"eco-tourists visiting Chios... make new orchid discoveries ... Following on from 'Ophrys 2005', the Second European Congress on Hardy Orchids, hosted in Chios in April last year... lovers of natural history decided to visit Chios this year, particularly those seeking orchids.
The first visitors arrived on 30th March, many had bought... 'Illustrated Checklist, Orchids of Chios, Inouses and Psara', Pelineo Editions... tour party this year... saw 43 species of orchid in flower and a further 5 species 'in bud'... Paul Cardy, discovered an orchid in flower which has been shown to be Ophrys calypsus, a species hitherto unrecorded from Chios... This discovery continued Greentours reputation for finding new orchids on Chios, following their discovery of the first plant of Orchis lactea on Pelinaeon last year. ... the internationally important orchid site near Olympi, subject to ongoing discussions with a view to establishing an orchid sanctuary and research programme there. See 'Oryx', International Journal of Conservation, Flora and Fauna ...International, Cambridge University Press, January 2006, Volume 40 Number 1. ... Turkey... two days... at the renowned orchid rich sites of the Buyuk Meneres delta and the Lake Bafa area in which over fifty species of orchids have been recorded. ... Unfortunately the Lake Bafa site had been devastated. Despite its status as a Nature Reserve... There were no orchids to be seen, only holes in the ground from which the orchid tubers had been 'harvested' for the production of Salep, a traditional Turkish flavouring and herbal medicine... During their two days seeking orchids in nearby Turkey, Greentours... added 4 more species to the list of 48 species they had already seen in Chios. ... David Nelson from the UK discovered a second plant of the rare Orchis punctulata at Kato Fana... John Devries, also from the UK found a... plant of Cephalanthera longifolia on Pelinaeon on 14th April. Only one plant of this species had been found before on Chios when Pantelis Saliaris discovered one on Pelinaeon in May 1997. The original plant was lost due to a landslip in heavy rain and never reappeared. ... Visitors reported several new colonies of the rare Ophrys reinholdii during their stay" source / press release : http://www.chiosnews.com/cn2952006940040.asp ********** regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
