The WCSPF data is updated daily - sometimes more than once a day. RHS data is often updated quarterly. They do not provide us a data dump every time they make a change to the database. At best we will get updates on a quarterly or semi-annual basis. This means that there will always be discrepancies between the data we have to work with and that in the WCSPF or RHS search engines if someone looks hard enough.


With that being said, you may try cross-referencing with other searches in Orchids Plus. For instance, if you performed an All Orchids Search and the orchid is a species, try a WCSPF search for more details or a synonym search to see if the results agree. The All Orchids Search uses data from the WCSPF, RHS and AOS. So using a more specific search such as a WCSPF search may provide a better result (since only the first match is returned if there were duplicate results in the All Orchids Search.)


If you believe you have found a data or logic error, please create a ticket or send an email to support@aos.org.