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A very good little tidbit Viateur. Rapee is a
revered figure in the orchid world and good on him for exposing what is clearly
a government boondoggle in Thailand. There was some scheme in Chiang Mai a
couple of years ago, headed up by a Pom (probably O'Byrne's cousin!) who knew
nothing about orchids. Of course after spending jillions of baht, nothing
eventuated and finally the whole sorry mess was abandoned.
Oh, how I would love to be a fly on the wall at the
South African Orchid Council national show this past week. The orchid parasite
was headed there, thinking she was going to be surrounded by her adoring public
and completely unaware of the hostility she has engendered since rigging the
vote and ensuring the WOC after Miami would go to Singapore rather than Cape
Town. She is also behind some of the nonsense in the nomenclatural changes but
the orchid world has had enough and several big guns are about to enter the
fray. Don't change any labels except with pencil as things are about to
really hot up before the end of 2006.
Andy Easton
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