Okay, you have laid on the guilt, Kathy. I used to have an up to date list,
complete with hyperlinks. It went away. I'll do it again. Promise. Right
after I get done repotting.....
All joking aside, you've put forth a very good reason for having
comprehensive records, and you kind of lit a fire under my butt.
Diana
"Kenni Judd" <kenni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> K: that's a purpose few like to consider, which is unfortunate, because
> sooner or later, it will happen to all of us ...
>
> We get several calls a year, from folks seeking to sell such collections
> after the actual grower has passed on. If they had that type of
inventory
> listing to send out, they'd generate a lot more interest.
>
> The other issue, of course, is prompt action, which it sounds like it's
> also happening in your case. Without the grower or someone taking at
> least minimal care, the value can decrease rapidly. Kudos to Marilyn.
> Kenni
>
> "K Barrett" <mormodes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> Marilyn Light (North American chair of the Orchid Specialist Group)
used
>> to give OrchidSafari chats on the idea of orchid conservation vis a vis
>> hobbyist's orchid collections. <SNIP> Lo and behold, my mentor did
keep
>> a list of her orchids. More im****tantly she *maintained* the list!
Dang,
>> she even input purchases made just a few days before she died. (The
>> woman was compulsive, *G*.) I can't tell you how easy it has been for
>> her family to figure out what's in the GH. It only took a day to
figure
>> out what's still extant in her collection. Way more easy than the
>> daunting task of cataloging what's in her library and potting shed.
>>
>> So, while Marilyn Light might have had some lofty goal, thinking that a
>> list of what's in the GH could conserve orchids in the wild, in reality
>> its made one facet of my mentor's heir's lives real easy. <SNIP>
>
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