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 1% for Orchid Conservation Update 13
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 Hello All,

 Summary of News:
 1.   Three new orchid societies participating in 1%FOC Arachnorchis rosella
 2.   Jardin Botanico  Las Orquideas joins
 3.   Arachnorchis (Caladenia) rosella conservation Action needed »
 4.   Conservation Speakers
 5.   New Conservation Articles for newsletters
 6.   Total Donations for 2008 so far

 1. Illinois Orchid Society, Orchid Growers Guild and the  Portland Orchid Society are the newest participants in 1% FOC

Illinois Orchid Society

serving Greater Chicagoland

 The IOS mission is to 1)educate the general public with botanical and horticultural  orchid information, 2) encourage the improvement of orchids cultivation,  propagation, hybridization and exhibition, 3) aid concerned groups and agencies to  improve orchid species conservation in their natural habitat and in cultivation, 4)  and promote the growth and exhibition of orchids. ISO currently has  members  from 7 states, (9 if you include commercial members). Membership  is over 300  households comprising over 400 individuals. https://www.iosoc.com/

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 The Orchid Growers' Guild, Inc. (OGG)  is dedicated to the education of OGG  members and the public about orchids and their culture. OGG also promotes the  conservation and appreciation of orchids. The OGG has about 50 members.  https://www.orchidguild.org/


Portland Orchid Society  Portland Orchids Picture

The Portland Orchid Society was established in June 2007 by a group of local orchid enthusiasts with the goal of creating an orchid society that is fun, friendly, community minded and welcoming to all. The Portland Orchid Society is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation for the preservation of and education about orchids by extension of knowledge concerning the ecology, conservation, preservation, science, cultivation, hybridization, appreciation and uses of orchids. Also, we carry on activities as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate such purposes. https://www.portlandorchidsociety.org/

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2. Jardin Botanico Las Orquideas
Jardin Botanico Las Orquideas
The Orchid and Botanical Garden of the Ecuadorian Amazon is the fruit of an idea that began in Puyo in 1980. Here you can discover orchids in their natural setting, in a small restored forest in the upper Amazon basin. This reserve is a site of scientific inquiry thanks to the work of its owner, Señor Omar Tello. The reserve, former pasture land that was restored by hand through amidst decades of deforestation, hosts a variety of Andean orchids salvaged from fallen forests of the local region.
https://www.jardinbotanicolasorquideas.com

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A rosella3. Arachnorchis (Caladenia) rosella
There are only about 140 known Arachnorchis (Caladenia) rosella in the wild. Local residents, the Dunmoochin Foundation and the Trust for Nature have expressed interest in purchasing one of the habitats that is threatened with development. Read the full story at: https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/pr/arosella.html
$40,000 Australian Dollars needed.
A shorter article with picture for orchid society newsletters: https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/pdf/articles/arosellaconservation.pdf

This is the beginning of Restoration and Preservation articlesto match the Habitat Loss articles. The index https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/pr/index.html

Corunastylis nudiscapaCorunastylis nudiscapa
A terrestrial orchid species thought to be extinct in Tasmania has recently been rediscovered. Read the full story: https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/pr/cnudiscapa.html



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4. Orchid Conservation Speakers
There are currently three experts available to speak at orchid society meetings: Jean Stefanik, Dr. Peter Tobias, and Dr Andy Hubber. https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/speakers.html
The speakers page gives a short discription of the presentation and a short biography added for each expert.

The OCC has started a new web page to connect orchid societies to orchid conservation speakers. If you give presentations on orchid conservation and want to be included on the speaker page please contact the administrator.

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5. Two New Conservation Articles for Orchid Society's newsletters

Platanthera leucophaeaCitizen Scientist, An Orchid Recovery Project by Cathy Bloome - A recovery story about Platanthera leucophaea, the Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid.
https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/pdf/articles/citizenscientist.pdf

cypreginaewhitethumb.jpgOrchid Conservation by Cynthia Boesse with photos by Dr. Donald Leopold
Thanks to The Roosevelt Wild Life Station: https://www.esf.edu/resorg/rooseveltwildlife/
Why save orchids and their habitats? https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/pdf/articles/orchidconservationrwls.pdf

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6.  Donations for 2008 so far.

$2,034.33 Australian Dollars,    $1,779.11 Canadian Dollars,    $1,700.00 US Dollars

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