Creating Best Practices for Terrestrial Orchid Propagation

Temperate orchid propagation methodology is largely decentralized, pragmatically unachievable and frequently unverified by replication. The Plant Conservation Program at UMLA is working to create a centralized resource for native orchid propagation for regional native orchids in a way that is available to groups that want to work with native orchids for conservation purposes but may not have the research and production facilities needed for focused orchid production. This effort is becoming part of a national effort to create best practices for native orchid propagation with a goal towards general support of native orchid conservation across the continent.