Wild Orchids of South America

El Pahuma Orchid Reserve
Cloud forest orchid reserve with over 200 species is located about an hour from Quito, Ecuador. Botanical garden near the reserve entrance to learn about the diversity of montane forest plants.

Associação Cearense de Orquidófilos (ACEO)
Orchid growing tips, videos, activities, and association membership information. Photos of wild orchids found in the Brazilian state of Ceará. Founded 1977. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Brazilian Orchids
Orchid photos, history, anatomy, flowering periods, art gallery, care tips. Orchid quiz. Books. Online magazine the "Orchid News". Delfina de Araujo. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia
Membership, contact, and activities information. List of orchid species found in Colombia. Publishers of the magazine "ORQUIDEOLOGIA", and several other printed paper information sources. Founded in 1964. Medellín, Colombia.

Orchid Seed Stores for Sustainable Use
The OSSSU is a Darwin Initiative project designed to establish orchid seed banking around the globe (with the current focus on Asia and South and Central America). Based at the Seed Conservation Department of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew at Wakehurst Place.

Orchid and Botanical Garden of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Promoting the conservation and scientific research of Amazon basin orchids. Environmental education programs. Guided tours offered. Volunteers welcome. Puyo, Ecuador.

Orquídeas do Rio Grande do Sul
Information, including photographs, about orchid species found in south Brazil. Luiz Filipe Varella and Jacques Klein. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Dracula
Site created by Eileen Watson about the orchid genus Dracula.

Orchid Conservation Alliance
The primary objective of The Orchid Conservation Alliance is to promote the conservation of wild orchid species in their native habitats. The current goal is to purchase 100 hectares of undisturbed orchid habitat in the high Andes of Ecuador.

Cattleya Orchid Source
Species and culture information for the genus Cattleya, and several related other genera. John Denson. Fort Riley, Kansas, USA.