News article on Zambia's orchids

[TyroneGenade]

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

I think I will stick to Turkish delight.

 

[NYEric]

Goodbye to another group of orchids!

 

[TyroneGenade]

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.

 

[naoki]

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.

 

[xiphius]

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!