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OrchidWiz Encyclopedia 5.0
The world's most complete and accurate orchid research software. Fully up-to-date through June 2008 with the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Sander's hybrid registrations and American Orchid Society's (AOS) awards. Includes the ability to install the program on two computers, plus 60 days of technical support. The default installation is a DVD-R. If you would prefer to install from CD-ROM please email alex@orchidwiz.com after the purchase.
- Easy to use
- Accurate
- Comprehensive
- Up-To-Date
Specifications:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista; 1.3 GB of disk space.
- About 20,500 images of orchids.
- Genealogy charts for more than 127,000 hybrids.
- Information on almost 27,000 species.
- 22,000 "other names" to search by, including prior genus assignments, species varieties, synonyms and common misspellings. These names provide a cross reference and are linked to the main and accepted names via look-up tables.
- Complete AOS award data since 1932, a total of more than 58,000 awards.
- More than 5,000 Cymbidium Society of America awards.
- Over 67,000 hybrids with at least one parent image; 20,000 hybrids with both.
- More than 120,000 references to orchid photos contained in 1,500 publications.
- 2,305 genera, of which 1,142 natural and 1,163 hybrid.
- 16 distinct breeding groups provided for ease of search and analysis.
- Photographic references for almost 7,000 species.
- Geographical distributions of over 26,000 species.
- Month-by-month flowering times for more than 5,300 species.
- Common names for 4,500 species.
- Comprehensive culture recommendations for all hybrids (based on species composition)and for thousands of species.
- Light intensity recommendations for 4,100 species.
- Night temperature recommendations for 3,900 species.
- Source of author and publication for over 26,000 species.
- Over 1,000 noted fragrant species.
- Almost 5,700 noted epiphytic species.
- Almost 400 noted lithophytic species.
- Almost 900 noted terrestrial species.
- Relative sizes of over 2,600 species (i.e., miniature, small, medium).
- More than 1,200 species which bloom for a long time or are frequent bloomers.
- Information on 5,500 hybridizers, including names and addresses.
- Over 37,000 orchids with one or more progeny listed.
- Lookup references to over 31,000 photographs in Awards Quarterly and Register of Awards.
- Species classified by 5 subfamilies, 21 tribes and 77 subtribes.
Software Reviews:
Susan Taylor, March 21, 2006
Judy Cook, December 10, 2005
Kathy Barrett, published in rec.garden.orchids, November 26, 2005
Data Source Acknowledgements
OrchidWiz expresses its sincere appreciation to the people and organizations whose publications were sourced or consulted (partial list below):
- Royal Horticultural Society, Sander's, International Register of Orchid Hybrids and World Checklist of Monocotyledons
- American Orchid Society, Awards Quarterly and Register of Awards
- Howard Bronstein and Ursula Hoffman, AOS Awards 2002 Edition
- Joe and Helga Gray, Wildcatt
- Robert H. Hamilton, Flowering Months of Orchid Species Under Cultivation
- Jay Pfahl, Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia
- Bob Betts (London, Ontario), Orchid Picture References
- Robert L. Dressler, Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family
- The Canadian Orchid Congress, various publications
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"[OrchidWiz] transports amateur orchid fanciers from the Dark Ages to the Age of Enlightenment." -- Georgia Tasker, Miami Herald Read more reviews...
Click here to download Demo (15.2 MB)
Click here for PowerPoint Demo Viewer (2.75 MB) Current Update: June 2008
New Customers: Click here to purchase OrchidWiz Encyclopedia. You may also send a check or money order to the address below. Address: OrchidWiz, LLC
235 NE 91st Street
Miami Shores, FL 33138 Telephone: 305-758-3596 Se Habla Español
Fax: 440-756-3596 Falamos Português E-mail: alex@orchidwiz.com OrchidWiz Analysis Windows
OrchidWiz Encyclopedia contains more than 30 different analysis windows, providing the most complete and accurate information on orchid species and hybrids ever assembled. Here are just a few examples:
Show the different color forms of L. purpurata
Show the offspring of Paph. rothschildianum
 Compare Paph. Julius with both parents
Show the progeny of Phal. amabilis
 Shows offspring of B. nodosa, by mosts awarded
 Show species composition of Phal. H. P. Norton
 Display image tree for Otr. Hidden Gold
Display cultivation recommendations for Odcdm. Wildcat
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