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PHRAG
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I just finished using Kew Gardens World Checklist to update my plant list!
I noticed that some of my orchids had two names on the labels, and to make my life simpler, I wanted to look up the accepted names for these plants.
So I headed over here...
http://gopher.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/home.do
...and typed in the names of my orchids.
You can look up the accepted name for an orchid, see what the synonyms are, and even check google images from a handy link at the bottom of each search page. I found it so interesting that I went ahead and looked up all my orchids. I discovered that some of my orchids have been renamed (Coelogyne ochracea is now Coelogyne nitida) and I found out that one of my species may not exist. Dryadella lansbergii anyone???
I learned a lot about the originating countries of my orchid species too. This is a list of all the places I own orchid species from...
Brazil
Columbia
Comoros Islands
Ecuador
Japan
Madagascar
Mexico
Philippines
Sumatra
Just wanted to share.
I noticed that some of my orchids had two names on the labels, and to make my life simpler, I wanted to look up the accepted names for these plants.
So I headed over here...
http://gopher.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/home.do
...and typed in the names of my orchids.
You can look up the accepted name for an orchid, see what the synonyms are, and even check google images from a handy link at the bottom of each search page. I found it so interesting that I went ahead and looked up all my orchids. I discovered that some of my orchids have been renamed (Coelogyne ochracea is now Coelogyne nitida) and I found out that one of my species may not exist. Dryadella lansbergii anyone???
I learned a lot about the originating countries of my orchid species too. This is a list of all the places I own orchid species from...
Brazil
Columbia
Comoros Islands
Ecuador
Japan
Madagascar
Mexico
Philippines
Sumatra
Just wanted to share.