Abbreviations used in Database

society name

abbrevi.	society name and its periodical
AOS	American Orchid Society
AJOS	All Japan Orchid Society 1 issue '59-
GJOS	Great Japan Orchid Society 1 issue only ended Ohba record
IOS	Imperial Orchid Society 1-21 issue '42 ended
Ranyuu	pre JAOS 1 and 2 issue only '43 Katagiri,Okauchi record
JAOS	Japan Amateor Orchid Society 1 issue '56-
JOGA	Japan Orchid Grower's Association
JOS	Japan Orchid Society 1 issue '55-
MOS	Manchester Orchid Society
NOS	Nagoya Orchid Society
RHS	Royal Horticultural Society
TOS	Taiwan Orchid Society

author

abbrevi.	author			abbrevi.	author
Ch	Chow Chen			D & Do	Dogashima Orchid Center
Hi	Hisazaki Takahiro			Iwa	Iwata Kiyoji
K	Karasawa Kohji			K & KN	Kokusai Nursely
Kir	Kiryuu Hideo			Km	Komatsu Sohichi
Kt	Katagiri Tomoo			Mae	Maekawa Fumio
Mg	Minegishi Katsuji			N	Nagata Engei
Ok	Okuda Masaru			O & OO	Ohba Orchids
Oo	Ohba Morikazu			Ou	Okauchi Akira
Shi & s	Shimada Nursely			Si	Shiraishi Shigeru
Sn	Sano Akiyoshi			Ud	Udagawa Yoshio
y & YN	Yokohama Nursely			Ya	Yamamoto Hiroyuki
Ym	Yamaguchi Yoshiomi

name of flower portion etc.

abbrevi.	name of flower portion			abbrevi.	name of flower portion
col	column			inflo	inflorescence
ps	petals			sp	spike
ss	sepals			thr	throat
ts	tepals			-	-
abbrevi.	color			abbrevi.	color
a,A	alba			sa,A',A*	semi alba
b	blue			l	lavender
o	orange, other hybrid			p,P	red purple
r,R	red			s	sophro red
y	yellow			-	-
d, dot	spotted			fla	flare

other name

abbrevi.	other name			abbrevi.	other name
c,ca,cat	catalogue			f	film
mc, MC	mericron			Mem	Memoria
p	printing or painting			r	reference