The Orchid House

Index

Organizations and Publications

• The Cymbidium Society of America Cymbidiums, Paphiopedilums and other cool growing Orchids
• The International Phalaenopsis Alliance
• The Orchid Digest
• The Orchid Review
• The European Orchid Council
• The Orchid Species Society
• Orchids Australia Published by the Australian Orchid Council
• The Australian Orchid Foundation
• The Orchadian The Journal of the Australasian Native Orchid Society Inc
• The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia
• Orchids Asia The events and markets of the Asian Orchid world.
• Encyclia Enthusiasts
• The Maxillaria Tribe
• Orchids of the Pleurothallid Alliance
• The Pleurothallid List
• INHICO Orchids Pleurothallids
• Odontoglossum Alliance
• The Slipper Orchid Alliance
• SlipperOrchids.info
• The Australian Paphiopedilum Society
• Oasis - The Journal, a new Australian based, quarterly international orchid publication
• Native North American Orchid Discussion List
• Orchid Stamp Club International

Pictures

• Terrestrial Orchids of North America
• Ravenvision Orchid Experience
• PBS NOVA Orchid Hunter
• PBS - Obsession With Orchids
• The London Orchid Society Photo Index Index to 167,960 references from 2,801 publication
• Azumino Greenhouse Orchid Photo Gallery Many photos of cattleyas.
• The Orchid Photo Page High-quality photos of stunning hybrids and species for viewing and downloading. Very interesting section "What if they mated?"
• The Internet Orchid Photo Encyclopedia Lists 3853 species in 482 genera within the encyclopedia by Jay Pfahl
• Orchid Guide images
• Blue Cattleyas by Carson E. Whitlow
• Orchideenkulturen German, pictures
• Sparkdog's Orchid Run
• Sue and John Erickson plenty of photos
• Orchid photographs by Gary Yong Gee
• Blue Llama fine art photography
• Slipper Web
• SyuTyuSen's Orchid Photo Album
• The Complete Orchid picture list by Chuck Roberts
• Heckeroth Orchid for paph lovers
• Fernando Gomez Vinaras Photos
• Prem's Orchid Pix
• Photography by Kokin
• Photos D'Orchidees
• The Orchid Place Photo Gallery of Orchid Species and Hybrids
• Michael Hogan The New Jersey Pine Barrens
• Brazilian Plants
• Allen Black's Orchid Photo Site
• Daniel's Orchids Pictorial Site
• Orchids: A Digital Experience
• Orchids in 3D
• P-POD Searchable collection of orchid photos

Taxonomy

• Native Orchids of Canada compiled by the Orchid Society of Royal Botanical Gardens
• Orchids of the Windsor-Essex region
• Muskoka Flora Native orchids and other plants
• Orchids of Alberta
• Manitoba Native Orchids
• Orchids of Newfoundland and Labrador


• KEW World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The Checklist gives information on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected plant families. It allows you to search for all the scientific names of a particular plant, or the areas of the world in which it grows (distribution).
• eFloras.com Flora of North America
• Taxonomy of the orchid family
• The New York Botanical Garden Vascular Plant Type Catalog including Orchidaceae
• W³Tropicos The Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database
• OrchidMania's Online Orchid Species Encyclopedia
• Eric Hunt's orchid species photographs


• Florida's Native and Naturalized Orchids
• Orchids of Wisconsin
• Peruvian Orchids by Carlos Hajek
• The Peruvian Orchid Club
• abundaflora.com Orchids of Mexico
• PlantZAfrica
• Flora of Zimbabwe
• Delfina de Araujo's - Brazilian Orchids
• Orchids of Brazil
• Anatolian Native Orchids
• Les Orchidées de Provence
• Banjorah - Australian Terrestrial Orchids
• Malesian Orchid Genera Illustrated
• New Zealand's Native Orchids
• Papua New Guinea Orchid News
• Slovenske orhideje Orchids of Slovenia
• Thai Orchid Species


• The Genus Acineta
• Anguloa
• Haru's Bulbophyllum and Cirrhopetalum photo PAGE
• Bulbophyllum from A to Z
• Caladenias and other Orchids from Western Australia
• Aalbers Orchids The Catasetum, Mormodes and Coryanthes site
• The Genus Coryanthes
• Cymbidium Species
• The Genus Cypripedium
• Dracula Species Database
• Dracula
• Elleanthus - The Genus
• The Genus Gongora
• The Laeliinae Specialist Page
• The Neofinetia Web
• Oncidiums - a cultural guide
• PhragWeb - The Phragmipedium Website
• Phragmipedium kovachii
• The Pleurothallid List James E. Zablotny
• Orchids of the Pleurothallid Alliance
• Palmorchis - The Genus
• Dr.Tanaka's Paph site
• The Pleione Website
• The Genus Peristeria
• Phalaenopsis species and primary hybrids by Alain Brochart
• Especes de Phalaenopsis
• The Genus Sievekingia
• The Sobralia Pages
• The Stanhopea Pages
• Stanhopeinae Image Database
• R.J. (Dick) Hartley's Stanhopea Pages
• Ron Heberle's Thelymitras

Information Sources

• RHS Orchid Name registry
• RHS Orchid Register Search Page Find the parents of your hybrid
• RHS Orchid Register Search Page See if your cross has been named
• Orchid map Locate resources near you
• Wikipedia - Orchidaceae
• The International Plant Names Index
• Swiss Orchid Foundation Bibliorchidea orchid literature database and bibliography
• Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
• Digital Orchid Library -Michigan State University
• MSU Orchid Research Program
• Cedric Maunder's Orchid Information Pages - Orchid genera
• Native Orchids of Canada
• Orchid Research Newsletter Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• National Herbarium Nederland
• Orchid Guide
• Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Station (search for "orchids")
• The Orchid Mall - The orchid portal
• BellaOnline's Orchids
• Orchids Asia The events and markets of the Asian Orchid world.
• Papua New Guinea Orchid News
• Culture Sheet dot Org
• University of Connecticut - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Conservatory
• Orchid Mania's Virtual Greenhouse
• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Many things including the orchid identification center.
• The Orchid Swamp, Japan
• Orchid Japan
• The Orchid Conservatory
• www.Orchidaceae.org "conservation through propagation"
• An Introduction to Orchid Stamps by Nina Rach
• ORCHID FAQ Version 1.5 - Frequently asked questions at The Orchid Seedbank Project
• Cattleya Source
• WebRing - search for "orchid"
• Online Orchid Reference from the UK
• OrchidWire links to orchid resources of the world
• OrchidPlanet.com
• Lou Jost's publications, art, and works in progress


• The Hobby Greenhouse Association
• Solar Greenhouse Design
• The "Green" Greenhouse
• Solar Greenhouses
• Put the Green Back in Greenhouse
• Passive Solar Design


• Lotte & Thomas - Orchid propagation
• G&B Seed Sowing Manual
• Tissue Quick Plant Laboratories
• Orchid flasking media
• The Orchid Seedbank Project
• Barry's Orchid Page Flasking


• Darwin on orchid pollinators
• Paper - Recent advances in traditional plant drugs and orchids
• How to Grow Orchids
• Kafrin Vanilla from bloom to bean
• KCJ Vanilla Company Vanilla Information
• Shank's all about vanilla
• The Vanilla Company
• Cook's Vanilla

Pests and Diseases

• Scale Insects on Orchids
• The Bugman - Integrated pest management
• Biological Pest Control
• National Integrated Pest Management Network
• EXTOXNET - Pesticides
• Mites on Cultivated Orchids
• The Phalaenopsis "microfungus" disease
• more on "microfungus"
• False spider mites
• Plant Viruses Online
• Orchid Pests and Diseases
• Neem Foundation
• First Rays' Home treatments

Travel

• The Bruce Peninsula Orchid Festival
• Plant Adventures
• Orchid Tours to Mexico
• Costa Rica Orchid Safaris

Botanical Gardens

• The Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario
• Montreal Botanical Garden
• UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research Vancouver
• The Calypso Reserve BC
• Atlanta Botanical Garden - Fuqua Orchid Center
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• New York Botanical Gardens
• Conservatory of Flowers San Francisco Park
• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Miami
• Longwood Gardens Kennett Square PA
• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Sarasota, Florida
• The Missouri Botanical Garden
• Australian National Botanic Gardens
• Bali Orchid Gardens
• Friends of Nature Foundation Bolivia
• The El Pahuma Orchid Reserve, Ecuador
• Lankester Botanical Gardens Costa Rica
• The National Capital Botanical Gardens, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
• The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
• The Royal Horticultural Society
• Eric Young Orchid Foundation
• Mandai Orchid Gardens Singapore
• Singapore Botanic Gardens
• Utopia Orchid Park, Israel

Orchid Conservation

Canada

• Native Orchid Conservation Inc. Manitoba, Canada
• Environment Canada
• Species at Risk - Environment Canada
• CITES - Environment Canada Import/export permits, details on WAPPRIITA - The Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act
• Nature Conservancy of Canada
• Save Ontario's Species
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Ducks Unlimited Canada
• Environmental Defence
• Friends of the Earth Canada
• Greenpeace Canada
• Sierra Club Canada
• Trout Unlimited Canada
• World Wildlife Fund - Canada
• Canadian Wildlife Federation

Other

• IUCN/SSC Orchid Specialist Group
• The Orchid Conservation Coalition
• The Orchid Conservation Alliance
• Orchid Conservation International
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Audubon
• The National Resources Defence Council
• Population Connection
• Rainforest Action Network
• Sierra Club
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - International Affairs
• IUCN - The World Conservation Union
• World Land Trust
• Conservation International
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• World Wildlife Fund
• The Nature Conservancy
• Rio Atlantic Forest Trust
• Forest Conservation Portal
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Caribbean Gardens, Naples
• Garden Web World Association Geneva, Switzerland
• Gardens to Visit - New Zealand

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