ISSN 1409-3871

VOL. 7, NO. 1-2

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3rd International Orchid Conservation Congress (IOCC) 2nd International Conference on Neotropical Orchidology (ICNO) PROCEEDINGS



ARE OUR ORCHIDS SAFE?

The orchid conservation challenge KINGSLEY DIXON & RYAN D. PHILLIPS

Orchid conservation: where do we go from here? PHILIP T. SEATON



GEOGRAPHY OF CONSERVATION

Invasive orchids: weeds we hate to love? JAMES D. ACKERMAN

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Morphological and molecular characterization of species of Tulasnella (Homobasidiomycetes) associated with Neotropical plants of Laeliinae (Orchidaceae) occuring in Brazil PAULO RICARDO M. ALMEIDA, CASSIO VAN DEN BERG & ARISTOTELES GOES-NETO 22 Are our orchids safe down under? A national assessment of threatened orchids in Australia GARY N. BACKHOUSE Understanding the distribution of three species of epiphytic orchids in temperate Australian rainforest by investigation of their host and fungal associates KELLI M. GOWLAND, ULRIKE MATHESIUS, MARK A. CLEMENTS & ADRIENNE B. NICOTRA Rare plant restoration on Long Pine Key BRUCE HOLST & STIG DALSTRÖM

The status of orchid conservation in China JIA JIANSHENG

Epiphyte orchid diversity in a Yungas montane forest in the Cotapata National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, La Paz – Bolivia IVAN V. JIMÉNEZ & FABRICIO MIRANDA A.

Geological processes and orchid biogeography with applications to southeast Central America STEPHEN H. KIRBY

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Diversidad de Orquídeas en el “Parque Nacional Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl” (México) y sus áreas de influencia BÁRBARA S. LUNA-ROSALES, AMADEO BARBA-ALVAREZ, RODRIGO ROMERO-TIRADO, ERIC PÉREZ-TOLEDANO, OLGA PEREA-MORALES, SUSANA PADRÓN-HERNÁNDEZ, HUGO SIERRA-JIMÉNEZ, ROSA DE LA CRUZ & DIANA JARDÓN-SÁNCHEZ

An orchid inventory and conservation project at Bosque de Paz Biological Reserve, upper Río Toro Valley, Alajuela, Costa Rica MELANIA MUÑOZ & STEPHEN H. KIRBY

Distribución de poblaciones silvestres y descripción del hábitat de Phragmipedium en Costa Rica MELANIA MUÑOZ & JORGE WARNER Orchids of a regenerated tropical dry forest in the Cali river watershed, Municipality of Cali, Colombia JORGE E. OREJUELA

Hotspots of narrow endemisms: adequate focal points for conservation in Dendrochilum (Orchidaceae) HENRIK Æ. PEDERSEN Orchid biogeography and rarity in a biodiversity hotspot: the Southwest Australian floristic region RYAN D. PHILLIPS, ANDREW P. BROWN, KINGSLEY W. DIXON & STEPHEN D. HOPPER

Genetic and morphological variation in the Bulbophyllum exaltatum (Orchidaceae) complex occurring in the Brazilian “Campos Rupestres”: implications for taxonomy and biogeography PATRICIA LUZ RIBEIRO, EDUARDO L. BORBA, ERIC C. SMIDT, S.M. LAMBERT, A. SELBACH-SCHNADELBACH & CÁSSIO VAN DER BERG

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Spatial structure of Pleurothallis, Masdevallia, Lepanthes and Epidendrum epiphytic orchids in a fragment of montane cloud forest in South Ecuador LORENA RIOFRÍO, CARLOS NARANJO, JOSÉ M. IRIONDO & ELENA TORRES 102 Richness, distribution and important areas to preserve Bulbophyllum in the Neotropics ERIC C. SMIDT, VIVIANE SILVA-PEREIRA, EDUARDO L. BORBA & CÁSSIO VAN DEN BERG Risk of extinction and patterns of diversity loss in Mexican orchids MIGUEL A. SOTO ARENAS, RODOLFO SOLANO GÓMEZ & ERIC HÁGSATER



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Inventory of the orchids in the humid tropical premontane forest on Uchumachi Mountain, nor Yungas region of La Paz, Bolivia CARLOS A. VERGARA CASSAS 122



CONSERVATION POLICIES AND BOTANICAL GARDENS

Ex situ conservation of tropical orchids in Ukraine TETIANA M. CHEREVCHENKO, LYUDMYLA I. BUYUN, LYUDMYLA A. KOVALSKA & VU NGOC LONG El sistema Lankester ROBERT L. DRESSLER

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How does hybridization influence the decision making process in conservation? The genus Orchis (Orchidaceae) as a case history MICHAEL F. FAY, R. J. SMITH, K. ZUIDERDUIN, E. HOOPER, R. SAMUEL, R. M. BATEMAN & M. W. CHASE Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada LISE GOBEILLE The conservation dilemma WESLEY E. HIGGINS & GEORGE D. GANN

In vitro propagation of Cattleya Lindl. and Laelia Lindl. species ALLA M. LAVRENTYEVA & ROMAN V. IVANNIKOV

The role of CITES Rescue Centers in orchid conservation: concerns and questions raised by the collaboration on an endangered slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum vietnamense O. Gruss & Perner) THOMAS MIRENDA, KYLE WALLICK & ROBERT R. GABEL Molecular identification and genetic studies in Peruvian Phragmipediums ISAIAS ROLANDO, M. RODRÍGUEZ, M. DAMIAN, J. BENAVIDES, A. MANRIQUE & J. ESPINOZA

Working together for orchid conservation – The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin and Belize Botanic Gardens BRENDAN SAYERS, HEATHER DUPLOOY & BRETT ADAMS The important role that the Botanical Garden of the National Autonomous University of Mexico plays in the conservation of mexican orchids AÍDA TÉLLEZ VELASCO Establishing an Orchid Conservation Alliance PETER S. TOBIAS, MARIA DO ROSARIO DE ALMEIDA BRAGA, STEVEN BECKENDORF & RONALD KAUFMANN Not a single orchid... HARRY ZELENKO



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CONSERVATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

What is BIBLIORCHIDEA? RUDOLF JENNY

A form and checklist for the description of orchids in the field and laboratory work STEPHEN H. KIRBY & MELANIA MUÑOZ EPIDENDRA, the taxonomic databases by Jardín Botánico Lankester FRANCO PUPULIN Effect of knowledge gain on species conservation status DAVID L. ROBERTS

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSERVATION AND DNA BARCODING

Allotetraploid evolution in Dactylorhiza (Orchidaceae) MARK W. CHASE, MICHAEL F. FAY, RICHARD BATEMAN, MIKAEL HEDRÉN & YOHAN PILLON

Sequencing re-defines Spiranthes relationships, with implications for rare and endangered taxa LUCY A. DUECK & KENNETH M. CAMERON

Molecular genetic diagnosis of the ‘taxonomically difficult’ Australian endangered orchid, Microtis angusii: an evaluation of the utility of DNA barcoding NICOLA S. FLANAGAN, ROD PEAKALL, MARK A. CLEMENTS & J. TUPAC OTERO Molecular tools and DNA barcoding for conservation GUILLAUME GIGOT

Finding a suitable DNA barcode for Mesoamerican orchids GUILLAUME GIGOT, JONATHAN VAN ALPHEN-STAHL, DIEGO BOGARÍN, JORGE WARNER, MARK W. CHASE & VINCENT SAVOLAINEN Re-evaluation of lifespan in a Neotropical orchid: an eleven years survey EDDIE A. ROSA-FUENTES & RAYMOND L. TREMBLAY The species-area-energy relationship in orchids IVA SCHÖDELBAUEROVÁ, PAVEL KINDLMANN & DAVID ROBERTS Mycorrhizal diversity of an endemic terrestrial orchid JYOTSNA SHARMA, MARIA L. ISHIDA & VERNAL L. YADON

Does integrated conservation of terrestrial orchids work? NIGEL D. SWARTS, ANDREW L. BATTY, STEPHEN HOPPER & KINGSLEY W. DIXON

Evolution in small populations: evidence from the literature and experimental results RAYMOMD L. TREMBLAY & JAMES D. ACKERMAN

Density induced rates of pollinaria removal and deposition in the Purple Enamel-orchid, Elythranthera brunonis (Endl.) A.S. George RAYMOND L. TREMBLAY, RICHARD M. BATEMAN, ANDREW P. BROWN, MARC HACHADOURIAN, MICHAEL J. HUTCHINGS, SHELAGH KELL, HAROLD KOOPOWITZ, CARLOS LEHNEBACH & DENNIS WIGHAM

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Rescuing Cattleya granulosa Lindley in the wild CLEMENTINO CAMARA-NETO, IUNA CHAVES-CAMARA, SEVERINO CARVALHO DE MEDEIROS & MARIA DO ROSARIO DE ALMEIDA BRAGA

Efecto del ácido indolbutírico (IBA) y 6-bencilaminopurina (BAP) en el desarrollo in vitro de yemas axilares de Encyclia microtos (Rchb.f.) Hoehne (Orchidaceae) CARLOS E. CONDEMARÍN-MONTEALEGRE, JULIO CHICO-RUÍZ & CLAUDIA VARGAS-ARTAEGA

The conservation of Madagascar’s orchids . A model for an integrated conservation project PHILLIP CRIBB & JOHAN HERMANS LANKESTERIANA 7(1-2), marzo 2007. © Universidad de Costa Rica, 2007.

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Community involvment in orchid conservation ANDREW W. DILLEY

Integrated approaches to orchid conservation in Guatemala: past, present and future, opportunities and challenges MICHAEL W. DIX & MARGARET A. DIX

Investigation of processes leading to the decline of South Australia’s Caladenia species RENATE FAAST & JOSÉ M. FACELLI

Are some life-history strategies more vulnerable to the genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation? A case study using South Australian Caladenia R. Br. (Orchidaceae) species LACHLAN W. FARRINGTON, JOSE M. FACELLI, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN & ANDY D. AUSTIN

Vanda tricolor Lindl. conservation in Java, Indonesia: genetic and geographic structure and history LAUREN M. GARDINER

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Area recovery and characteristic orchids conservation “in situ” at San Angel stony terrain, Mexico, D. F: reservoir area and ecological pathway at South Sciences and Humanities Educational Center (SSHEC) within the National Autonomous University of Mexico CECILIA GARDUÑO, SONIA Y. GARCIA, MARICELA RAMOS & M.A. AIDA TÉLLEZ 281 Conservation of the group Piperia (Orchidaceae) and associated plant communities ROBERT K. LAURI Effects of trampling on a terrestrial orchid environment MARILYN H.S. LIGHT & MICHAEL MACCONAILL

Orchids’ micropropagation for to the sustainable management of native species from Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Cotapata (PN-ANMI Cotapata), La Paz-Bolivia CRISTINA LÓPEZ ROBERTS, GABRIELA VILLEGAS ALVARADO, BEATRIZ MAMANI SÁNCHEZ, JUAN BERMEJO FRANCO, MILENKA AGUILAR LLANOS & JORGE QUEZADA PORTUGAL

An expanded role for in vitro symbiotic seed germination as a conservation tool: two case studies in North America (Platanthera leucophaea and Epidendrum nocturnum) EMILY E. MASSEY & LAWRENCE W. ZETTLER

SEM and PCR study of mycorrhizal fungi isolated from the Australian terrestrial orchid: Prasophyllum EMILY MCQUALTER, ROB CROSS, CASSANDRA B. MCLEAN & PAULINE Y. LADIGES Desarrollo de cápsulas y germinación in vitro de Phragmipedium humboldtii, P. longifolium y P. pearcei MELANIA MUÑOZ & VÍCTOR M. JIMÉNEZ

Ecology of orchids in urban bushland reserves – can orchids be used as indicators of vegetation condition? BELINDA J. NEWMAN, PHIL LADD, ANDREW BATTY & KINGSLEY DIXON

Cores Project - Conservation of endangered orchids: an action plan for conservation of Brazilian orchids CLAUDIO NICOLETTI FRAGA, ROSA M. MURRIETA FRANÇA, JORGE EDUARDO S. PAES, MELISSA

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BOCAYUVA, PEDRO DE ARAUJO CONSTANTINO, ANDRÉ P. FONTANA, SIMONE L. MACHADO, EDUARDO M. SADDI, IVONNE SAN MARTIN-GAJARDO, MARCELO SIMONELLI, FABIO BERNABE, ANDERSON LANUSSE & BERNARD HARDMAN Fungus-assisted reintroduction and long-term survival of two Mexican terrestrial orchids in the natural habitat M. PILAR ORTEGA-LARROCEA & MONICA RANGEL-VILLAFRANCO

Estudio de bacterias asociadas orquídeas (Orchidaceae) EMILIA RAMOS ZAMBRANO, TERESITA JIMÉNEZ SALGADO & ARMANDO TAPIA HERNÁNDEZ

Efforts to conserve endangered terrestrial orchids in situ and ex situ at two natural reserves within Central Mexico MÓNICA RANGEL-VILLAFRANCO & M. PILAR ORTEGA-LARROCEA

Trophic relationships in orchid mycorrhiza – diversity and implications for conservation HANNE. N. RASMUSSEN & FINN N. RASMUSSEN

Genetic and morphological variation in the Bulbophyllum exaltatum (Orchidaceae) Complex occurring in the Brazilian “Campos Rupestres”: implications for taxonomy and biogeography PATRICIA LUZ RIBEIRO, E.L. BORBA, E.C. SMIDT, S.M. LAMBERT, A. SELBACH-SCHNADELBACH & C. VAN DER BERG Problemas fitosanitarios que amenazan la conservación de las orquídeas de Costa Rica GERMAN RIVERA-COTO & GILBERTO CORRALES-MOREIRA Uso de complejos comerciales como sustitutos de componentes del medio de cultivo en la propagación in vitro de Laelia anceps RODRIGO ROMERO-TIRADO & BÁRBARA S. LUNA ROSALES The effect of the light environment on population size of the epiphytic herb, Lepanthes rupestris (Orchidaceae) FRANCHESKA RUIZ-CANINO, DENNY S. FERNANDEZ, ELVIA J. MELENDEZ-ACKERMAN & RAYMOND L. TREMBLAY

Comparación de los problemas fitosanitarios en orquídeas de poblaciones silvestres y de cultivo, como evaluación de riesgos de plagas o epidemias WILLY SALAZAR-CASASA, GERMAN RIVERA-COTO & GILBERTO CORRALES-MOREIRA

Traditional use and conservation of the “calaverita” Laelia anceps subsp. dawsonii f. chilapensis Soto-Arenas at Chilapa, Guerrero, México VÍCTOR M. SALAZAR-ROJAS, B. EDGAR HERRERA-CABRERA, ALEJANDRO FLORES-PALACIOS & IGNACIO OCAMPO-FLETES Establishing a global network of orchid seed banks PHILIP T. SEATON

Production of Cypripedium montanum seedlings for commercial value and reintroduction into restoration projects: phase II ROGER H. SMITH, JANE A. SMITH & SCOTT LIEBLER

Experimental reintroduction of the threatened terrestrial orchid Diuris fragrantissima ZOE F. SMITH, ELIZABETH A. JAMES & CASSANDRA B. MCLEAN LANKESTERIANA 7(1-2), marzo 2007. © Universidad de Costa Rica, 2007.

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Finding a mycorrhizal fungus for reintroductions of the threatened terrestrial orchid Diuris fragrantissima ZOE F. SMITH, ELIZABETH A. JAMES & CASSANDRA B. MCLEAN Orchid conservation in the Americas - lessons learned in Florida SCOTT L. STEWART & MICHAEL E. KANE

Propagación in vitro y aclimatización de Euchile mariae (Ames) Withner (Orchidaceae) IRIS SUÁREZ-QUIJADA, MABEL HERNÁNDEZ-ALTAMIRANO, VÍCTOR M. CHÁVEZ-ÁVILA & ESTELA SANDOVAL-ZAPOTITLA Determinación histológica de regenerantes de Euchile mariae (Ames) Withner, (Orchidaceae), obtenidos a partir de protocormos cultivados in vitro IRIS SUÁREZ-QUIJADA, ESTELA SANDOVAL-ZAPOTITLA, MABEL HERNÁNDEZ-ALTAMIRANO & VÍCTOR M. CHÁVEZ-ÁVILA Young adventures in orchid conservation CALLUM SWIFT

Adquisición de competencia para la micropagación de Stanhopea tigrina, Laelia anceps, Epidendrum veroscriptum y Cattleya x Esbetts (Orchidaceae) MARIO SINAÍ TINOCO JUÁREZ & MARTÍN MATA ROSAS Biosystematic studies in the Brazilian endemic genus Hoffmannseggella H. G. Jones (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae): a multiple approach applied to conservation CHRISTIANO FRANCO VEROLA, JOÃO SEMIR, ALEXANDRE ANTONELLI & INGRID KOCH Micro-environment conditions, mycorrhizal symbiosis, and seed germination in Cypripedium candidum: strategies for conservation CAROL M.F. WAKE Harvesting mycorrhizal fungi: does it put Caladenia plants in peril? MAGALI WRIGHT, ROB CROSS, ROGER COUSENS & CASSANDRA B. MCLEAN

Site amelioration for direct seeding of Caladenia tentaculata improves seedling recruitment and survival in natural habitat MAGALI WRIGHT, GARRY FRENCH, ROB CROSS, ROGER COUSENS, SASCHA ANDRUSIAK & CASSANDRA B. MCLEAN

Symbiotic germination of threatened Australian terrestrial orchids and the effect of nursery potting media on seedling survivals MAGALI WRIGHT, ZOE SMITH, RICHARD THOMSON & ROB CROSS



The orchid recovery program at Illinois College – a successful blend of teaching, research and undergraduate student participation to benefit orchid conservation LAWRENCE W. ZETTLER



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The Orchidaceae of “Parque Municipal de Mucugê”, Bahia, Brazil CECILIA O. DE AZEVEDO & CASSIO VAN DEN BERG

Las orquídeas del Parque Nacional Barra Honda, Guanacaste, Costa Rica DIEGO BOGARÍN & FRANCO PUPULIN

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Pollination analogies between Orchidaceae, Ficus (Moraceae) and Asclepiadaceae WILLIAM RAMÍREZ-B.

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