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Orchid Capital of the World
Over 175 researchers from all
over the world are meeting in
Costa Rica to discuss the
current state and the future of
orchids in the planet.
The experts attending the 3rd
International Congress on the
Preservation of Orchids are here
to analyze some one hundred
studies on the topic.
They aim at finding the factors
that threaten orchids around the
world, in order to define
strategies for their restoration
and preservation.
Even though there are 30,000
species of orchids around the
world – 1,400 of them in Costa
Rica alone –, all of them suffer
some degree of extinction.
The preceding congresses were
held at Perth University, in
Australia, and Marie Selby
Botanical Gardens in Florida.
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