Here's a holiday present for folks who have shared my frustration at being unable to find an efficient way through Dr. Luer's folio series Thesaurus Masdevalliarum/A Treasure of Masdevallia: a free downloadable index!
This is an index to the first 28 volumes of Dr. Carlyle Luer's folio series, with a cross-reference to the current names. It incorporates Dr. Luer's corrigenda from the series, as well as corrections and changes from Icones Pleurothallidinarum volumes 19,21,22,23, and 25. The current genera are from Icones Pleurothallidinarum volume 28.
It is in PDF format, so you will need the free Adobe Acrobat <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html> reader program in order to read it.
You can find this at the Mountain Orchids Web site, which is created and maintained by Darrin Norton, proprietor of Mountain Orchids, grower extraordinaire and Web wiz: www.mountainorchids.com. Click on "Useful Links" on the left side of the page. You will find the index at the top of the target page. Thanks to Darrin for hosting this, and thanks to Chad Sarles for careful proofreading. Thanks most of all to Dr. Luer, for producing such a magnificent work--a pleasure to index!
--Lisa Thoerle, pleurothallidiot -- Lisa Thoerle, Little Compton, RI [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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