Whatever happened to Olaf Pronk ...

He's still active on flickr, although most of the photos he uploads now are geckos! I think someone (Jacob?) was telling me that he was having difficulty getting things out of the country.

 

Olaf is alive and well, keeping busy with his commercial endeavours in Madagascar. You can find his flickr here, where he posts photos of wonderful orchids and other organisms. He doesn't export any Orchidaceae, even seeds due to regulations. He keeps a very busy schedule and internet is slow and expensive to use for him.

 

I just noticed this old posts that concern me. I am alive and kicking, fully licensed to export orchids and with a for African standards very modern nursery. We have had some set backs. I trusted a guy in Thailand that stole many of my flasks, found a new partner in Thailand (Andy of Puph.) but things are slow so far. We had a cyclone in 2012 destroy a large part of my shadehouses and orchid reference collection but I am working on making available in the near future both flasks and mature plants of many never ciltivated before Madagascar orchid species. Join me on Facebook where I will post future updates. Thanks for not forgetting me! Olaf Pronk, Laurette EURL, Antananarivo, Madagascar

 

Just recieved the news that Olaf has passed away ... sad news, not only for his close friends and family, but also for his enormous plant and animal collection in Madagascar ...

 

Rumor is he was affected by bubonic plague? What s great loss.

 

From what I know he died from pneumonia ...

 

It is not a bubonic plague, but a pneumonial plague...so what is called pneumonia by the authorities is in fact the plague...