Background Given the exceptional diversity of orchids (26 000+ species), improving
strategies for the conservation of orchids will benefit a vast number of taxa. Furthermore, with …

Orchids, one of the largest families of flowering plants, face an uncertain future through
overexploitation, habitat loss and impacts of climate change. With their intricate abiotic and …

Abstract With c. 28,000 species, orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants,
and they are also one of the most threatened, in part due to their complex life history …

With global biodiversity in decline, there is now an urgent requirement to take ameliorative
action for endangered species in the form of re-introductions. For the highly diverse orchid …

Orchids are one of the most diverse and most widespread families of flowering plants and
are one of the few plant families that have a profile that can benefit plant conservation on a …

In their letter in TREE [1], Otero and Flanagan argue that seedling establishment, rather than
seed set, is the limiting step in the orchid life cycle, and propose that orchid–mycorrhizal …

Threats to orchid survival continue to intensify, with> 50% of the orchids that have been
assessed for the IUCN Global Red List falling in to one of the categories of threat. Despite …

Several key characteristics of the species-rich orchid family are due to its symbiotic
relationships with pollinators and mycorrhizal fungi. The majority of species are insect …

Orchidaceae are the largest family of flowering plants, with at least 24 000 species, and
perhaps better than any other family of flowering plants, orchids represent the extreme …

This action plan chronicles the threats faced by wild orchids, but more importantly to critical
habitats that host extraordinarily high orchid diversity and endemicity. It explores and …