Welcome to the web pages of the IUCN/SSC Orchid Specialist Group,
the leading international network for orchid conservation.

If you are interested in orchids, you will be interested in the contents of these pages. To find out more, click on any of the buttons on the left-hand side of the screen.

A key question . . .				Financing a conservation project ?

	WHY ARE ORCHIDS IMPORTANT ?			This information may help you . . .		Funding Opportunities


For your convenience . . . an		Index of Photographs		on this Web Site


News New publication: Orchid Biology: From Linnaeus via Darwin to the 21st Century Call for contributions for a book on reintroductions: Invitation - Template - Sample Writhlington School Orchid Project wins Gold Medal at Chelsea Flower Show Population Ecology Meeting in Cuba, February 2010 OSG General Meeting in Quito, February 2009 An Annotated Checklist of the Orchids of Sri Lanka – with many beautiful photographs Platanthera praeclara redlisted "Recent Article - Watch your Step"
Site last updated 11 June 2009		What's New?


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Dendrophylax lindenii, photo © Chuck McCartney

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Vanda coerulea, photo © Phillip Cribb

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