Orchidaceae conservation

02/06/2026

University of Guam students are being recognized for representing the island on a national stage.

Seventeen UOG students who attended the Society for Advancement of Chicanos, Hispanics, and Native Americans
in Science National Diversity in stem conference received formal recognition from the Guam legislature.

The students’ research addressed topics including endangered orchid conservation in the marianas

kuam..../story/53424187/university-of-guam-students-recognized-for-excellence-at-sacnas-conference

02/02/2026

Pterostylis micromega - endemic to New Zealand

https://www.facebook.com/TePapa/posts/-conservation-breakthrough-the-threatened-swamp-greenhood-orchid-pterostylis-mic/1362244955941840/

01/23/2026

para desarollar una cultura de conservación de las orquídeas --> programa 'Sembrador' (Museo de Coatepec)

imagendelgolfo. ..mx/estado/ponen-en-marcha-programa-sembrador-para-fomentar-la-biodiversidad-20260122-0036.html

01/20/2026

Illinois College faculty awarded prestigious gold medal for orchid research

https://www.ic.edu/news/01-19-2026/illinois-college-faculty-awarded-prestigious-gold-medal-orchid-researchIllinois

01/18/2026

Telipogon cruentilabrum

Descubierta en los bosques montañosos del Ecuador
Su característica distintiva es la labelo rojo sangreque imita el aspecto de las hembras de algunas moscas.

Los machos, engañados, intentan aparearse y transportar el polen.

especie amenazada por la minería y la agricultura.

https://aconcagua.lat/las-10-nuevas-especies-de-plantas-mas-originales-descubiertas-en-2025/

01/12/2026

Kalitalang Ecotourism Area (Indonesia)

Efforts to conserve endemic flora on the slopes of Mount Merapi continue...

students participating in the Universitas Gadjah Mada Community Service Program (KKN-PPM UGM) Period 4 of 2026
carried out an orchid-planting initiative involving Vanda tricolor at the Kalitalang Ecotourism Area,
Balerante Village, Klaten

UGM KKN students plant Vanda tricolor orchids on Mount Merapi’s slopes to conserve endemic flora and develop edutourism potential.

01/06/2026

Alabama Power protects Platanthera integrilabia, a rare white fringeless orchid on transmission rights of way

https://vimeo.com/1151925243?fl=pl&fe=cm&fbclid=IwY2xjawPKZNRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETEwSWlHVVhEVDRqcTdxTmw5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmeN9E4r8qbi32d5jOwbKbKSsu4X-N3RLkKUDp8c3bBHSWL1JIUujEKOZe76_aem_cOA-g7VBSW77-YNRKhm6-Q

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01/03/2026

Platanthera chlorantha was found at Bannockburn and Platanthera bifolia at Torridon (Scotland)

https://www.perspectivemedia.com/seven-remarkable-species-found-at-conservation-charity-sites/

12/26/2025

Joann Andrews, a leading force in conservation, founder of Pronatura Península de Yucatán died Sunday in Mérida.

Joann Andrews, founder of Pronatura Península de Yucatán and a leading force in conservation across the Yucatán Peninsula for more than four decades, died

12/21/2025

conserving Western Australia terrestrial orchids.

Belinda Davis is a research scientist dedicated to the conservation of Western Australia's native orchids.
Through the Kings Park Science Orchid Conservation Program she has delivered successful translocations of
some ... most critically endangered species and made comprehensive ex situ collections for a further 16 species,
bringing them back from the brink of extinction.

https://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/landscope/summer-2025/saving-orchids-one-species-time

Thelymitra variegata

12/14/2025

Some native orchids are becoming less commonly sighted as human activity impacts the environment.
South Australia has 162 endemic orchid species, with more than half under threat from development, weeds, herbicides and overgrazing.
What's next?
Orchid enthusiasts want bushwalkers and developers to be more considerate of protecting orchids and their natural environments.

abc.net....au/news/2025-12-14/new-orchids-discovered-habitat-threat-mount-wedge/106072786

12/13/2025

Ophrys lycia, endemic / found only in specific regions of Turkey

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSKKnoLjVhO/