News article on Zambia's orchids

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/endangered-orchid-trade-zambia.amp

I think I will stick to Turkish delight.

 

Goodbye to another group of orchids!

 

It would be interesting to see if that group doing the artificial production would export flasks? Zambia's orchid horror might be our orchid opportunity.

 

Interesting, and I didn't know about it. According to one study, it looks like that they use fairly wide varieties of orchids; Disa, Platycoryne, Satyrium, Habenaria, Brachycorythis.

 

Glad they are sending out people to try and preserve the various varieties... sad that it is necessary though. As the world's population increases, this is a story that is becoming all the more common. Cool article though! I was familiar with salep, had never heard of chikanda though. Thanks for sharing!