An Orchid Oasis in the Heart of San Diego Nestled between the baboons and meerkats of Africa Rocks and the gentle giants of the Elephant Odyss...
Conservation Champion: Dr. Peter Zale Our October Conservation Champion, Dr. Peter Zale of Longwood Gardens, channels his passion for nati...
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Orchid Micropropagation Micropropagation is an effective conservation tool for producing tissue clones or for germinating sp...
National Collection Spotlight: Case’s ladies tresses Case's ladies tresses (Spiranthes casei) is a native North American orchid imperiled throughout much...
Save Plants: September 2023 Newsletter When you look closely at the relationships between plants and insects, you find examples of codepend...
Conservation Champion: Sean Griffin Our September Conservation Champion, Dr. Sean Griffin of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, is...
Safeguarding California’s Endangered Torrey Pines Each year, millions of visitors walk the trails of Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve (TPSNR), enjoy...
The Essential, Complex, and Often Bizarre Relationships Between Plants and Insects The purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, is one of those species that are rare in nature but c...
CPC Pollinator Database Pollinators play an essential role in plant reproduction. To best conserve and save rare plants from...
National Collection Spotlight: Green Pitcherplant Green Pitcherplant (Sarracenia oreophila) is an imperiled species native to the southeastern US, wit...
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Using Ex Situ Collections to Test Mating Systems – Brighamia insignis Many plant species have flowers that are adapted to perfectly suit a specific pollinator group or sp...
Save Plants: August 2023 Newsletter Plant conservation has seen remarkable advances in the last decade through the integration of techno...
Powerful New Tools to Prioritize California Rare Plant Conservation California is well known as a global biodiversity hotspot, spanning several major bioregions. While ...
Man’s Best Friend Helps Find Elusive Endangered Orchid Dogs are known for their powerful olfactory senses and have been used by humans over the years to de...
Conservation Champion: Meg Engelhardt Our August Conservation Champion, Meg Engelhardt, brings both an innovative and dedicated approach t...
A Big Win for Small Seeds! Rare plant seeds are a precious resource that provide the basis for recovery of these plants in natu...
National Collection Spotlight: Aboriginal Prickly-apple Aboriginal Prickly-apple (Harrisia aboriginum) is a critically imperiled species endemic to the west...
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: 2023 CPC National Meeting on RPA’s Conference Recordings The Rare Plant Academy Video Library hosts many recordings of recent conferences, including this yea...
