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'Ghost' orchids, now a candidate for federal protections, are at risk with every hurricane that blows through Southwest Florida
Hurricanes have a history of downing the trees that host the elusive flower. A spooky species of orchid at risk of disappearing forever as climate change worsens natural disasters, could soon ...
NPR1y
Environmentalists want to protect a rare 'ghost' orchid as an endangered species
Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit because they want the federal government to list a rare orchid, found mainly in Florida, as an endangered species. Ghost orchids grow in just a few places ...
Tampa Bay Times1y
Environmental groups sue US, seek protection for Florida’s rare ghost orchid
ST. PETERSBURG — The rare ghost orchid found mainly in Florida and Cuba should be immediately protected by the U.S. as an endangered species, three environmental groups claimed Wednesday in a ...
Naples Daily News1mon
Mastering the capture of the unusual 'Super' ghost orchid at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Nearly every summer, Wiley artistically captures imagery of an unusual orchid that only grows in swamps in Southwest Florida and Cuba. Ghost orchids (Dendrophylax lindenii) cling to the bark of ...
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Environmental groups sue U.S. over sluggish pace in listing the rare ghost orchid as endangered
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The rare ghost orchid found mainly in Florida and Cuba should be immediately protected by the U.S. as an endangered species, three environmental groups claimed Wednesday ...
Orlando Sentinel2y
The famed ghost orchid: This rare flower may be added to endangered species list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider putting South Florida’s rare ghost orchid on the Endangered Species list. The decision comes after the federal agency reviewed a petition ...
Miami Herald1y
A rare wild flower is the star of the Florida swamp. But can the ghost orchid survive?
Her best-seller about an obsessive poacher would help make the once-obscure ghost orchid the most famous wild flower in the sprawling Everglades ecosystem. Twenty-five years later, the ghost ...
Britain’s rarest flower ‘ghost orchid’, believed to be extinct reappears after 15 years
The elusive "ghost orchid" has reappeared in a British woodland, leaving scientists and nature enthusiasts alike absolutely ...
Daily Mail9mon
Rare ghost orchid seen in the UK for the first time in 15 years after previously being declared extinct
Britain's rarest 'holy grail' orchid has been seen for the first time in 15 years - after it was previously declared extinct. The ivory white ghost orchid was discovered in an English wood but its ...
WUNC1y
Environmentalists want to protect a rare 'ghost' orchid as an endangered species
Ghost orchids grow in just a few places in Florida and Cuba. There are only about 1,500 left in Florida, and they're under threat from habitat loss and poachers. Now they're also the subject of a ...
Sun Sentinel1y
Environmental groups sue US over sluggish pace in listing the rare ghost orchid as endangered
ST. PETERSBURG — The rare ghost orchid found mainly in Florida and Cuba should be immediately protected by the U.S. as an endangered species, three environmental groups claimed Wednesday in a ...