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Habitat Restoration & Preservation  A grassroots movement towards orchid conservation


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Orchid Habitat Restoration and Preservation

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Australia

Arachnorchis rosellaArachnorchis (Caladenia) rosella  Saved May 2009
About 140 plants are left in situ in two habiitat spots. One habitat was up for development but is now up for sale.  Both the Trust for Nature and the Dunmoochin Foundation are charitable trusts.




 New 2010 Arachnorchis pumila
Arachnorchis (Caladenia) pumila - Back from Extinction
The plant is Arachnorchis pumila (syn. Caladenia pumila) and it has been rediscovered by a Victorian couple in the south west of the state. Read Alan Stephenson's full story and see a spetacular picture of this rediscovered orchid thought to be extinct.


C nudiscapa

Corunastylis nudiscapa





Cryptostylis hunteriana

Heriitage Estate (and Nebraska Estate) Genoplesium baueri, Cryptostylis hunteriana, Spiranthes australis, and Speculantha ventricosa



Canada
New 2009
brokenhead pondBrokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve
Soliciting donations to build a boardwalk and interpretive trail

Ecuador

Orchid and Botanical Garden of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Jardìn Botànico Las Orquìdeas
Orchid and Botanical Garden of the Ecuadorian Amazon




New 2009
Land Purchase picture
Jardìn Botànico Las Orquìdeas
Request for donations to buy land for reforestation and as a wildlife corridor.


USA

Cyp parv. var. pub.


Bluestem Farm, Wisconsin




Julie Powelson

Monitoring orchids for conservation in West Virginia




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