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OrchidWiz Encyclopedia 6.02
The world's most complete and accurate orchid research software. Updated through September 2009 with the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Sander's hybrid registrations and through September 2009 with the American Orchid Society's (AOS) awards. This is the most current data available. The price includes the ability to install the program on two computers, plus 60 days of technical support. The default installation is a DVD. If you would prefer to install from CD-ROM please email support@orchidwiz.com after the purchase.

Easy to use

Accurate

Comprehensive

Up-To-Date

Specifications:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Windows XP, Windows Vista; 2 GB of disk space.

Inventory and track your own orchids in the OrchidWiz Journal
Add your own photographs into the Journal.
Almost 40,000 color photographs of orchids.
Genealogy charts for more than 127,000 hybrids.
Information on more than 29,000 species.
67,000 "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.
Award data from the American Orchid Society, Cymbidium Society of America, Australian Orchid Council, and the Orchid Council of New Zealand, a total of more than 73,000 awards.
Over 79,000 hybrids with at least one parent image; 27,000 hybrids with both.
More than 146,000 references to orchid photos contained in 2,300 publications.
2,347 genera, of which 920 natural and 1,427 hybrid.
16 distinct breeding groups provided for ease of search and analysis.
Complete data from 2,649 Charles Baker cultivation sheets displayed in graphical form.
Photographic references for almost 16,000 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, most often, addresses.
Over 37,000 orchids with one or more progeny listed.
Look-up references to over 31,000 photographs in Awards Quarterly and Register of Awards.
Species classified by 5 subfamilies, 21 tribes and 77 subtribes.
Look-up orchids by new taxonomic names or by older more familiar Sander's names.

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

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Current Version: December 2009

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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