Saving American Orchids
submitted by Linda Hall Library
on 10/20/14
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Thursday, June 12, in the Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room.
Dr. Dennis Whigham, Senior Botanist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
With nearly 60 percent of the 250 orchids native to North America considered threatened or endangered, botanist Dennis Whigham and his team have established the North American Orchid Conservation Center, the first organization to integrate native orchid ecology, conservation, and education.
Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
