No one in the world who doesn't love the flowers. But the Orchid flowers are endangered in nature throughout the world.
Here I discuss about the endangered or extinct orchids. So let's start...
1. Zeuxine rofiana.
Scientific Name: Zeuxine rofiana
Current Estimates No: About 18
Location:Andaman Island, India
Conservation Position: Critically Endangered
Scientific Name: Paphiopedilum rothschildianum
Rothschild's Slipper Orchid grows only in Borneo Sabah in Malaysia. It is also called Gold of Kinabalu Orchid. It is one of the most highly sought in the world. Just one stem of this orchid can fetch up to $500 on the black marketing.
Unfortunately, the popularity of this orchid threatened its status in its native habitat.
Here I discuss about the endangered or extinct orchids. So let's start...
1. Zeuxine rofiana.
Scientific Name: Zeuxine rofiana
Current Estimates No: About 18
Location:Andaman Island, India
Conservation Position: Critically Endangered
2. Rothschild Slipper Orchid.
Scientific Name: Paphiopedilum rothschildianum
Estimates No: fewer than 50
Conservation Position: Critically Endangered
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| Rothschild Slipper Orchid, Image Source: rarest.org |
Rothschild's Slipper Orchid grows only in Borneo Sabah in Malaysia. It is also called Gold of Kinabalu Orchid. It is one of the most highly sought in the world. Just one stem of this orchid can fetch up to $500 on the black marketing.
Unfortunately, the popularity of this orchid threatened its status in its native habitat.
3. Vietnamese Paphiopedilum.
Scientific Name: Paphiopedilum vietnamense
Current Estimates No: 50
Location: Thài Nguyên, Vietnam
Conservation Position: Critically Endangered
This Vietnamese Paphiopedilum orchid may be extinct in the wild. But It is still grown by orchid collectors around the world.
Vietnamese Paphiopedilum is over harvested in the wild. Around the world, it is exploited for international trades and horticulture purposes.
The IUCN red list reports that the population of Vietnamese Paphiopedilum has been reduced by 95% over last 3 generation. In 2003, near about 50 of this type was remaining. It was discovered in 1997. It is only found in Thái Nguyen province in Vietnam.
4. Western Underground Orchid.
Scientific Name: Rhizanthella gardneri
Estimated Numbers: fewer than 50
Location: Western Australia
Conservation Position: Critically Endangered (CR)
Western Underground Orchid is one of the most unique flowers in the world. For this type of name, its entire life underground. It even blooms below the dirt. It had no green part such as stem and leaf. This orchid does not photosynthesis, collect the nutrition from a special type of fungi that grows on broom bush's roots.
5. Sky Blue-Sun Orchid.
Sky Blue-sun orchid has a single erect, fleshy, linear, dark green leaf and upto six relatively small light blue to azure blue flowers with dark veins.
Scientific Name: Paphiopedilum vietnamense
Current Estimates No: 50
Location: Thài Nguyên, Vietnam
Conservation Position: Critically Endangered
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| Vietnamese Paphiopedilum, Image Source: rarest.org |
This Vietnamese Paphiopedilum orchid may be extinct in the wild. But It is still grown by orchid collectors around the world.
Vietnamese Paphiopedilum is over harvested in the wild. Around the world, it is exploited for international trades and horticulture purposes.
The IUCN red list reports that the population of Vietnamese Paphiopedilum has been reduced by 95% over last 3 generation. In 2003, near about 50 of this type was remaining. It was discovered in 1997. It is only found in Thái Nguyen province in Vietnam.
4. Western Underground Orchid.
Scientific Name: Rhizanthella gardneri
Estimated Numbers: fewer than 50
Location: Western Australia
Conservation Position: Critically Endangered (CR)
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| Western Underground Orchid, Image: rarest.org |
5. Sky Blue-Sun Orchid.
Sky Blue-sun orchid has a single erect, fleshy, linear, dark green leaf and upto six relatively small light blue to azure blue flowers with dark veins.
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| Sky Blue Sun Orchid, Image: stalktr.net |
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