I did not know about Tom passing. I'm very sorry to hear it. He used to be a consultant at the greenhouse I worked at while I was in school (this was 20 years ago). He was very opinionated but also highly knowledgeable about orchids. I had the chance to visit his greenhouse once. It was torture. At the time I had very limited funds, so I had to walk out of there without buying all the wonderful stuff he had for sale.