Welcome...
... on the Website of the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz
After the death of Dr. Jany Renz in 1999, the University of Basel received his herbarium and
library by legacy.
The Swiss Orchid Foundation has been established on October 3th, 2001 to
maintain this cultural and scientific heritage.
Herbarium Specimen
Now there are 25.000 Herbarium Specimens of Orchids from the Collection of Renz, Bernoulli & Cario,
Basel Botanische Gesellschaft (BBG) and Botanisches Institut Basel (BIB) available on our Website.
World Orchid Iconography
The Swiss Orchid Foundation has started to establish the
World Orchid Iconography:
It will document all the orchid species on Earth by means of substantial graphical material, which
is provided on this website. It consists of photographs, hand-coloured drawings and herbarium
specimens.
Swiss Orchid Research Award
The Swiss Orchid Foundation offers a competitive award for scientific orchid
research in the fields of evolutionary and reproductive biology, taxonomy, anatomy, physiology and ecology of orchids.
BibliOrchidea
With ca. 140,000 entries, BibliOrchidea is the largest orchid literature
database worldwide. It contains most of the existing journal articles, books and preprints on orchids.
News
In the area "Orchid Information" we added a new page on which you can get detailed information about orchid genera.
"Genus Descriptions" also informs about what kind of different species of each genera are available in our database.
go to Genus Descriptions.
In order to help us to enrich our collection of determined orchid pictures you can find a list here
(Undetermined Plants) of undetermined orchid pictures. We would be very grateful if you could help us with determinations. If you
have any suggestions for determinations please let us know.
The Swiss Orchid Foundation is operating under patronage of the University of Basel
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Rector: |
Dean of the faculty of natural science: |
Head of the Botanical Institute,
University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6: |
| Prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno |
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Hauri |
Prof. Dr. Christian Körner |
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