Hi OGD's I am pleased to announce that I have added close to 1000 photos from Lourens Grobler from South Africa. He is a major orchid grower and imports heavily from all over the world. There are tons of African terrestrials and oddly enough, countless Masdevallia, many new to IOSPE. He takes excellent close up photos and has helped make IOSPE's Masdevallia species count go up to 334. The total count for the genus is just over 400 so the majority of species are now represented with fantastic photos. He makes a point of getting pictures with the flowers interiors which definitely help in Identifications. Over all IOSPE now has [as of today] 7463 species in 693 genera and I expect that before I am finished with all of Lourens photos [there are 3400 of them as of today] that there will be about 7550 species in 700 genera. WOWOW! CHECK IT OUT! Jay Pfahl _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
