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

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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 importantly 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