Some scientists had claimed that Delforege had exaggerated in his new classification for orchids in his book Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East , 4th edition, making it more complicated. What do you think about this. Do you consider it more clear than other classifications or a complicated and not practical?
I consider it EXELLENT.
Dear Khodr, I think that Delforge have exaggerated, in fact on field is very difficult and complicated finding a entity based on little morphological difference, moreover this exaggerated classification is a true problem for conservation poit of view.
Sergio Buono
I agree with you that it is complicated for beginners, but it always gives me answers for a lot of details and differences in morphology of species which are sometimes more than little.
Khodr, a new specie with little or very little morphological difference is easy in the book, but in the field is very difficult, i think, distinguish the same specie, because the variability of the a specie is wide in colours, size, morphological characters etc.
Sergio Buono
The good taxonomist needs to have an eye of a falcon in the field so that he can distinguish the very little differences from the first look, if he can't then he will be not able to discover new subsp. and var. because they will be always the same for him and have the same name, so why to tired himself in looking at them in the field?
The taxonomic treatment of orchids, mostly Ophrys genus, where new taxa are actively described, splitters or lumpers is the true problem.
Yes, it is not good to made new problems in taxonomie of Ophrys or Orchids ...
In the book of Delorge exist some species, as Cypripedium macrantum, not présent in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
I not consider this book "Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East" as excellent.
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