To protect orchids from the risks of overexploitation and trade, orchid material cannot be internationally traded without permits.
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Orchids aren’t just beautiful or rare – they’re ecological time capsules that offer clues to the long-term health of ecosystems.
How the threatened monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation.
It feels harmless to share a photo of a rare species. But social media can drive great damage to nature, from poaching to baiting to trampling.
The annual prizes for Australian science recognised efforts to confront the key challenges facing our world.
Orchids give nothing in return to pollinators, so how come they get visited by bees anyway? The answer is trickery and deceit.
Dendrobium orchids are familiar to most people in bouquets, but they are in high demand in China for use in traditional medicines. Can Beijing find ways to grow these threatened plants sustainably?
Plant care advice abounds on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube – but not all of it is good. A plant expert debunks four common recommendations.
Contributions from citizen scientists who look for orchids are incredibly valuable in orchid research because they cover much more ground than a handful of experts.
What blooms underground and smells like vanilla? The answer is an underground orchid, and I never expected to see one, let alone have the privilege of working on them.
Australia’s plants help make our landscapes unique. But many are in grave danger of extinction, and in many cases, the problem is getting worse.
By understanding what drives people to buy wild species, we can figure out how best to stop them.
The blotched butterfly orchid (Sarcochilus weinthalii) looks fairly unremarkable when it’s not flowering, generally resembling the far more common orange blossom orchid. But when it flowers, it is exquisite…
Australia is the world centre for sexual deception in plants, tricking wasps along the way.
Since plants can’t pick up and move to greener pastures if conditions are tough, some have evolved interesting and sneaky strategies to make a living.
Scientists are racing against the clock to figure out how to propagate the rare leek orchid before it goes extinct.
Top contributors
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Research Scientist (Botany), Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (joint venture between Parks Australia and CSIRO), Australian National Herbarium, CSIRO
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Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme on the Wildlife Trade, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow in Conservation Marketing, University of Oxford
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Professor of Earth and Environment, Florida International University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
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Associate Professor, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor, Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Extension Educator and Director, UConn Plant Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Connecticut
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Uppsala University
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Botanist, CSIRO
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Stirling