"the UC Botanical Garden. Dozens of orchid species... now on view in the Orchid, Fern, and Carnivorous Plant House, with new specimens rotating in regularly as they come into bloom.
... can get a close look at ... Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum... from India... a Mexican beauty (Lycaste consobrina) with waxy yellow flowers and yellow-green sepals... more than 600 species gathered in the wild... The orchid collection includes... Paphiopedilum sukhakulii, an endangered lady-slipper found only on Thailand's Phu Lnang Mountain... The garden's orchid collection is rich in species from southeast Asia and Central and South America some of them so rare, in the wild, that they are known to grow on a single limestone cliff, says orchid horticulturist Jerry Parsons. Many of the species come from scientific-research expeditions dating back as far as the 1940s; a number were confiscated from poachers.... the UC Botanical Garden serves as one of the designated rescue centers for contraband plants" source: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2006/02/08_orchids.shtml ********* Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
