New York, November 29, 2007: Inkaterra, Peru’s foremost purveyor
of sustainable tourism, recently launched a new book entitled “Orchids in
Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel”, commemorating 20 years of in
situ (on site) conservation of native orchid species. Situated in Machu
Picchu’s cloud forest, Inkaterra’s Machu Picchu Hotel has 372 species of
orchids, the world’s largest diversity of native species set in their natural
environment.

	Stunning raw original photos are showcased throughout the book, including: 178 native orchid species currently at Inkaterra Machu Picchu; 61 new species for the Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary (SHMP) (which include seven new species, three new varieties and one new name to science); one new genus and seven new species for Peru; four new genera and 38 new records for the SHMP.
Also featured are paintings by Angela Mirro, North American orchid watercolor painter, a rendering of Keferstenia koechlinorum ‘Denise’, a species deemed new to science by the American Orchid Society and also the orchid symbol of Machu Picchu, and Masdevallia veitchiana, called Wakanki in Quechua or You Will Cry.