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• » Botanical Gardens

  The Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario
  Montreal Botanical Garden
  UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research Vancouver
  The Calypso Reserve BC
  Atlanta Botanical Garden – Fuqua Orchid Center
  Brooklyn Botanic Garden
  New York Botanical Gardens
  Conservatory of Flowers San Francisco Park
  Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Miami
  Longwood Gardens Kennett Square PA
  Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Sarasota, Florida
  The Missouri Botanical Garden
  Australian National Botanic Gardens
  Bali Orchid Gardens
  Friends of Nature Foundation Bolivia
  The El Pahuma Orchid Reserve, Ecuador
  Lankester Botanical Gardens Costa Rica
  The National Capital Botanical Gardens, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
  The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
  The Royal Horticultural Society
  Eric Young Orchid Foundation
  Mandai Orchid Gardens Singapore
  Singapore Botanic Gardens
  Utopia Orchid Park, Israel
  Gardens to Visit – New Zealand

• » Information Sources

  Care of Orchids: Growing orchids for beginners 
  Orchids-Plus-More.com Acton, MA
  Orchid Care Zone
  OrchidMania South Florida care videos
  How to Grow Orchids
  JA-RO-CA Enterprises Info on Growing Orchids
  Harvey’s Electronic Orchid Notebook

  The Orchid Mall – The orchid portal
  BellaOnline’s Orchids 
  www.Orchidaceae.org
  Online Orchid Reference from the UK
  OrchidWire links to orchid resources of the world
  Guide to Orchid Sites

  RHS Orchid Name registry Find the parents of your hybrid or See if your cross has been named.
  Orchid map Locate news and events near you
  Orchid event calendar
  Wikipedia – Orchidaceae
  The International Plant Names Index
  The Plant List a working list of all known plant species
  Swiss Orchid Foundation Bibliorchidea orchid literature database and bibliography
  Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  MSU Orchid Research Program
  Orchid Research Newsletter Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  National Herbarium Nederland
  Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Station (search for “orchids”)
  Orchids Asia The events and markets of the Asian Orchid world.
  Papua New Guinea Orchid News
  Culture Sheet dot Org
  University of Connecticut – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Conservatory
  Gore Orchid Conservatory Fort Collins, Colorado
  Orchid Japan
  The Orchid Conservatory
  An Introduction to Orchid Stamps by Nina Rach
  Lou Jost’s publications, art, and works in progress

  The Hobby Greenhouse Association
  Solar Greenhouse Design
  The “Green” Greenhouse
  Solar Greenhouses
  Put the Green Back in Greenhouse
  Passive Solar Design

  Lotte & Thomas – Orchid propagation
  Orchid Source Laboratory and Nursery
  Tissue Quick Plant Laboratories
  Home Orchid Flasking

  Kafrin Vanilla from bloom to bean
  KCJ Vanilla Company Vanilla Information
  Shank’s all about vanilla
  The Vanilla Company
  Cook’s Vanilla

• » Orchid Conservation

  Canada

  Native Orchid Conservation Inc. Manitoba, Canada
  Environment Canada
  Species at Risk – Environment Canada
  CITES – Environment Canada Import/export permits, details on WAPPRIITA – The Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act
  Nature Conservancy of Canada
  Ontario Nature
  Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
  Ducks Unlimited Canada
  Environmental Defence
  Friends of the Earth Canada
  Greenpeace Canada
  Sierra Club Canada
  Trout Unlimited Canada
  World Wildlife Fund – Canada
  Canadian Wildlife Federation

  Other

  IUCN/SSC Orchid Specialist Group 
  The Orchid Conservation Coalition
  The Orchid Conservation Alliance
  The North American Orchid Conservation Center
  IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature
  World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  Audubon
  The National Resources Defence Council
  Population Connection
  Rainforest Action Network
  Sierra Club
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – International Affairs
  IUCN – The World Conservation Union
  World Land Trust
  Conservation International
  International Institute for Sustainable Development
  Wildlife Conservation Society
  World Wildlife Fund
  The Nature Conservancy
  Rio Atlantic Forest Trust
  Forest Conservation Portal
  Defenders of Wildlife
  Caribbean Gardens, Naples
  Garden Web World Association Geneva, Switzerland

• » Orchid Societies

  Canadian Support Groups

  The Canadian Orchid Congress The association of Canadian orchid societies.
  The Toronto Judging Centre of the AOS
  Montreal Judging Center
  Pacific Northwest Judging Centre 

  Canadian Orchid Societies

  Canadian Orchid Societies including those not on the web
  The Central Ontario Orchid Society
  Central Vancouver Island Orchid Society
  The Eastern Canada Orchid Society
  Essex County Orchid Society 
  Foothills Orchid Society
  Fraser Valley Orchid Society
  The Kingston Orchid Society
  The London Orchid Society featuring a picture reference database of 122,911 entries.
  The Manitoba Orchid Society
  Niagara Region Orchid Society
  North Okanagan Orchid Society Vernon BC 
  Okanagan Orchid Society
  Orchid Society of Alberta
  Orchid Society of Nova Scotia
  Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens Burlington, Ontario
  Les Orchidophiles de Montréal
  Les Orchidophiles de Québec
  Les Orchidophiles du Saguenay Lac St-Jean
  The Ottawa Orchid Society
  The PEI Orchid Club 
  The Richmond Orchid Club
  The Saskatchewan Orchid Society
  Southern Ontario Orchid Society Toronto, Ontario
  Toronto Artistic Orchid Association 
  The Vancouver Orchid Society
  Victoria Orchid Society
  The Windsor Orchid Society

  American Support Groups

  The American Orchid Society
  The Mid-America Orchid Congress
  Dallas Judging Center
  Florida-Caribbean Judging Center – AOS
  Houston Regional Judging Center – AOS
  Pacific Central Judging Region

  American Orchid Societies

  Ann Arbor Orchid Society
  Atlanta Orchid Society
  Baton Rouge Orchid Society
  Central Florida Orchid Society
  The Denver Orchid Society
  Diablo View Orchid Society
  East Everglades Orchid Society
  Five Cities Orchid Society Arroyo Grande, CA
  Gainesville Orchid Society
  The Greater Lansing Orchid Society
  Greater North Texas Orchid Society
  Heart O’ Texas Orchid Society
  The Honolulu Orchid Society
  Houston Orchid Society
  The Illinois Orchid Society, Chicago
  The Kona Orchid Society on the Big Island of Hawaii
  The Long Beach Amateur Orchid Society
  Malibu Orchid Society
  The Manhattan Orchid Society
  Michigan Orchid Society
  New Hampshire Orchid Society
  Newport Harbor Orchid Society
  The North Dade Orchid Club
  North Jersey Orchid Society
  Oklahoma Orchid Society
  The Orchid Society of California, Oakland
  The Orchid Society of Southern California, Los Angeles
  The Orchid Society of Greater Kansas City
  The Oregon Orchid Society
  The National Capital Orchid Society
  Northwest Orchid Society
  The Pacific Orchid Society
  Sacramento Orchid Society
  The San Diego County Orchid Society
  San Francisco Orchid Society
  The South Florida Orchid Society
  South Jersey Orchids Society
  The Orchid Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania
  Tampa Bay Orchid Society

  Other Orchid Societies

  Africa

  The Orchid Society of Northern Transvaal
  Cape Orchid Society South Africa

  Asia

  Akashi Orchid Society Japan
  Kansai Paphiopedilum Guild Japan
  Morioka Orchid Society Japan
  Japan Internet Orchid Association
  Orchid Society of South East Asia

  Australia/New Zealand

  The Orchid Societies Council of Victoria, Australia
  ANOS Illawarra ANOS Illawarra is dedicated to the horticulture, conservation and scientific study of Australasian Native Orchids.
  Australasian Native Orchid Society (ANOS)
  The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia
  Orchid Council Of New Zealand Inc
  Orchid Society of New South Wales

  Central America

  The Jamaica Orchid Society Rap session on orchids
  Asociación Costarricense de Orquideología Orchids of Costa Rica
  Asociación Mexicana de Orquideología
  Trinidad and Tobago Orchid Society

  Europe

  Austrian Orchid Society
  Irish Orchid Society
  The Orchid Society of Great Britain
  The British Paphiopedilum Society
  The British Orchid Council 
  The North of England Orchid Society Founded in 1897
  Orchideen-Gesellschaft Kurpfalz (Orchid Society Palatinate) Mannheim, Germany
  Nederlandse Orchideeën Vereniging- The Dutch Orchid Society
  Grupo Orquideófilo Canarias
  The Norwegian Orchid Society
  Orchidées Languedoc
  El Club Amigos de las Orquídeas Spain 

  South America

  Brazilian Orchid Societies
  Sociedade Orquidófila de Brasília
  The Peruvian Orchid Club 

• » Organizations and Publications

  The American Orchid Society
  The Cymbidium Society of America Cymbidiums, Paphiopedilums and other cool growing Orchids
  The International Phalaenopsis Alliance
  The Orchid Digest
  The Orchid Review
  The European Orchid Council
  The Orchid Species Society 
  Orchids Australia Published by the Australian Orchid Council
  The Australian Orchid Foundation
  The Orchadian The Journal of the Australasian Native Orchid Society Inc
  The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia
  Orchids Asia The events and markets of the Asian Orchid world.
  Orchids of the Pleurothallid Alliance
  The Irish Orchid Society quarterly newsletter
  The Slipper Orchid Alliance
  Oasis – The Journal, a new Australian based, quarterly international orchid publication
  Orchid Stamp Club International
  Paper – Recent advances in traditional plant drugs and orchids – pdf

  A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Vol. 1, A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Vol. 2 published by Redfern Natural History Productions Limited

• » Pests and Diseases

  First Rays’ Home treatments
  Mealybugs-on-Orchids.pdf
  Mites-on-Cultivated-Orchids.pdf
  Biological Pest Control
  National Integrated Pest Management Network
  EXTOXNET – Pesticides
  The Other Orchid Thief: Virus Ravages the Popular Flower
  Taiwan orchid virus or microfungus
  more on “microfungus”
  False spider mites
  Plant Viruses Online
  Orchid Viruses
  Neem Foundation
  Home-made herbicide alternative

• » Pictures

  The London Orchid Society Photo Index Index to 167,960 references from 2,801 publication
  Terrestrial Orchids of North America 
  Ravenvision Orchid Experience
  PBS NOVA Orchid Hunter
  PBS – Obsession With Orchids
  Azumino Greenhouse Orchid Photo Gallery Many photos of cattleyas.
  The Orchid Photo Page High-quality photos of stunning hybrids and species for viewing and downloading.
  The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia Lists 11,477 species in 775 genera within the encyclopedia by Jay Pfahl
  Sue and John Erickson plenty of photos
  Orchid photographs by Gary Yong Gee
  Blue Llama fine art photography
  SyuTyuSen’s Orchid Photo Album
  Heckeroth Orchid for paph lovers
  Fernando Gomez Vinaras Photos
  Prem’s Orchid Pix
  Photography by Kokin
  Photos D’Orchidees
  The Orchid Place Photo Gallery of Orchid Species and Hybrids
  Michael Hogan The New Jersey Pine Barrens
  Brazilian Plants
  Allen Black’s Orchid Photo Site
  Orchids: A Digital Experience
  Orchids in 3D
  P-POD Searchable collection of orchid photos
  Global Orchids photo collection

• » Taxonomy (part 1)

  Native Orchids of Canada compiled by the Orchid Society of Royal Botanical Gardens
  Orchids of Newfoundland and Labrador
  Orchids of Quebec 
  Orchids of Ontario 
  Orchids of the Windsor-Essex region
  Muskoka Flora Native orchids and other plants
  Manitoba Native Orchids
  Photos of Saskatchewan Native Orchids
  Orchids of Alberta
  The Wild Orchids of British Columbia

• » Taxonomy (part 2)

  Florida’s Native and Naturalized Orchids
  Orchids of Wisconsin
  Peruvian Orchids by Carlos Hajek
  The Peruvian Orchid Club
  abundaflora.com Orchids of Mexico
  Orchids of Sumatra
  PlantZAfrica Plants of Southern Africa
  Flora of Zimbabwe
  Delfina de Araujo’s – Brazilian Orchids
  Les Orchidées de Provence
  Banjorah – Australian Terrestrial Orchids
  Retired Aussies – Orchids of Victoria, Australia

• » Taxonomy (part 3)

  Coryanthes Image Database
  Cymbidium Species
  Cymbidium Species
  The Genus Cypripedium
  Dracula Species Database 
  Dracula
  Elleanthus – The Genus
  The Genus Gongora
  The Laeliinae Specialist Page
  The Maxillaria Tribe
  The Neofinetia Web
  Oncidium Genus
  Oncidium Genus
  PhragWeb – The Phragmipedium Website
  Phragmipedium kovachii
  SlipperOrchids.info 

• » Taxonomy (part 4)

  The Pleurothallid List James E. Zablotny
  Orchids of the Pleurothallid Alliance
  INHICO Orchids Pleurothallids
  Palmorchis – The Genus
  The Pleione Website
  The Genus Peristeria
  Phalaenopsis species and primary hybrids by Alain Brochart
  Espèces de Phalaenopsis
  The Genus Sievekingia
  The Sobralia Pages
  The Stanhopea Pages
  Essence of Stanhopea
  Stanhopeinae Image Database
  R.J. (Dick) Hartley’s Stanhopea Pages
  Ron Heberle’s Thelymitras

• » Taxonomy (part 5)

  eFloras.com Flora of North America – Orchidaceae
  Taxonomy of the orchid family
  Tropicos The Missouri Botanical Garden’s VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database
  Eric Hunt’s orchid species photographs
  Orchidstudium Project orchid species photographs 
  Orchid Species Culture by Charles and Margaret Baker. Includes an Orchid Pollination and Seed Germination Database.
  Pollination by Sexual Deception in Australian Terrestrial Orchids
  Malesian Orchid Genera Illustrated
  New Zealand’s Native Orchids
  Papua New Guinea Orchid News
  Slovenske orhideje Orchids of Slovenia 
  The Genus Acineta
  Anguloa
  Bulbophyllum aus dem Botanischen Garten
  Caladenias and other Orchids from Western Australia
  Catasetinae Canada
  

• » Taxonomy (part 6)

  Slovenske orhideje Orchids of Slovenia 
  The Genus Acineta
  Anguloa
  Bulbophyllum aus dem Botanischen Garten
  Caladenias and other Orchids from Western Australia
  Catasetinae Canada
  Wikipedia – Orchidaceae
  KEW World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The Checklist gives information on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected plant families. It allows you to search for all the scientific names of a particular plant, or the areas of the world in which it grows (distribution).