i don't know if this was mentioned before, but in the era of the great orchid hunting, many neotropical orchids were named sinensis or chinensis (even though they were from peru or mexico) to throw off competing explorers. ========= tsuh yang ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8…