Book Draculas of Ecuador

The “Ángel Andreetta” Andean Orchid Research Center (AORC), of the University Alfredo Pérez Guerrero, was founded in 2007 with the objective of creating an information and interpretation center devoted to the rich orchid flora of the Andes, the most diverse of the planet in terms of genera and species. The ultimate goal of the AORC is the creation of a complete system of digital documentation of the orchid species from the Andes, with emphasis on the Ecuadorian flora. The AORC counts on a growing archival system, which includes protologues, documents, books and illustrations that are criticial for the undesrtanding of the Andean orchid flora diversity, as well as on its own taxonomic databases, ancillary colletions of spirit material, and the sustancial support by Ecuagenera, who opened his collec- tionsoflivingplants— amongthelargetsandmost diverse in Latin America — to the researchers and the associated staff of the Center.