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The three orchids in the study. A) Downy rattlesnake orchid, endangered in Florida; B) Cranefly orchid, endangered in Massachusetts and New York; C) Lily-leaved twayblade, endangered in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.(Melissa McCormick/SERC).Meanwhile, the fungi displayed a strong preference for older forests.ll this implies that to save endangered orchids, itâs not a simple matter of planting new forests to replace the ones that were destroyed. If the forests arenât old enough or donât have enough of the right fungi, lost orchids may take decades to return, if they return at all.
Orchid smuggling is one part of the epidemic of plant and wildlife smuggling, with an illegal commercial trade totaling $5 billion in 1994 (Schevitz, p. C2). Besides orchids, other plants that are illegally traded include threatened or endangered cacti and carnivorous plants.(see PLANT case). In the past, authorities in the West have usually turned a blind eye to plant smuggling because they had more serious issues to deal with.owever, the majority of orchids grow in warm climates. In the United States, orchids are most likely to be found in Hawaii and Florida. Most internationally traded orchids come from the tropical nations of Asia or South America, such as India, Thailand, China, Singapore, Madagascar, Brazil, and Guatemala.