from a press release : "newly released OrchidWiz Encyclopedia 3.04 adds 5,018 awards from the Cymbidium Society of America... total number of awards compiled... more than 64,000. ... says Alex Maximiano... "Since 1950 the CSA has held a high standard in judging cymbidiums and paphiopedilums. The compilation of this data will further our knowledge and foster a greater appreciation of these... genera."
The program also features compiled statistics for the awards, including average number of flowers per inflorescence and median natural flower spread. In addition to award data, version 3.04 adds month-by-month blooming times for thousands of species and the ability to search by 333 botanical areas. Users may now list orchid species by US state, Canadian province, European country, Australian state, etc. ... twelve American Orchid Society judging centers and 199 individual judges have licensed OrchidWiz. The program is also used in the daily operations of over 150 orchid nurseries and... U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the US Botanic Garden in Washington D.C., the Munich Botanical Garden in Germany... The Cymbidium Society of America is an international orchid society with over a thousand members and branches throughout California, Japan and New Zealand. The society publishes the... CSA Journal six times a year" URL : http://prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb506556.htm ************ Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
