It is sad to inform you that Dr. H.P.Wood (USA) passed away in June this year. I came to know about his demise today by Dr. André Schuiteman from Kew. For those who dont know, Dr. Wood was a medical doctor (psychiatrist) by profession but he has done some great work on Orchids since 1979. His work was mainly focussed on the largest group of epiphytic orchid "Dendrobium" and written a monographic work "The Dendrobiums" (~1000 pages), a copy of which he gifted to me on my last birthday. He had also been reviewing few of my Orchid articles.
Dr. Rawat, Dr. Wood and me were writing two articles in joint-authorship which still remains incomplete !! Pankaj -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
