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silence882

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Hi Everyone,

I'm working on gathering and posting all the original descriptions of Paph & Phrag species (and synonyms). So far, I've gotten almost all from the Victorian Era and the freely available modern ones. They've been posted here:
Paphs:
http://slipperorchids.info/paphdescriptions/index.html
Phrags:
http://slipperorchids.info/phragdescriptions/index.html

I can get a good portion of the modern stuff from my own collection and libraries near me (DC is great for libraries), but a number of foreign orchid journals aren't available in my area. If anyone has .pdfs or would be willing to scan articles for me, I'd be grateful. My e-mail is [email protected].

Once I have gathered the modern articles I'll be contacting the authors for permission to post.

Here is the list of needed articles:
Australian Orchid Review
  • Paph. ayubii - hort. ex Parnata in Australian Orchid Review, 62(4): 9-10 (1997)
  • Paph. emersonii fma. luteum, Paph. moquetteanum fma. flavoviride - Braem in Australian Orchid Review, 66(1): 4-16 (2001)

Caesiana
  • Paph. callosum var. potentianum - Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, 5: 39 (1995)
  • Paph. tranlienianum - Gruss & Perner in Caesiana, 7(11): 63-73 (1998)
  • Paph. hirsutissimum var. esquirolei fma. viride - Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, 12: 57-65 (1999)
  • Phrag. tetzlaffianum - Gruss in Caesiana, 15: 33-40 (2000)
  • Phrag. longifolium fma. minutum - Gruss in Caesiana, 16: 40 (2001)
  • Paph. godefroyae fma. album - Gruss in Caesiana, 18: 31 (2001)
  • Paph. henryanum fma. album - Gruss in Caesiana, 18: 41 (2002)
  • Paph. delenatii fma. vinicolor - Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, 29: 4 (2007)

Die Orchidee (I can get prior to 2011)
  • Paph. x wuliangshanicum - Liu, Gruss, & Chen in Die Orchidee, 62: 190 (2011)
  • Paph. stenolomum - Liu, Gruss & Chen in Die Orchidee, 62: 190 (2011)
  • Paph. cornuatum - Liu, Gruss & Chen in Die Orchidee, 62: 275 (2011)
  • Paph. bellatulum fma. chlorophyllum - Perner in Die Orchidee, 63: 427 (2012)
  • Paph. x schlechterianum - Gruss in Die Orchidee, 64: 19 (2013)
  • Paph. papuanum fma. alexejianum - Gruss in Die Orchidee, 64: 44 (2013)
  • Paph. praestans var. bicornutum - Gruss in Die Orchidee, 65: 22 (2014)

Journal fur den Orchideenfreund (journal name was recently changed to OrchideenJournal)
  • Paph. hilmari - Sengas & Schettler in Journal fur den Orchideenfreund, 6(1): 4 (1999)

Orchideeen (Dutch journal)
  • Paph. tonsum var. braemii - Mohr in Orchideeen, 51(6): 175-176 (1989)

Orchideenbrief (An obscure German publication of some sort)
  • Paph. fairrieanum fma. bohlmannianum - Matho in Orchideenbrief 1(42): 1 (1942)

Orchidees. Culture et Protection
  • Paph. gigantifolium - Braem, Baker & Baker in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 30: 5-12 (1997)
  • Paph. charlesworthii fma. sandowiae, Paph. villosum fma. aureum, Paph. fowliei fma. christianae, Paph. hookerae var. volonteanum fma. sandowii, Paph. tonsum fma. alboviride, Paph. urbanianum fma. alboviride, Paph. robinsonii fma. viride - Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, 36: 35-38 (1998)
  • Paph. parnatanum - Cavestro in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, reimpr., 38: 30 (1999)
  • Paph. cerveranum - Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, 38: 28-30 (1999)
  • Paph. mirabile - Cavestro & Chiron in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 38: 31-34 (1999)

Orchis (Italy)
  • Phrag. hirtzii - Dodson in Orchis, 58: 129 (1988)
  • Paph. chamberlainianum var. kalinae - Braem in Orchis, No. 93: 18-23 (1995)

Orquidea (Mexico)
  • P. exstaminodium - Castano, Hagsater, & Aguirre in Orquidea, 9(29): 193 (1984)

Rhone - Alpes Orchidees
  • Paph. intaniae - Cavestro in Rhone - Alpes Orchidees, reimpr., 25: 5 (2000)
  • Paph. sugiyamanum - Cavestro in Rhone - Alpes Orchidees, 27: 3 (2001)
  • Paph. robinsonianum - Cavestro in Rhone - Alpes Orchidees, prepr. 52: 14 (2014 publ. 2013)

Schlechteriana
  • Paph. henryanum - Braem in Schlechteriana, 1: 3-6 (3 September, 1987)
  • Paph. schoseri, Paph. topperi - Braem & Mohr in Schlechteriana, 2: 15-22 (1988)
  • Phrag. besseae fma. flavum - Braem in Schlechteriana, 1(2): 55 (1990)
  • Paph. henryanum fma. christae - Braem in Schlechteriana, 2(4): 157-162 (1991)
  • Paph. fowliei var. sangianum - Braem in Schlechteriana, 4: 52 (1993)

Swiss Orchid Society Bulletin
  • Paph. x trantuanii - Gogniat & Loubr. in Swiss Orchid Society Bulletin, 1: 2 (2008)

Waling-Waling Review
  • Paph. adductum var. anitum - Golamco in Waling-Waling Review, 6(2): 9-14 (1998)

--Stephen
 

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Stephen, Great project!
Thank you so much for your effort with this.

I will check if i do have something in my hard drive.
 

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Stephen, thank you very much for your wonderful work! I occasionally need to track down the original descriptions for unidentified orchid species, and it could be tedious. So this is a great resource!

I recently noticed that Tropicos (and some other similar database) has links to botanicus.org and http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org, where older literature digitized. It can be handy to locate older literature without interlibrary loan.
 

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Stephen, thank you very much for your wonderful work! I occasionally need to track down the original descriptions for unidentified orchid species, and it could be tedious. So this is a great resource!

I recently noticed that Tropicos (and some other similar database) has links to botanicus.org and http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org, where older literature digitized. It can be handy to locate older literature without interlibrary loan.

BHL is where I got most of the old stuff, actually. It is an amazing website that made everything so much easier than it would have been 10 years ago. Most of the rest of the old stuff is from Google Books. Maybe one or two of the older descriptions are from things I myself have scanned. Both BHL and Google Books allow people to use their scans for non-commercial purposes.

In the ideal world that exists only within my brain, every single out-of-copyright book has been scanned and uploaded somewhere for free access. Google Books is a great start on this.
 

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BHL is where I got most of the old stuff, actually. It is an amazing website that made everything so much easier than it would have been 10 years ago. Most of the rest of the old stuff is from Google Books. Maybe one or two of the older descriptions are from things I myself have scanned. Both BHL and Google Books allow people to use their scans for non-commercial purposes.

In the ideal world that exists only within my brain, every single out-of-copyright book has been scanned and uploaded somewhere for free access. Google Books is a great start on this.

I have the Australia magazines and journals from their first editions to current editions and should have Guido's work in the file section of the Slipper Orchids Australia Group. Anitum and the recent colour form I have also. Alberto Grossi should be able to help with the italian journals. I'm keen to get the Paph. x trantuanii - Gogniat & Loubr. in Swiss Orchid Society Bulletin, 1: 2 (2008) if you get hold of it. I might try Guido for that as I think he may have it. I'll dig some stuff out.

Regards Mick

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I have the Australia magazines and journals from their first editions to current editions and should have Guido's work in the file section of the Slipper Orchids Australia Group. Anitum and the recent colour form I have also. Alberto Grossi should be able to help with the italian journals. I'm keen to get the Paph. x trantuanii - Gogniat & Loubr. in Swiss Orchid Society Bulletin, 1: 2 (2008) if you get hold of it. I might try Guido for that as I think he may have it. I'll dig some stuff out.

Regards Mick

www.facebook.com/groups/AustralianSlipperOrchids

Thanks! Anything you can send me would be much appreciated.

While looking through my stuff I discovered I had a few issues of Caesiana so I only need these from it:
  • Paph. callosum var. potentianum - Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, 5: 39 (1995)
  • Paph. tranlienianum - Gruss & Perner in Caesiana, 7(11): 63-73 (1998)
  • Phrag. tetzlaffianum - Gruss in Caesiana, 15: 33-40 (2000)
  • Phrag. longifolium fma. minutum - Gruss in Caesiana, 16: 40 (2001)
  • Paph. delenatii fma. vinicolor - Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, 29: 4 (2007)
 

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Stephen, do you know about the OGD (Orchid Guide Digest). People on that list are very helpful for the kind of information you are seeking.
 

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Thanks, everyone!

The site was down for a few days as something went wrong with the permissions on the host server. They reset them and it should be back up now.
 

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