Established through the generosity of the Horwitz family, this is the first endowment at the Smithsonian Institution that supports NAOCC and our mission to conserve native orchids for generations to come. Their gift, and the generous support from individuals and organizations that share our vision will secure NAOCC’s future.  To learn more about how your […]

Meet Circe and Muon, our canine partners in orchid conservation!Featured in the newsletter is an exciting collaborative project with the Desert Botanical Garden, funded by a generous grant from the Biophilia Foundation. The research will focus on native orchid ecology and conservation with existing efforts to restore or enhance water resources through watershed management in […]

Officials with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department have confirmed a population of the small whorled pogonia, Isotria medioloides, has been found growing in the state. This federally threatened orchid has been reported in the eastern US and Ontario, including Maine and New Hampshire, but had not been seen in Vermont since 1902 and was […]

It was with great sadness we learned our colleague Ron Coleman of Tucson, Arizona passed away earlier this summer. A lifelong botanist and active in the orchid community, he combined his extensive field experiences with information gathered from many hours poring over herbarium specimens. He studied and photographed wild orchids throughout North America and two […]

Ground-breaking field observations, funded in part by National Geographic, are shedding new light on Florida’s iconic Ghost Orchid. Because this orchid has a long nectar spur, it has long been thought that only the Giant Sphinx moth would be capable of reaching the nectar and pollinating the flower. But remote cameras set up in wildlife […]