahl): http://www.orchidspecies.com/bulbophyllum.htm

Bulbophyllum (Wilbur Chang) : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/7097/wilbur.html

Bulbophyllum  (Bergstrom Orchids) : http://www.bergstromorchids.com/Bulbophyllums%20Photo%20Page%2001.htm

bulbophyllum (East Asia flora web): http://members.tripod.com/asia_flora/

Caladenia : http://www.angelfire.com/or/caladenia/ - http://caladenia.free.fr

Catasetinae (Gunther Gelach Munich) : http://www.orchidsrepbiol.de/cgi-bin/img_db/img_display.pl?db=_vwcatasetinae&t=usr_gg2

Catasetinae Genera of Variation and Diversity (Robert Podgorski) : http://orchidjudges.org/abs/abs003.html

Catasetinae (ABRACC, Associação Brasileira dos Cultivadores de Catasetineas / Brazilian Society of Catasetinae Growers): http://www.orkideas.com.br/inicio/abracc/default.php

Catasetinae (Culture of - , Harold Hills) : http://www.vengers.com/culture/catasetu.htm

Catasetinae (Dalton Holland Baptista, Brazil) : http://www.dalholl.hpg.ig.com.br/generos/Catasetum/Catasetum.html

Catasetum : http://www.elparaiso.org/orchidata/cats.htm

Catasetum of Brazil : http://www.elparaiso.org/orchidata/ctsm_abracc/index.htm

Catasetums of Venezuela : http://www.elparaiso.org/orchidata/ctsm_venezuela/index.htm

Cattleya Alliance (by Phil) Cattleya and also related genera : http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/amusement/frisbee/39/cat.htm

Cirrhopetalum : (Haru's Cirrhopetalum pages) : http://www.edit.ne.jp/~kohsaka/h_html/haru1101.htm

Cirrhopetalum : see also Bulbophyllum

Clowesia : http://www.elparaiso.org/orchidata/clws.htm

Coelogyne (Barbara Gravendeel 's thesis:  "Reorganising the orchid genus
Coelogyne") : https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/517

Comparetia (from the Orchid Digest): broken link

Coryanthes (Dr Gerlach, Botanic Garden München) : http://www.botanik.biologie.uni-muenchen.de/botgart/e/research/gg_thema.html    http://www.orchidsrepbiol.de/cgi-bin/img_db/img_display.pl?db=_vwggCoryanthes&t=usr_gg0

Coryanthes (Brazil):  http://www.dalholl.hpg.ig.com.br/generos/Coryanthes/Coryanthes.html

Cycnoches : http://www.elparaiso.org/orchidata/cycs.htm

Cycnoches, One Hundred Sixty-Five Years of Confusion ( George F. Carr) : http://orchidjudges.org/abs/abs001.html

Cymbidium : http://www.geocities.com/cymspecies/

Cymbidium : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/5532/

Cymbidium : http://www.winterview.com/

Cypripedium (Spangle Creek Labs) : http://www.uslink.net/~scl/

Cypripedium (species & hybrids): http://www.c-we.com/cyp.haven/  http://www.orchidmall.com/cyp.haven/index.htm 

Cypripedium : http://www.w-frosch.onlinehome.de/

Cypripedium: http://www.cypripedium.be/indexeng.html

Cypripedium (millicentorchids.com broken link)

Cypripedium forum (German & English): http://www.cypripedium.de/forum/

Dendrobium  (by Phil) : http://www.geocities.com/orchidsnzpaph/

Dendrobium, Section Formosae, A further look at black haired Dendrobiums. (by C. Jerry Sellers) : http://orchidjudges.org/abs/abs002.html

Disa: http://www.disas.com/

Diuris (also about genera Elythranthera & Epiblema) : http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/Diuris_3.htm     

Dracula : see also under " Pleurothallidinae "

Dracula species database (Chad Sarles): www.draculaspecies.com

Dracula (all about) : http://www.orchidnet.nl/orchidnet.nl/masgroep/draculavb.html

Gongora (Nina Rach) : http://houstonorchidsociety.org/Stanhopea/

Gongora (Jay Pfahl)  : http://www.orchidspecies.com/gongora.htm

Gongora (Peruvian -, by Carlos Hajek) : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6514/gongoras.htm

Laelia (by Phil) : http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/amusement/frisbee/39/laelia.htm

Laelia (Brazil’s rock-dwelling –rupicolous- Laelia by Gregg Allikas, TheAOS site) : http://orchidweb.org/laelias.html

Laelia (revision of the Brazilian species of the genus Laelia) : http://www.delfinadearaujo.com/on/on17/paginas/vitor01eng.htm

Laeliinae : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1637/

Lycaste. The Essential Guide by Dr Henry F. Oakeley , National Collection of Lycastes and Anguloas, UK. http://conbio.bio.uci.edu/orchid/lycaste/

Lycaste (General culture, by Phil) : http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/amusement/frisbee/39/lycaste.htm

Lycaste Club of  Japan :  http://www012.upp.so-net.ne.jp/lycastenet/

Lycaste (by A. van Andel) : http://www.geocities.com/lycaste.geo/index.html

Masdevallia: see also under " Pleurothallidinae "
Index of Thesaurus Masdevalliarum (vol 1- 28) by Lisa Thoerle : http://www.mountainorchids.com/tmindex.pdf

Masdevallia (all about) :  http://www.orchidnet.nl/orchidnet.nl/masgroep/masdvb.html

Masdevallia (hybrid list) : http://www.orchidmall.com/cyp.haven/masdhyb.htm

Masdevallia, Notes on Masdevallia (by Nancy Losgar) : http://orchidjudges.org/abs/abs004.html

Masdevallia species profiles (by Sue Skittrell) : http://www.pleuro.co.uk/ (follow link to " Articles ")

Masdevallia (Don Smallman): http://orchid-society-gb.com/don_smallman.htm 

Maxillaria (Phylogenetics of Maxillariinae) : http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herbarium/max/database/database.htm    

Maxillaria (the genus - by E.D. Schmidt) : http://home.hetnet.nl/~prinses-1/index.html

Maxillaria (Michael McIlmurray) :  http://www.orchid-society-gb.org.uk/maxillarias.htm

Maxillaria (the Maxillaria tribe) : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5278/

Miltonia & Miltonopsis  : http://www.angelfire.com/or3/orchidsnz/scribblings/scframe.html   http://users.skynet.be/sky38558/miltonia.htm , 

Mormodes : http://www.elparaiso.org/orchidata/morms.htm

Odontoglossum (San Damiano orchids):  http://www.sandamianoorchids.com/species.htm

Oncidium (Delfina de Araujo) : http://www.delfinadearaujo.com/generos/oncidium/pages/menueng.htm ,

Oncidium of Brazil (Carlos Eduardo de Britto Pereira) : http://www.orchidnews.hpg.ig.com.br/on/on10/paginas/interv01.htm

Oncidium (Phil’s orchids) : http://www.angelfire.com/or3/orchidsnz/oncid/onc_species.htm   http://www.geocities.com/orchidsnzculture/onc_intro.htm  ,  http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/amusement/frisbee/39/onc_intro.htm

Paphiopedilum & Phragmipedium (Bob’s slipper orchid gallery) :
http://members.xoom.com/paphrag/Slippergallery.html

Paphiopedilum & Phragmipedium : http://www.ladyslipper.com/ppfiles.htm

Paphiopedilum (Dr Tanaka, Japan) : http://www.orchid.or.jp/orchid/people/tanaka/indexe.html

Paphiopedilum (Uri Baruk) : http://perso.club-internet.fr/baruk/home/botanics.htm

Paphiopedilum : An annotated check-list of the genus Paphiopedilum . Copyright © Harold Koopowitz 1995 Reprinted from the Orchid Digest (1995) vol 59: 115-139, 183 and updated by H.Koopowitz, November 6, 1995. http://conbio.bio.uci.edu/orchid/paph/
NOTE : a revised version has been published in Orchid Digest Dec. 2000 .

Paphiopedilum (Univerzita Brno, Ceská republika ) : http://www.mendelu.cz/arboretum/orchids/taxonomy.html

Paphiopedilum forum : http://geocities.com/PicketFence/Garden/1197/

Peristeria (Nina Rach) : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1289/Stanhopea/Peristeria.html

Phalaenopsis (culture des Phalaenopsis botaniques, in french) : http://www.univ-lille1.fr/orchid/zurecki/listexo1.htm

Phalaenopsis (Alain Brochart, in french) : http://www.ifrance.com/Orchidorama/ACCUEIL2.htm

Phalaenopsis Hybrid Search (Aries Orchids) : http://www.ariesorchids.com/searchtx.html

Phalaenopsis : Taxonomic Key To The Phalaenopsis Species (PollyClave software by Olga Sarmento & Craig Urekar, 1996) : http://prod.library.utoronto.ca/polyclave/orchids/phalhome.htm

Phalaenopsis species : http://www.phalaenopsis.net/photos/species.htm , http://www.phalaenopsis.net/speciesAZ/photos/zurecki/index.htm

Phragmipedium (Rob Zuiderwijk) : http://www.phragweb.com/

Pleione (Mark Griffith) : http://www.geocities.com/markgriffiths59/Pleione1.html

Pleione (Paul Cumbleton) : http://www.pleione.info/

Pleurothallidinae (Lynn O'Shaughnessy) : http://www.pleurothallids.com/

Pleurothallidinae (James E. Zablotny) : http://www.msu.edu/user/zablotn1/jimz2.htm

Pleurothallidinae (Loes van Pelt & Peter Wondergem) : http://www.inhico.net/eindex.html

Pleurothallidinae : Index of Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol . 1- 26 (C. Luer) http://www.inhico.net/pleurothalliden/icones/eicones.shtml

Pleurothallioide (The world of -, Herman ter Borch), about everything related to the Pleurothallidineae
http://www.orchidnet.nl/masgroep/indexgb.html  

Pleurothallidinae classification: morphology vs DNA :
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/pleuro/references/pleuro_refs.htm

    Pridgeon: http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/12/2286 Lingering Questions in Phylogenetics of Pleurothallidinae (2005) http://www.ecuagenera.com/conferencia/abstracts.html
   Jost & Endara: http://www.loujost.com/DNAFrameset/DNAanalysisDocument.htm

Pleurothallidinae  Systematics and evolution of the genus Pleurothallis R. Br. (Orchidaceae) in the Greater Antilles, Hagen Stenzel, dissertation 2004. http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/dissertationen/stenzel-hagen-2004-02-06/HTML/front.html#front

Pleurothallidinae (Fleur Malcom) http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/8451/

Pleurothallidinae (SFO Nord, France): http://perso.orange.fr/pleurothallids/

Psychopsis (Oncidium) determination keys : http://www.geocities.com/9874.geo/PSYCHOPSISkey.html

Restrepia (C. Howe): http://www.restrepia.co.uk/

Schomburkia (by Phil) : http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/amusement/frisbee/39/schomb.htm

Sievekingia (Nina Rach) : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1289/Stanhopea/Sievekingia.html

Slipper Orchids (UK) (National collection, Geoffrey Hands): http://www.users.waitrose.com/~orchids/

Sobralia (Delfina de Araujo) : http://www.orchidnews.hpg.com.br/on/on12/paginas/mat03eng.htm

Sobralia (Nina Rach) : http://sobralia.autrevie.com/   http://www.geocities.com/avosite/Sobralia_pages.html 

Soterosanthus (Nina Rach) : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1289/Stanhopea/Soterosanthus.html

Stanhopeinae (Gunther Gerlach, Munich) : http://www.orchidsrepbiol.de/cgi-bin/img_db/img_display.pl?db=_vwstanhopeinae&t=usr_gg1

Stanhopea (RJ Hartley, Foxdale orchids) : www.foxdale-orchids.co.uk

Stanhopea (Nina Rach) : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1289/Stanhopea_page.html

Stanhopea (Jitzes Mud) : http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/stanhopea/2index.htm

Stanhopea (Kelvin Bush) :  http://www.bushorchids.co.uk/

Stanhopeinae (the Subtribe -): http://www.flash.net/~sbro/stan/index.htm

Thelymitra : http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/Thelymitras%20Page%201.htm

Vanda (cultivation of -) : http://www.orchidsasia.com/vanda.htm

Vanilla : http://www.orchidsaustralia.com/vanilla.htm   http://www.infoweb.com.au/orchids/vanilla.htm 

ORCHIDS / COUNTRIES, REGIONS Back to top

Africa : http://www.geocities.com/phillipzwhite/Africanm.htm, http://www.aluka.org/

Asia: http://www.orchidsasia.com/belt.htm ,     http://members.tripod.com/asia_flora /   

Australia : http://www.geocities.com/phillipzwhite/Australia.htm

Australia (ANOS) : http://metz.une.edu.au/~mgray2/orchids.htm

Europe :   http://www.geocities.com/phillipzwhite/Europe.htm

Europe, Orchidées sauvages d’Europe : http://www.univ-lille1.fr/orchid/mnu_orch.fr/

Europe, hardy orchids (Ron Meijer): http://home.hetnet.nl/~eurorchids/index.html 

USA, North American Native Orchid Alliance:  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/naorchid/

USA : North American Orchid Species database : http://orchidweb.org/conservation.html
 
USA : USDA : native imported or cultivated orchids (contains 114 genera and 514 accepted taxa overall): http://plants.usda.gov/classification/output_report.cgi?3|S|Orchidaceae|b|140|+31

Afrique Centrale (en Français Vincent Droissart) : http://users.skynet.be/orchidaceae/

Antille (Greater): Systematics and evolution of the genus Pleurothallis R. Br. (Orchidaceae) in the Greater Antilles, Hagen Stenzel, dissertation 2004. http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/dissertationen/stenzel-hagen-2004-02-06/HTML/front.html#front

Australia, North-eastern NSW : http://www.anos.org.au/ne_nsw_species

Australia, Western : http://caladenia.free.fr/index.php3?F=list_images.php3

Belgium (Wallonia) : http://mrw.wallonie.be/dgrne/ong/soe/home.html

Brazil:
(Orchidaceae Brasiliense) : http://www.dalholl.hpg.ig.com.br/

(Delfina de Araujo) :
orchids by states (Brazil) : http://www.delfinadearaujo.com/estados/brasil.htm
orchids from the Brazilian Amazon : http://www.orchidnews.hpg.ig.com.br/on/on13/paginas/kleb01en.htm
Orchids from the city of Rio de Janeiro : http://www.orchidnews.hpg.ig.com.br/on/on13/paginas/del13eng.htm
Orchid news (past issues): http://www.orchidnews.hpg.ig.com.br/on/deposito.htm

 (Divinopolis) : http://aodorchid.vila.bol.com.br/endemic1.html

(Hideto Yamazaki) : http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/9368/

(Mauro Peixoto) : http://brazilplants.cjb.net/

 (Dalton Holland Baptista): http://www.dalholl.hpg.ig.com.br/generos/brasileiros.html

Canada, Ontario (Millicentorchids) : http://www.millicentorchids.com/native/

Colombia (chez Viateur):  http://big.chez.com/chezviateur/index.htm

Cuba: see Antille (Greater) above

Denmark : http://www.nativeorchid.net/DKObs/

Dominican Republic (by Nina Rach) : http://www.houstonorchidsociety.org/HOS/DomRep.html

Ecuador (Ecuagenera):  http://www.ecuagenera.com  

Ecuador (Pleurothallidinae, Lou Jost) : http://www.loujost.com/index.htm , http://www.orchidspecies.org/bin/progress_report1.html , http://www.sit.edu/news/2002/orchid.html , http://www.pleurothallids.com/the_latest_newsletter.htm ,

France (general & various regions, with plenty of links) : http://www.univ-lille1.fr/orchid/mnu_orch.fr/index.htm

France : http://pdubois.free.fr/frame_index.html

France, Fagnes ( France-Belgique) : http://home.worldnet.fr/~zurecki/orchids/menu.htm

France, Nord – Pas de Calais : http://www.univ-lille1.fr/orchid/pdc_orch.fr/listjava.htm#../pdc_orch.fr/list_fr.htm

France, Normandie : http://dwaittaleb.free.fr/dwaittaleb/MesOrchidees4.htm

France, Pays de Caux : http://www.univ-lehavre.fr/cybernat/pages/orchidee.htm

France, Provence http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pm.blais/index.anglais.html

France, Quercy : http://www.multimania.com/naturalia/orchids.html

Gabon: http://ramettevovan.tripod.com/orchideesdugabon/

Georgia (Europe, Caucasus) : http://www.itic.org.ge/orchis/orchids.htm

Great Britain (Paul Nielsen) : http://www.pnielsen.f2s.com/wflowers.htm http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~pnielsen/wflowers.htm#orchids

Hyngary: http://terra.ecol.klte.hu/novkorny/htm/_monoc.shtml

Iceland : http://www1.bos.nl/homes/dvuijk/plants/index.html

Indonesia : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/9686/main.htm

Italy (GIROS) : http://astrpi.difi.unipi.it/Orchids/Giros-e.html , http://astrpi.difi.unipi.it/Orchids/Orchidaceae-OLD.html ,

Italy,  Tuscany : http://greve-in-chianti.com/hiking-localities/Orchids/orchids-eng.htm

Italy, Sardinia : http://www.multimania.com/orchidee/Sardaigne/slideshow.html

India : http://www.orchidsasia.com/india.htm

Israel: http://study.haifa.ac.il/~earad03/orchids.html

Japan : http://www.infoeddy.ne.jp/~orchids/

Japan (horticultural forms & varieties, Glenn C Lehr, New Word Orchids, USA) : http://www.newworldorchids.com/pages/japan.htm

Madagascar: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/herbarium/madagascar/mad_orchids.html - http://www.geocities.com/phillipzwhite/Africanm.htm#Madagascar

Madagascar (Olaf Pronk, Antnanarivo):http://community.webshots.com/album/548383734XTvvhV http://community.webshots.com/album/527800067QOfgOg

Madagascar (in French) : http://madaorchidee.free.fr/les%20orchidees%20de%20madagascar/les%20orchidees%20de%20madagascar.htm, http://wildorchis.free.fr/index.php?page=orchismada

lMalaysia  : http://zanaf.dyndns.biz/
(hybrids of trading value) : http://agrolink.moa.my/comoditi/orkid/orkidmas.html

Mautitius: http://orchid-mauritius.intnet.mu/nativeorchids.htm

Mexico: http://www.abundaflora.com/species_categories.htm

Netherlands :  http://home.wxs.nl/~seckel/kreutz

New Zealand : http://www.hike.org/natural_history/Orchids.html

Norway :  http://www.orkideer.no/nof/natives.htm

Panama : http://www.bruce.ruiz.net/Panama_Orchids/list.htm

Papua-New Guinea: http://www.orchidspng.com/

Peru (by Carlos Hajek) : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6514/

Peru (Club Peruanos de Orchideas) : http://www.peruorchids.org/en/index.html

Peru (index of ICONES ORCHIDACEARUM PERUVIARUM by David E. Bennett & Eric A. Christenson): http://www.sacha.org/famil/orchids/Icones/Icones_index.htm

Peru (Waquangi project, Machu Pichu) : http://www.lamolina.edu.pe/waqanki/ver_ingles.htm

Philipines : http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/3491/

Réunion : http://www.chez.com/orchidrun/

Singapore : http://www.geocities.com/acac_ahs/main.htm , http://www.orchidsasia.com/singa.htm

Thailand : http://www.orchidsasia.com/thai.htm

Thailand : http://hoyaworld.tripod.com/thai_orchid.htm

Turkey :  http://home.wxs.nl/~seckel/kreutz

UK (The Hardy orchid Society) :  http://www.hardyorchidsociety.org.uk/

UK, The Sainsbury Orchid Conservation Project (RBG Kew, UK) : http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ksheets/sainsbury2.html

USA, California: http://www.orchids.org/ooc/

USA, Florida: http://www.orchidspecies.com/florida.htm

USA, Winsconsin: http://www.botany.wisc.edu/Orchids/Orchids_of_Wisconsin.html

Venezuela : http://www.ciens.ula.ve/~cires/ORCHIDS/orchids.html

Venezuela (Trujillo state - Gerardo Torres <cabriat@hotmail.com> : http://groups.msn.com/ORQUIDEASYOTRASFLORES/recibanuestrabienvenida.msnw 
 

ORCHIDS PICTURES & PHOTO SITES Back to top

Orchid Picture Reference Database ( list of over 60,000 orchid photographs and where to find them. Updated by Bob Betts , London Orchid Society (Canada) : http://los.lon.imag.net/orchpics.htm .

The Orchidmall photo site (plenty of links to orchid photosites) : http://www.orchidmall.com/fotosite.htm

Orchidorama (Elisabeth & Jean-Claude George, France) : http://www.ifrance.com/Orchidorama/ACCUEIL2.htm

Orchidées en Trégor (Marie-Mad & Gérard, Bretagne, France) :   http://gerard.body.chez.tiscali.fr/index.htm

Orkology : http://www.geocities.com/orkology/ , 

Wild flowers pictures (Thomas Kornack),including North American Orchidaceae : http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~tkorn/wildflowers/index.html

Orchidguide (Akerne Orchids) : http://www.orchidguide.com/genera/images.htm

Orchid Photo pages : http://www.orchidworks.com/

Horsemanure site (Nic van den Bosch, NZ):  http://www.vision.net.au/~nicvdb/

Orchid Photo pages (Eric Hunt SF, CA) :  http://www.orchidphotos.org

Geoffrey Hands (UK): http://www.users.waitrose.com/~orchids/

Photo gallery (Venger’s Orchids) : http://www.vengers.com/photos/vengers.htm

Orchid Photo Album (SyuTyuSen, Japan): http://www.edit.ne.jp/~fkoichi/mokuji.htm

Orchid collection (Wolfgang Renner, Germany) : http://orchideensammlung.de/orchideen-orchids-allgemein/orchids-orchideen.htm

Orchideegallerie (Wolfang Wieser, Austria): http://www.orchideengalerie.com/

Photo gallery (many Catasetinae) (Barry Gardner, Australia) : http://members.iinet.net.au/~barryg/Photo_Gallery.htm

Photo gallery (Wiet Janssen, Nl): www.wietjansseorchideeen.nl 

Photo gallery (Wolfgang Wiesner, Austria) : http://www.wowi.at/index.htm , http://www.wowi.at/index.html

Ron Griesbeck memorial site: http://www.notsogreenthumb.org/RonGriesbeck/memorial_gallery.htm 

Orchid photo tips (Pictures by Greg Allikas, text by Ned Nash) : http://www.orchidworks.com/ozone/fototips/index.html

More tips for macrophotography:

 http://www.livingroom.org.au/photolog/tips/macro_digital_photography.php
http://www.photoxels.com/digital-photography-tutorials.html
http://www.pixagogo.com/tutorials/digitalphotography/Tutorials.aspx?p=MacroPhotography
http://www.naturespic.com/articles/article6/article6.html
http://www.betterphoto.com/blogs/insights/archives/2005/07/macro_lens_tuto.html
http://www.betterphoto.com/article.asp?id=9

ORCHID PERIODICALS / JOURNALS Back to top

List of journals : http://www.orchidmall.com/general/periodic.htm

Curtis's Botanical Magazine: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/curt

The Orchid Review : http://www.rhs.org.uk/about/mn_pubs_journals_orchid.asp

The Orchid Digest: http://www.orchiddigest.com/

Orchids (formerly AOS bulletin, American Orchid Society) : http://www.orchidweb.org/

Oasis, The Journal (Australia) : http://welcome.to/oasis_journal

Orchid News (Brazil, Delfina de Araujo) : http://www.orchidnews.hpg.com.br/on/deposito.htm

Richardiana (France) : http://www.richardiana.com/?rub=main

BOOKSELLERS & PUBLISHERS Back to top

A.A. Balkema Publishers (Netherlands) : http://balkema.ima.nl/Scripts/cgiBalkema.exe/group?GrpNo=154

Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com

Balogh Scientific Books: http://www.balogh.com/newcat.html

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com

Bibliofind (Out-of Print books): http://www.bibliofind.com/

Bookfinder (Out-of Print books): http://www.bookfinder.com/

Capricornica Publications (online natural history bookshop, Australia) http://www.capricornica.com/

Colina (Native Orchids of Colombia & Ecuador): http://www.editorial-colina.com/edcolina/colina.html

Ivelet Books Limited (antique books & botanical prints, UK): www.abebooks.com/home/ivelet

Koeltz Scientific Books (Germany): http://koeltz.com/

Linden Antique Prints (antique books & botanical prints, UK): http://lindenprints.com/

McQuerry Orchid Books (USA) : http://www.mcquerryorchidbooks.com

M & M Orchideen (M. Wolff, Germany) : http://home.t-online.de/home/m-m-orchid/buch2.htm

MIT Press: http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/news.html

Missouri Botanical Garden :  http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/mbgpress/

National Herbarium Nederland : http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/pubs/index.htm

OrchidMania's Bookstore: http://www.orchids.org/books/

Ortho Bookstore: http://ortho.com/content/books/

Timber Press: http://www.timber-press.com/

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING, CD-ROM, SOFTWARES   Back to top

Note : Only websites are listed here. A number of publications on CDs can also be found in the catalog of various Booksellers

ORCHID SOFTWARES :

Basic Orchid Culture (Venger’s Orchids) : http://www.vengers.com/demo/cd.htm

Corel Professional Photos CD-ROM - Orchids - Series http://www.corel.com/products/clipartandphotos/photos/PHOTOLIB.HTM

Cyrtopodium Genus - Brazilian Species (Lou C. Menezes) : http://www.orquideasbrasil.com.br/orqeng.htm

Dale's Photo CD, Vol 1. Photographs by Dale Borders, compiled by Troy Meyers , http://www.orchidculture.com/COD/dbpcd.html , tcmeyers@troymeyers.com

Möhltimedia (CD) : www.mohltimedia.com

North American Terrestrial Orchids. Propagation and Production Conference Proceedings. March 16 & 17, 1996 (Edited by Carol Allen) : http://www.netins.net/showcase/novacon/cyphaven/nantobk.htm

Orchids of New Guinea Vol. 1: Illustrated Checklist and Genera' : http://www.orchidspng.com/orchids_nhn01.html , The first in a series of CD-ROMs , by the National Herbarium Nederland

Orchids of Peru, no. 1 compiled by Dr.Isaías Rolando, 1999. Provides additional material to the book "Orchids Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel Field Guide. (AOS Bookshop BK 6061) It can also be ordered directly from Dr. Isaias Rolando orchid@upch.edu.pe .

Orchids of the Tropical New World (1st Edition) Icones Plantarum Tropicarum (Series I & II) and Icones Orchidacearum Collections CD-ROM (Lightbinders Publications) : http://www.lbin.com/index.html

Pleiono-CD by Thomas Eichhorn -Nelson. Str. des Froedens 70, D-98724 Lausha , Glasaugen.Eichhorn@t-online.de

The Orchidopaedia series. Volume 1 - The genera descriptions. http://www.key.net.au/~orkology/Orkology/botsoft/index.html

Wildcatt Orchids Database http://www.wildcattdata.com/

NOV (Dutch Orchid Society) lists of orchid softwares (dutch & english): http://www.nov-orchidee.nl/Orch_software/orch_software.html
 

COLLECTION MANAGEMENT, BIBLIOGRAPHY ,…

BG-BASE ( PC-based database application written primarily to handle the information management needs of institutions and individuals holding living and/or preserved collections of biological material, including botanic gardens, arboreta, zoos, herbaria, museums, libraries, university campuses, horticultural societies and private collections) : http://www.rbge.org.uk/BG-BASE/

Specimen Databases, Research and Collection Management: A Practical Manual for Dbase® and Wordperfect® Users by Nancy Hensold, Department of Botany, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL.: http://www.sacha.org/datab/docs/english.html

Cattleya Log : http://www.mygrandmothersbloomers.ws/

Orchid 2000 Database http://www.phelpsfarm.com/dbase.htm

Orchid Management system. http://www.swconnection.com/orchidshow.html

ORCHIDATA-3 by Charles W. Barbour, http://www.orchidmall.com/Orchidata/

Orchidophile II, by Paul Georges, this orchid management software is available in French http://www.ifrance.com/keksoft/sommaire_fr.html , English http://www.ifrance.com/keksoft/sommaire_ag.html , and Dutch , http://www.ifrance.com/keksoft/Orchidophile_nl.htm

Software to manage orchid show plant registration, judging and awards (Central Ontario Orchid Society) : http://www.swconnection.com/orchidshow.html

NOV (Dutch Orchid Society) lists of collection management softwares (dutch & english): http://www.nov-orchidee.nl/Beheer_softw_/beheer_softw_.html
 

Cataloging Software

http://www.mohltimedia.com/orchiddatabases.html

http://www.orchidmall.com/Orchidata/

http://plantsforwindows.web.com/

http://www.ifrance.com/keksoft/software_ag.html

http://mpwsoft.8m.com/orchids.html

http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html

http://www.wildcattdata.com/

http://www.exmsft.com/~robertu/orchid_database.htm

Orchid tools for your website: http://www.orchids.iastate.edu/

ORCHID SOCIETIES AND GROUPS Back to top

European Orchid Committee links : http://falco.elte.hu/eoc/orchidLinks.htm

List of societies : Orchidlink.com : http://www.orchidlink.com/society.htm

All about Orchids (UK) : http://www.orchid.org.uk/contents.htm

Orchid Societies (Orchidmall) : http://www.orchidmall.com/society.htm

WOC, the World Orchid Conference Trust: http://www.woctrust.com/Home.html

WOC2005 Dijon, France, a diary by Delfina de Araujo:  http://www.delfinadearaujo.com/on/specialWOC/summary.htm  http://www.delfinadearaujo.com/wocboletim/menu.htm
 

Associacion civil Argentina de Orchideologia (ACAO): http://www.diseinugraficayweb.com/acao/acaoindex.htm

Association Française Culture et Protection des Orchidées (AFCPO): http://www.afcpo.claranet.fr/Association/assoc_accueil.htm

All Japan Orchid Society: http://www.orchid.or.jp/orchid/society/ajos/ajos.htm

American Orchid Society (AOS): http://orchidweb.org/index.html

Amicale des Orchidophiles du Languedoc-Roussillon (France) :  http://perso.club-internet.fr/jfourlon/

Angrek.com, home of the Ann Arbor Orchid Society , the Michigan Orchid Society , the Disa Grower's Web Page , Ecuadorquideas and other sites: http://angrek.com/

Asociacion Costarricense de Orchideologia : http://www.ticorquideas.com/

Associació Catalana d'Amics de les Orquídies (A.C.A.O.) (Spain): http://www.fortunecity.com/boozers/footman/457/menucat22.html

Associazione Laziale Orchidee (Roma Italy): http://web.tiscali.it/aloweb/it/chisiamo.html

Australasian Native Orchid Society (ANOS) : http://www.ozemail.com.au/~graemebr/

Australasian Native Orchid Society : http://www.anos.org.au

Austrian Orchid Society : http://www.orchideen.at/english/frames_e.htm

Brabantse Orchidee - vereniging (Brussels & Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) : http://orchid.show.tripod.com/agenda.htm

Brisbane Orchid Society: http://www.users.bigpond.com/gmcorbin/bos/

British Orchid Council : http://go.to/british-orchid-council

British Paphiopedilum Society : http://www.zoo.co.uk/~z0001324/bps.htm

Canadian Orchid Congress: http://www.CanadianOrchidCongress.ca/

Cape Orchid Society (South Africa) : http://capeorchids.itgo.com/

Club des orchidophiles Wallons (C.O.W) :  http://www.orchidees.be/

East Midlands Orchid Society (UK) :  http://www.seedpod.f9.co.uk/page2.html

European Orchid Concil (EOC): http://falco.elte.hu/eoc/EOC.htm

Fédération Française des Amateurs d'orchidées : http://www.ffao-orchid.com/accueil.html

Florida North Central Judging Center (Tampa, Florida) (AOS): http://www.orchidjudges.org/

Fou d’orchidée (France) : http://perso.respublica.fr/orchidees/

German Association Orchid Friends ( site in German) : http://www.orchideen-journal.de

German Orchid Society (DOG): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rolfachim_reichart/dog.htm

German, Austrian and Switzerland orchid Societies: http://www.fto.de/~stolle/dog/dog1.htm

Groupement Midi Pyrénées d’amateurs d’orchidées (GMPAO, Toulouse): http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dd.fernandez/fichiers/gmpao_accueil.htm

Hardy orchids Society (UK) : http://www.drover.demon.co.uk/HOS/

Kenya Orchid Society: http://www.museums.or.ke/textpage/relkos.html

Labellum Orchid Club (Cz) :http://www.labellum.wz.cz

Les Orchidophiles Réunis de Belgique : http://www.lesorb.com/

Mauritius Orchid Society: http://orchid-mauritius.intnet.mu/

National Capital Orchid Society (USA): http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5097/

Ned. Orchideeën vereniging (The Netherlands) : www.nov-orchidee.demon.nl

NGO Orchis (Georgia, Caucasus) : http://www.itic.org.ge/orchis/contacts.htm

Orchid Societies in Brazil : http://aodorchid.vila.bol.com.br/orcsocie.html

Orchidée Armorique (France) : http://www.chez.com/orchideearmorique/index.html

Orchidées 59 (Nord, France) : http://perso.orange.fr/zurecki/orchids/HomePage.html

SFO Nord  (Nord, France): http://perso.orange.fr/orchidees-en-nord/

Orchidée 75, Orchidée 77, Orchidée 78, Orchidée 95, Orchidée Languedoc (FFAOrchidées France) : http://www.ffao-orchid.com/assoaffiliees.html

Orchidées exotiques (Belgique francophone: Association Namuroise d'orchidophilie, Orchid's Malmédy, Société Belge d'orchidophilie,  Club des amateurs Wallons d'orchidées, Club des orchidophiles Wallons, L'ami des orchidées) :  http://users.skynet.be/orchidees/  

Orchideeën Vereniging Vlaanderen (formerly: Orchideevriend (Belgium): http://www.orchidee-vlaanderen.be/ 
Orchideeën vereniging Vlaanderen Regio West Vlaanderen:  http://users.pandora.be/joris.vdp/

Orchidophiles de Montréal: http://orchidophiles.qc.ca/

OSCOV (Orchid Societies Council of Victoria): http://www.oscov.asn.au/

Pleurothallid Alliance UK : http://www.pleuro.co.uk/ From: "Don Smallman" <d-m@dsmallman.fsnet.co.uk> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:21:46 +0100"
…the website has closed down but we are going to get a new one soon.…"
So chaps, stay tuned!

Pleurothallid Alliance USA : http://members.ismi.net/pleurothallids/Pleurothallid_Alliance.htm

Rhône Alpes Orchidées (France) : http://rao.free.fr/

Royal Horticultural Society (UK) : http://www.rhs.org.uk/

San Diego Orchid Society : http://www.sdorchids.com/

San Francisco Orchid Society : http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.com/

Société Belge d’Orchidophilie et Club des Amateurs Wallons d’Orchidées (Belgium) : http://users.skynet.be/sky38558/

Société Française d'Orchidophilie (France) : http://www.sfo-asso.com/

Sociedad de Orquideologia del Estando Miranda (Venezuela) : http://www.orquideas.ws/

Specialty groups, e.g. International Phalaenopsis Alliance, Paphiopedilum Guild, The Odontoglossum Alliance, Cymbidium Society of America, The  Pleurothallid Alliance : http://www.theaos.org/welcome/specialty/index.html

Tasmanian Orchid Society : http://www.geocities.com/michael_white_au/ , http://www.netspace.net.au/~fleur/tos.html

The O Zone: http://www.orchidworks.com/ozone/

The Orchid Society of South East Asia (OSSEA) , SINGAPORE : www.ossea.org.sg

The Orchid Species Society (Ql, Australia) : www.orchidspeciessoc.gil.com.au

Trinidad and Tobago orchid Society : http://www.ttorchids.net/

Vereinigung Deutscher Orchideen-freunde (Germany):  http://orchideen-journal.de/index.htm

Werkgroep Masdevallia (Netherlands):    http://www.orchidnet.nl/masgroep/indexgb.html

Werkgroep voor Pleurothallioiden (Vlaams & Nederlands) : http://www.masgroep.botorch.com/frampleur.html

World of Pleurothallioide (all about Pleurothallidinae) : http://www.masgroep.botorch.com/
 

ORCHID FORUM Back to top

Orchid Guide Digest (OGD): http://www.orchidguide.com/

Orchid List Digest (OLD) and OLD Searchable archives: http://psppathsrv.unl.edu/orchid/orchid.htm

OLD photo exchange: http://www.silverlink.net/~tcmeyers/

Orchidforums:  http://www.orchidforums.net/

Orchideenforum (in German) : http://www.orchideenforum.de

Orchid Talks UK : www.orchid-talk.co.uk

GardenWeb Orchid Forum : http://www.gardenweb.com/forums/orchids/

AOS forum : http://www.orchidweb.org/

The Orchid Mall : http://www.orchidmall.com/

Pleurothallidinae forum (2 different) : One List (Egroups) Pleurothallid List , http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pleurothallids

Cypripedium forum : http://www.cypripedium.de/forum/index.html

Native North American Orchid Discussion List :  http://www.newnorth.net/~mruh/index.html

OrchidSafari, "The Friendly Orchid Chat" : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3791/

Forum orchidees.fr:  http://www.orchidees.fr/forums/index.php?s=c8be05f671af249bfc1286d6439dff54

Forum des Orchidoux-Dingues : http://www.orchidee.cjb.net/plan.htm   http://jpm.phpnet.org/wat/phorum/

Forum de discussion en français : http://forum.hit-parade.com/forum.asp?a=e&s=a15935&t=3

Orchideka: http://www.orkideka.be/site/index.php

Garden calendar: http://www.gardencalendar.com/addform.cgi

Orchid Events: http://www.orchidmall.com/announce.htm

Orchid Webring: http://www.orchidsasia.com/orcring.htm

Pleurothallid discussion list: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pleurothallid-l/
 

BIODIVERSITY & ECOSYSTEMS (INCLUDING ORCHID) Back to top

Borneo / Mont Kinabalu

Costa-Rica biodiversity: http://www.inbio.ac.cr/

Flora of Suriname : http://www.euronet.nl/users/mbleeker/suriname/suri-eng.html

Brazil (Plants of -, including orchids) : http://brazil-plants.webjump.com/
 

PLANTS REFERENCES (General) & LINKS Back to top

Conversion factors (metric, US, British units) : http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/facts-slides-self/facts/gen-peapp-conv-table.html

International Association for Plant taxonomy : http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/registration/

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (St Louis) http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0000St.Luistitle.htm

International Organisation for Plant Information : http://iopi.csu.edu.au/iopi/

International Plant Name Index : http://www.ipni.org/ipni/query_ipni.html

Internet Directory of Botany: http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botmenu.html

Provisional Global Plant Checklist : http://bgbm3.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/IOPI/GPC/

American Horticultural Society : http://www.ahs.org/

Andean Botanical Information System - the Field Museum, Chicago, Il http://www.sacha.org/

W³Tropicos - the Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database: http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html

The GardenWeb glossary of botanic terms : http://www.gardenweb.com/glossary/

The GardenWeb Plant Database : http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/

A glossary of botanical terms : http://www.orchidlady.com/glossary.html

Dictionary of botanical epithets : http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary.html

Botanical Latin translation (Latin English and English Latin) : http://members.aol.com/magarland/botlat/botlata.htm

Pronouncing botanical Latin : http://www.telp.com/gardening/latin.htm

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid : http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm

Curtis's Botanical Magazine (NAL, USDA) : http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/sep02/nal0902.htm  

CITES homepage : http://www.cites.org/
 

Plant pathology online ( Thorsten Kraska, University of Bonn, Germany) : http://www.ifgb.uni-hannover.de/extern/ppigb/ppigb.htm

Plant pathology websites : http://www.sdstate.edu/~wpsc/http/ps333lnk.html

Plant virus online: http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/refs.htm

Orchid virus: http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/famly094.htm

Orchid Pests (Paul J. Johnson, South Dakota State University) : http://nat_hist.sdstate.edu/orchids/Pests/pests.htm

Biological Pest control : http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/biocontrol/2a.htm

EXTOXNET - The EXtension TOXicology NETwork - "The dose makes the poison." : http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/ghindex.html

Cinnamite (Mycotech.com) : http://www.mycotech.com/

Natural Pest Control : http://www.natpestco.com/index2.html

BOTANIC GARDENS Back to top

Directory of Arboreta, Botanical Gardens, Gardens, Herbariums: http://www.gardenscape.com/GSGardens.html
 

Australia :

Australian National Botanic Gardens : http://155.187.10.12/anbg/index.html

Belgium

National Botanic Garden of Belgium : http://www.br.fgov.be

Observatoire du monde des Plantes (University of Liège) : http://www.ulg.ac.be/musees/omp/

Denmark :

Botanic garden University Copenhagen :  http://www.botanic-garden.ku.dk/eng/

France :

Conservatoire du Begonia Rochefort sur mer : http://www.ville-rochefort.fr/index.htm

Jardin Botanique de Nancy : http://uhp.u-nancy.fr/UHP/Jardin-Botanique/accueil2.html

Germany :

Berlin Botanic Garden : http://bgbm3.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/BGBM/

Hannover (Herrenhäuser Gärten) : http://www.hannover.de/deutsch/kultur/nah_park/herrenh.htm

Heidelberg Botanischer Garten :  http://www.botgart.uni-hd.de/public/public_en.html

Stuttgard (Wilhelma, Zoo & Botanical Garden): http://www.stgt.com/extern/wilhelma.htm

Botanic Garden Utrecht : http://www.bio.uu.nl/botgard/

De Hortus Botanicus in de Plantage (Amsterdam) : http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/pf_triep/hortus.htm

De Hortus Botanicus van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam : http://www.vu.nl/diensten/veb/ctw/hortus.html , http://www.hortus-vu.nl/

Hortus Botanicus Leiden : http://www.hortus.leidenuniv.nl/

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland : http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl

Private Gardens of Netherlands : http://www.woonweb.nl/privetuin/index.html

Papua New Guinea

National Capital Botanic Garden, Port Moresby : http://www.ncbg.org.pg  

Suisse :

Jardin Botanique de Genève : http://www.ville-ge.ch/geneve/culture/musees/musees/botanique.htm

UK:

Royal Botanic Garden , Kew: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/

Orchids at Kew : http://www.geocities.com/phillipzwhite/orchidsatkew.htm

National Collection Plant holders : http://www.nccpg.org.uk/

USA:

Harvard herbarium : http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu/

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens : http://www.selby.org/welcome.htm

Missouri Botanical Garden : http://www.mobot.org/

New York Botanical Garden: http://www.nybg.org/

Brooklyn Botanic Garden : http://www.bbg.org/

University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants : http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/

Washington University Herb Garden : http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/pnr/uwmhg/index.html
 
 

PEOPLES Back to top

Anne Marie Gabriel (France, site en francais) : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/anne-marie.gabriel/orchidee/

Claudio Rossi Cloud’s orchids : http://home.ica.net/~birch/orchids.htm

Dr Tanaka’s friends (Japan)  : http://www.orchid.or.jp/orchid/people/tanaka/cont/enfriendindex.html

Fleur Malcom’s Orchid pages : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/8451/orchid.html

Jens Knapp, Germany : http://home.t-online.de/home/r.knapp/eorchid.htm

Jerry Bolce, The Orchid House (Canada) : http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca:80/~jerry/orchids/

Linda’s Orchid pages : http://www.orchidlady.com

Marc Flandre (France, site en francais) : http://perso.respublica.fr/orchidees/

Orchidanto (Giulio Farinelli, in Italian): http://www.orchidando.net/

Orkide Vinduet (in danish) : http://www.orkide.hjem.wanadoo.dk/

Patrick Cloes (Pleuro’s, Belgium) : http://home.tiscali.be/patcloes1/

Roberto Burle Marx, Minas Gerais, Brazil : http://gold.horizontes.com.br/~edr/orchids.html

Rome’s orchid pages, Hawaï : http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/7765/

Silvia & Cedric's Orchid Pages (UK) : http://www.oncil.demon.co.uk/

SyuTyuSen's Orchid Photo Album, Japan : http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~jewelorc/
 
Wiet Janssen Orchideën (NL):  http://www.wietjanssenorchideeen.nl/
 

NURSERIES / SUPPLIES Back to top

Lists of links :

Orchid vendors & nurseries in EU (an extensive list by Marianne): http://www.ukorchidforum.com/ (French version:  http://www.orchidees.fr/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=8&t=11658)

British traders (BOGA members) : http://www.oncil.demon.co.uk/CSMPage8.htm

British traders (non BOGA members) : http://www.oncil.demon.co.uk/Page10.htm

Dutch Orchid Producers Association (cut-flower trade) http://orchideeeninfo.com/

NOV (Nederlands) : http://www.nov-orchidee.nl/Leveranciers/leveranciers.html

Nurseries in Germany: http://www.orchideenforum.de/bezugsquellen_de.htm

Nurseries in Brazil : http://aodorchid.vila.bol.com.br/orquid.html

Orchidlink.com : http://www.orchidlink.com/grower.htm

The Orchidmall : http://www.orchidmall.com/index.htm

The Orchidmall  unclassified Ads : http://www.orchidmall.com/general/unclasfd.htm
  

The Orchid Grower Rating Evaluation System : http://www.proinnovation.com/ogres
 Orchids Vendors database (rating) : http://commerce.univers-orchidees.org/index.php?section=vlis

Alphabetic listing of vendors worldwide Back to top

Akerne Orchids (Belgium) : http://akerne-orchids.com/

AM Orchidées Graziano (77160 Grisy-Suisnes France): http://reglisse-et-saphir.chez.tiscali.fr/AM%20orchidees/AM_orchidees.htm

Andy’s Orchids (CA) : http://www.andysorchids.com/

AQ Orchids (Hong Kong, Paphiopedilum) : http://www.aqorchids.com/

Bedford Orchids (Phalaenopsis from Taiwan, Howard Ginsberg, Canada) : http://www.bedfordorchids.com/about_bedford_orchids.htm

Befort Gartenbau (Germany): http://www.befort-gartenbau.de

Bela Vista (Brasil) : http://www.bvorchids.com.br/

Biorchids (Brasil) : http://www.biorchids.com.br/apresentation.htm

Black Dragon Orchids (Allan Tetzlaff, ON, Canada) : http://users.imag.net/~lon.atetzlaff/index.htm

Botanische Orchidëeen (Herman ter Borch, Netherland) : http://www.botorch.com/basis.htm

Burleigh Park (Australia) : http://www.speciesorchids.com/index.html

Burnham Nurseries (UK) : http://www.orchids.uk.com/paradise.htm

Cameleon Orchid Group (Netherlands, wholesale) : http://www.cameleonorchidee.nl/index800.htm

Canopée (La - France):  http://www.lacanopee.com/

Carolina orchids (Tom & Shan Nasser, SC USA): http://www.carolinaorch.com/

Casa dei Fiori Orchids (Italy) : http://www.flowershouse.it/pagine%20inglese/chi%20siamo%20inglese.htm

Centre d’Etude des Végétaux d’Intérêt Ecomnomique (CEVIE) (Belgium) : http://www.cevie.com/

Clackamas Orchids (USA) : http://www.clackamas-orchids.com/

Claessenorchideeen (NL) : http://www.claessenorchideeen.nl/

Cloud’s Orchids (Canada)  : http://home.ica.net/~birch/orchids.htm

CNCOrchid.com   (USA): Phal. hybrids from Taiwan http://www.cncorchids.com/

Countryside Orchids (NM) : http://members.aol.com/CSOrchids/index.html

Currlin (Germany) : http://www.currlin.com/index.html

Cyp. Haven (IA)  : http://www.netins.net/showcase/novacon/cyphaven/cyphvnhp.htm

Crustacare (Belgium, hardy orchids) : http://www.crustacare.be/Plants/HomepagePlantsEnglish.html

Dragon Agro Products (NJ. Unusual plants & orchids) : http://www.dragonagro.com/daphmpg.htm

Ecuagenera (Ecuador) : http://www.ecuagenera.com  

eorchid.com : http://www.eorchid.com/ , http://www.orchidpro.com/

Euro Green Asia International (Thailand): http://www.orchid-plants.com/

Florafest Orchids (Australia) : http://www.florafest.com.au/homepage.html

Floralia (orchids of Brazil) : http://www.Floralia.com.br/orchids/index.html

Formosa Orchids (Taiwan) : http://w3.formosaorchids.com.tw/indexe.html

Frosch Exclusive Perrenials (Germany. Cypripedium hybrids) : http://www.cypripedium.de/English/english.html

Hawaii agricultural gateway : http://www.hawaiiag.org/

HBI Inc (Mick Fournier, Florida. Flasks) : http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/mia/f/o/fourmick/flasks/orchid.html

J & L Orchids (USA) : http://www.orchidmall.com/jlorchids/index.htm

Janke Blumen (Germany) :  http://www.blumen-janke.de/orchideen.htm 

Juergen Boehm Orchids (terrestrials, Germany) : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cyps/

Jumbo orchids (Catasetinae, Taiwan) : http://tacocity.com.tw/orchids/english/index.htm

Karin Steiger (Germany): http://karinsteiger.tripod.com/indexgb.htm

Kawamoto Orchid Nursery (Hawaii) : http://www.maui.net/~orchids/

Keiths nursery (Australia) : http://www.keithsnursery.com.au/index.html

Kenntner (Germany) : http://www.kenntner-orchideen.de/

KJ orchids (Denmark): http://www.kj-orchids.com

Klinge Orchids (Netherlands) : http://www.klinge.nl/index.asp

Kopf Orchideen (Germany) : http://www.orchideen-kopf.de/

Kultana Orchids (Thailand) : http://lox1.loxinfo.co.th/~kultana/

L & R (New Zeland) : http://www.lrorchids.co.nz/Default.htm

Laboratoire Orchidexpert (Ontario, Canada) : http://www.hawk.igs.net/~orchidex/

La Cour des Orchidées (Gometz le Chatel France): http://www.lacourdesorchidees.fr/

Laneside Alpine & Hardy Orchid Nursery (UK)  http://www.lanesidealpines.com/index.htm

Lenhart (Ludwigshafen, Germany) : http://www.orchideen-lenhard.de/shop/index.htm?main.htm

Lisianne orchideeën (Wevelgem, Belgium) : http://www.orchideeenlisianne.tk/

M & M Orchideen (M. Wolff, Germany) : http://home.t-online.de/home/m-m-orchid/orchid.htm

Mae Tang Orchids & tours (Thailand, UK) : http://www.maetangorchids.com

Majiorchid (Thailand) : http://www.majikorchid.com/

Marcel Lecouffle Orchidées (Paris, France) : http://www.realfrance.com/ri/aricouff.htm

Min Tai Enterprise (Taiwan) : http://netcity3.web.hinet.net/UserData/mtorchid/

Motes Orchids (Martin Motes, Florida. Vandaceous hybrids) : http://www.orchidworks.com/redland/motes.html

MYORCHIDS (hardy terrestrial orchids, Dr. Heinrich Beyrle, Germany) : http://www.myorchids.de/main1.htm

New World Orchids (Glenn C Lehr, MI) : http://www.newworldorchids.com/

Orchid Court (Tennis Maynard, USA) : http://www.orchidcourt.com/

Orchidanica (CA) : http://www.orchidmall.com/orchidanica/

Orchidario Quinto Do Lago   (Brazil): http://www.qlagorquideas.com/paginas/starteng.htm

Orchid Dekor (Belgium) : http://users.belgacombusiness.net/orchidsdekor/index.html  

Orchids in our tropics (Doug & Terry Kennedy) : http://www.orchidsinourtropics.com/index.shtml

Orchids & more (Rosenheimer) Orchideenzucht (Germany) : http://www.orchideen.com ,
http://members.aol.com/orchideen/homepage/other.htm

Orchids of La Joya (seed propagated Mexican Orchid Species) : http://www.lajoya.com/

P.J. Christian hardy orchids (UK): http://rareplants.co.uk/index.htm

Pacific Blooms Ltd.( New Zealand. Cut Flowers, NZ Sphagnum moss,…) : http://www.pacificblooms.com/

Peninsula Hybrids (Gerardus Staal, CA) : http://www.orchidsocietyofcalifornia.com/gerst.html , http://www.orchidmall.com/peninsula/

Peruflora (Manolo Arias, Lima Peru) : http://peru-flora.com

Petite Plaisance (CA) : http://www.sonic.net/orchids/index.htm#PageTop

Petrens orchideeën (Belgium) : http://www.orchideeen-petrens.be/english/preface.htm

Plant Hormones Canada (Jim Brasch. Keiki Grow) : http://www.orchidmall.com/hormones/

Plested orchids (UK) :   http://www.orchids-at-plesteds.co.uk/index.html

PNG orchids (PNG) : http://www.niugini.com/pngmarkets/Orchids/orchids.html

Quinta do Lago (Brasil) : http://www.qlagorquideas.com/

Reinhart orchidëeen (NL) : http://www.reinhartorchideeen.nl/

RF Orchids (FL) : http://www.rforchids.com/

Ricsel Orchids (Brazil) : http://www.ricsel.com.br/

Rio Verde (Mexico) : http://www.dsinet.com.mx/rioverde/

RISIS (Singapore. Orchids in jewellery) : http://www.ecomz.com/risis/orchids.html

Ryanne (Bavais, France):  http://www.orchideeryanne.com/

San Damiano Orchids: http://www.sandamianoorchids.com

Schronen Orchideenzucht (Germany) : http://www.orchideen-schronen.de/anfang.html

Seidel (Alvim Seidel, Orquidaria Cataninense, Brasil) : http://www.seidel.com.br

Sharonorchids (Israel):  http://www.sharonorchids.com/

Simanis Orchids (Indonesia) : http://www.simanis2000.com/indek.html
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Simpson Orchids (Australia) : http://anos.org.au/sponsors/simpson.html

Tainan Phalaenopsis (Taiwan) : http://www.jinworld.com/e-comp.htm

The Orchid Works (Hawaii) : http://www.theorchidworks.com

Toh Orchids (Singapore) : http://www.tohorchids.com.sg/

Uzumara Orchids (Isobyl Lacroix, UK. African orchid species,) : http://www.uzumaraorchids.com http://freespace.virgin.net/i.la_croix/

VelvetCafe/ Velvetine (Brussels, Belgium) : http://www.velvetine.be/orchids.asp

Venger’s Orchids : http://vengers.com/index.htm

Warrnambool Orchids (Ph Altmann, Australia) :broken link

Water orchids (Taiwan) : http://www.waterorchids.idv.tw/

Wenzel Orchids Orquidário Rioclarense Ltda (Brazil) : http://www.linkway.com.br/wenzelorchids/index.htm

Wilk Orchid Specialties (Hawaii): http://www.lost-continent.com/orchmain.html

Wubben orchids (The Netherlands): http://www.orchidwubben.com

Yamamoto Nursery (Hawaï) : http://www.lava.net/yamaorch/

Zen Gyo Orchids (Thailand) : http://www.zengyo.com/
 

Plants varia Back to top

Logee’s Greenhouses (USA) : http://logees.com/www/

Gardening 365 (UK) : http://www.oxalis.co.uk/

Backyard Gardener (alpines) : http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/nur.html

Cambrian Carnivorous : http://www.flytrap.demon.co.uk/index.htm

Sollya (Belgium) : http://www.tuininfo.com/sollya/

Groen Net (gardening & nurseries, NL) : http://www.groen.net/

De Groenwijzer van Nederlands en Belgie (in dutch) : http://www.groeninfo.com/

 

SUPPLIES :

Ann Mann’s Orchids & Fogger (FL) : http://www.cfog.com/

Chiloe: importer of Chilean sphagnum moss (France, EU) (site in Frenc