wendy7 wrote:
Good review writeup Kathy, I was going to buy it but now I will just
ask you! *G*
I will just stick to growing the plants etc.




I was thinking of you when I wrote it. Ask for it for Christmas, *G*.

But let's say you *did* want to clean up your tags.(let's be frank, your
tags are a mess, LOL!! and we've known each other long enough that I can
say that and not hurt your feelings)

1) You could ask me.

2) You could search the RHS database. (The RHS database is a pain in the
neck because one has to spell out the genus, and I can never rememeber
if its sophrolaeliocattleya or sophrolaeliacattleya. I never know
whether there really *are* no results or if I misspelled the genus...)

3) You could use Wildcatt or OrchidWiz.

OrchidWiz allows you just to put in a name and every orchid with those
keystrokes anywhere in the name shows up. So for example we put in
'Winston Churchill' and came up with Paph Winston Churchill and we were
all amazed to find out there was a Lc Sir Winston Churchill. In
Wildcatt you'd never have found the cattleya cross because it only
searches in one section, like 'paphs', or 'dendrobiums'. Also in
OrchidWiz if there's a plant whose name has changed - like diacrum for
caulaurton (or however you spell it) that shows as a synomym. I have to
look to see if it lists all the changes the RHS has made to Oncidium.
Like Colmanara Wildcat is something else now. (Yes, it does! And shows
a cute little picture that you can enlarge to viewing size.)

Let's say you only remember the clonal name of an orchid. In Wildcatt if
you only knew the clonal name of an orchid you'd go to 'AQ search', in
'clonal' you'd type in 2 dots, the clonal name and 2 dots, click
'search' and see what comes up. I mean, why do you have to put 2 dots in
front and behind a clonal name in order to search? Here you click on
'search', a drop down menu offers a search on orchid, genus, cultivar
(Ray), or image. Or exhibitors only. You can check all of Wilford
Neptune's CCMs, *G*. (shows 100 awards.) What's interesting about
Wilford is sometimes he's Wilford, "MD" or "Dr." Wilford. In Wildcatt
you have to know which one you are searching for. Here you just type in
'Wilford' and all the Wilfords show.

So, I didn't mean to talk you out of it. Does this pique your interest
more?

K

K - In case you do need to go to the RHS site in future (e.g, for things
too new to be in your latest update of Orchidwiz) -- just leave the genus
field blank. Much easier that way, although it will sometimes get you some
"extraneous" hits. I'd rather get extra than miss the right one, and it's
usually easy to sort them out [the exception being when the same grex name
has been to, say, a C. and a Blc. or Lc. -- a practice that I don't think
should be permitted, but apparently it is]. Kenni

2) You could search the RHS database. (The RHS database is a pain in the
neck because one has to spell out the genus, and I can never rememeber if
its sophrolaeliocattleya or sophrolaeliacattleya. I never know whether
there really *are* no results or if I misspelled the genus...)

Thanks Kenni! One of these days I'll tell you the story about tracking
down parentage for Odm. Rawdon Jester. Turns out another fellow and I
were both using the RHS database & getting completely different results.
We also both complained to Julian Shaw about it (unbeknownst to each
other.) Shaw must have thought we were crazy.

K

Kenni Judd wrote:
K - In case you do need to go to the RHS site in future (e.g, for things
too new to be in your latest update of Orchidwiz) -- just leave the genus
field blank. Much easier that way, although it will sometimes get you some
"extraneous" hits. I'd rather get extra than miss the right one, and it's
usually easy to sort them out [the exception being when the same grex name
has been to, say, a C. and a Blc. or Lc. -- a practice that I don't think
should be permitted, but apparently it is]. Kenni


2) You could search the RHS database. (The RHS database is a pain in the
neck because one has to spell out the genus, and I can never rememeber if
its sophrolaeliocattleya or sophrolaeliacattleya. I never know whether
there really *are* no results or if I misspelled the genus...)

Yes Kathy & Frank knows how bad my tags are. You can't hurt my feelings,
I am thick skinned but very shy.....remember.
Yes you've got me going again. Sounds like the database was built
using Microsoft Access.
Will have to put it on my list for Santa.
--
Cheers Wendy

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wendy7 wrote:
Good review writeup Kathy, I was going to buy it but now I will just
ask you! *G*
I will just stick to growing the plants etc.




I was thinking of you when I wrote it. Ask for it for Christmas, *G*.

But let's say you *did* want to clean up your tags.(let's be frank, your
tags are a mess, LOL!! and we've known each other long enough that I can
say that and not hurt your feelings)

1) You could ask me.

2) You could search the RHS database. (The RHS database is a pain in the
neck because one has to spell out the genus, and I can never rememeber if
its sophrolaeliocattleya or sophrolaeliacattleya. I never know whether
there really *are* no results or if I misspelled the genus...)

3) You could use Wildcatt or OrchidWiz.

OrchidWiz allows you just to put in a name and every orchid with those
keystrokes anywhere in the name shows up. So for example we put in
'Winston Churchill' and came up with Paph Winston Churchill and we were
all amazed to find out there was a Lc Sir Winston Churchill. In Wildcatt
you'd never have found the cattleya cross because it only searches in one
section, like 'paphs', or 'dendrobiums'. Also in OrchidWiz if there's a
plant whose name has changed - like diacrum for caulaurton (or however you
spell it) that shows as a synomym. I have to look to see if it lists all
the changes the RHS has made to Oncidium. Like Colmanara Wildcat is
something else now. (Yes, it does! And shows a cute little picture that
you can enlarge to viewing size.)

Let's say you only remember the clonal name of an orchid. In Wildcatt if
you only knew the clonal name of an orchid you'd go to 'AQ search', in
'clonal' you'd type in 2 dots, the clonal name and 2 dots, click 'search'
and see what comes up. I mean, why do you have to put 2 dots in front and
behind a clonal name in order to search? Here you click on 'search', a
drop down menu offers a search on orchid, genus, cultivar (Ray), or image.
Or exhibitors only. You can check all of Wilford Neptune's CCMs, *G*.
(shows 100 awards.) What's interesting about Wilford is sometimes he's
Wilford, "MD" or "Dr." Wilford. In Wildcatt you have to know which one you
are searching for. Here you just type in 'Wilford' and all the Wilfords
show.

So, I didn't mean to talk you out of it. Does this pique your interest
more?

K

Kathy, You have me piqued! *G* Is all the data on one disk or do you have
to hook up
to a web site & glean from there? (Not sure of the computer terminology)
Also are the updates like those from the old Sanders books, new stuff?
--
Cheers Wendy

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K Barrett wrote:
wendy7 wrote:
Good review writeup Kathy, I was going to buy it but now I will just
ask you! *G*
I will just stick to growing the plants etc.




I was thinking of you when I wrote it. Ask for it for Christmas, *G*.

But let's say you *did* want to clean up your tags.(let's be frank,
your tags are a mess, LOL!! and we've known each other long enough
that I can say that and not hurt your feelings)

1) You could ask me.

2) You could search the RHS database. (The RHS database is a pain in
the neck because one has to spell out the genus, and I can never
rememeber if its sophrolaeliocattleya or sophrolaeliacattleya. I
never know whether there really *are* no results or if I misspelled
the genus...)
3) You could use Wildcatt or OrchidWiz.

OrchidWiz allows you just to put in a name and every orchid with those
keystrokes anywhere in the name shows up. So for example we put in
'Winston Churchill' and came up with Paph Winston Churchill and we
were all amazed to find out there was a Lc Sir Winston Churchill. In
Wildcatt you'd never have found the cattleya cross because it only
searches in one section, like 'paphs', or 'dendrobiums'. Also in
OrchidWiz if there's a plant whose name has changed - like diacrum for
caulaurton (or however you spell it) that shows as a synomym. I have
to look to see if it lists all the changes the RHS has made to
Oncidium. Like Colmanara Wildcat is something else now. (Yes, it
does! And shows a cute little picture that you can enlarge to
viewing size.)
Let's say you only remember the clonal name of an orchid. In Wildcatt
if you only knew the clonal name of an orchid you'd go to 'AQ
search', in 'clonal' you'd type in 2 dots, the clonal name and 2
dots, click 'search' and see what comes up. I mean, why do you have
to put 2 dots in front and behind a clonal name in order to search? Here
you click on 'search', a drop down menu offers a search on
orchid, genus, cultivar (Ray), or image. Or exhibitors only. You can
check all of Wilford Neptune's CCMs, *G*. (shows 100 awards.) What's
interesting about Wilford is sometimes he's Wilford, "MD" or "Dr."
Wilford. In Wildcatt you have to know which one you are searching
for. Here you just type in 'Wilford' and all the Wilfords show.

So, I didn't mean to talk you out of it. Does this pique your
interest more?

K

wendy7 wrote:
Kathy, You have me piqued! *G* Is all the data on one disk or do you have
to hook up
to a web site & glean from there? (Not sure of the computer terminology)
Also are the updates like those from the old Sanders books, new stuff?

All the data and the screen saver is on one CD disk. You pop it in the
computer, it first puts on an installing software (microsoft program)
then installs itself. Like I said, on my desktop it was bang-zoom.
Done. No worries.

I can't recall what it says from the webpage, but I think it updates 4
times a year. I think the cost was $20 per update. You can skip an
update if you want, the next update includes all previous information.
Wildcatt updates twice a year, and I cant recall the amount for that.

K Barrett

In article ,
says...
wendy7 wrote:
Kathy, You have me piqued! *G* Is all the data on one disk or do you have
to hook up
to a web site & glean from there? (Not sure of the computer terminology)
Also are the updates like those from the old Sanders books, new stuff?

All the data and the screen saver is on one CD disk. You pop it in the
computer, it first puts on an installing software (microsoft program)
then installs itself. Like I said, on my desktop it was bang-zoom.
Done. No worries.

I can't recall what it says from the webpage, but I think it updates 4
times a year. I think the cost was $20 per update. You can skip an
update if you want, the next update includes all previous information.
Wildcatt updates twice a year, and I cant recall the amount for that.

K Barrett

$29.95, and I don't know if they are accumulative like OrchidWiz's. Plus
Wildcatt costs 160 to begin with and no photos.

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