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1% for Orchid Conservation Update 17
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Hello All,
Summary of News:
1.The Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society is participating in 1% FOC
2. Orchid Conservation Donation Requests
3. Severe burn of main habitat and type site of Rhizanthella slateri
4. Note on AOS Conservation Committee
5. Donation total for 2009 so far
1. The Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society is participating in 1% for Orchid Conservation
The Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society is dedicated to orchid
cultivation, education and preservation.Back to Index
2. Orchid Conservation Donation Requests
Jardìn Botànico Las OrquìdeasThe Orchid and Botanical Garden of Puyo, Ecuador request for donations to buy land for reforestation and as a wildlife corridor.
Neighboring land to the orchid reserve, a potential corridor between the reserve and the lower Rio Puyo watershed, is currently for sale. The landanguloa virginalis is 25 hectares (61.78 acres) for $250,000 US dollars (Ecuador's currency is the US dollar). Currently looking for $125,000 in donations with the rest to come in matching funds.
Full Story: http://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/pr/jblorestore.html
Neighboring land to be purchased for reforestation. You can see a clear delineation between the forest of the reserve and the agricultural land. by Matt Bare
Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve
Debwendon Inc and the Native Orchid Conservation, Inc. (NOCI) are
soliciting donations to build a boardwalk and interpretive trail over a
part of the Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve.Cypripedium arietinum by Eugene Reimer
The Brokenhead Wetland contains 28 species of orchids and 8 species of carnivorous plants including 23 provincially rare species. Full Story: http://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/pr/brokenheadtrail.html
Brokenhead
Wetland Ecological Reserve with a clump of Cypripedium reginae in
foreground. by Lorne HeshkaBack to Index
3. Severe burn of main habitat and type site of Rhizanthella slateri
Severe fire on Alum Mountain at Bulahdelah - Habitat for Cryptostylis
hunteriana and Rhizanthella slaterihttp://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/hl/bulahdelah.html
Related story: Fire Retardant effects on Orchids and Habitat
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4. Just a note that I am now on the AOS Conservation Committee.
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5. Donation total for 2009 so far (Donation amount given in equivalents)
$ 40,947.50 Australian Dollars
$ 38,577.38 Canadian Dollars
$ 35,803.82 US Dollars
Total Donations since Start (2005)
$50,965.79 Australian Dollars
$47,275.98 Canadian Dollars
$43,713.77 US Dollars
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