Orchids and Their ConservationExpert, up-to-date information on orchid biology, ecology, distribution, destruction, and conservation of these threatened treasures of the plant kingdom. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 4 |
Orchids and Ethnobotany | 66 |
Chapter 7 | 78 |
Copyright | |
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activities Africa America animals appears Appendix areas artificially propagated become biodiversity breeding Cattleya CITES clones color Costa Rica countries cultivation Cymbidium deforestation delenatii Dendrobium Disa ecosystems endangered epiphytes Eulophia exist extinct flowers Gardens genera genes genus grow habitat hobbyists hybrids important individual island IUCN jungle plants known Koopowitz labellum Laelia large numbers leaves lost Lycaste major Malaysia montane natural number of plants numbers of species nursery occur orchid conservation orchid growers orchid plants orchid populations orchid seed Orchid Society orchid species Orchidaceae organisms original Paphiopedilum delenatii Paphiopedilum rothschildianum Paphiopedilum species park patches petals Phalaenopsis Phragmipedium plant species pollinators pollinia problems produce protect pseudobulbs rainforests reserve roots rothschildianum salep seedlings sepals slipper orchid South species of orchid specimens stamens survival temperature terrestrial orchids threatened tion trade trees tropical forests up-listing usually Vanda variety wild collected wild orchid wild plants wild populations wild species