We wish to express our
gratitude to all those who by any way helped us to make this site
better, either sending plants for study or suggesting corrections
commentaries and
incentive, sending photos, and even supporting us with their prestige,
friends that joined the necessary forces to make Orchidstudium Project
a reality after that many years of hard work.
Unfortunately some of these
friends are not among us
anymore but we have the certainty that where will they be, they will be
proud. We hope not to have forgotten anyone.
The Orchidstudium Project
congregates researchers and collectors of
orchids, mainly of Brazilian native species, for the purpose of
extending and spreading the knowledge of these plants.
As the existing bibliography on Brazilian orchids is quite old and
incomplete, the main project of the group is the publication of the
online Orchids Photographic Encyclopedia that can be accessed on
Photos menu link.
The Encyclopedia is designed to be a fast and practical tool for
identification of worlwide orchid species and includes nomenclatural
changes that continue to occur nowadays.
The species and genera beyond a detailed photographic register of each
one of them. To date, this information has never been compiled in a
single publication.
Many of Brazilian species have an extensive study with additional
pictures that can be accessed on Photostudy menu link.
While the Project research will continue, other detailed complementary
works of clarification and revision of genera and species will be
published individually by the authors in Orchidstudium Journal.
Project's goal is the publication of individual and joint works, mainly
through electronic media, thereby maximizing the distribution of orchid
information and photographs. All the works published can be downloaded
in pdf format free of charge accessing the Journal menu link.
During the course of the research the project interested many
collaborators, to whom we thank for the inestimable contribution.
Without them we certainly would not be capable of completing this work.
The
Project Managers are:
