Orchid mycorrhiza allowed for the identification of specific taxa forming symbiotic relationships which are of interest in the study, cultivation, and conservation of orchids. This is especially important in the trade and preservation endangered species or orchids of commercial value like the vanilla bean. There have been seen trends in the type of symbioses found in orchids, depending primarily on the life-style of the orchid, as the symbiosis is primarily of benefit to the plant. Terrestrial orchids have been found to commonly associate with Tulasnellaceae, however some autotrophic and non-autotrophic orchids do associate with several ectomycorrhizal fungi. Epiphytic fungi, however, may associate
Orchid Software from FW Capital. Orchid Software Orchid Software is the trading name of Orchidsoft Ltd., a developer of intranet portal and cloud collaboration software, founded in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK and relocated to Gateshead, UK in 2008. Orchid Software was formed in 1994 to develop traditional desktop PC software relating to the management of ISO 9000 standards. However, in 1997 a migration to bespoke, server-based software development was made, utilising the web server capabilities of Microsoft Internet Information Services. Initial web-based software applications included a Waste Disposal Management application, an Internal Audit Management application, a Shipping Container tracking application, and several