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conserving, and growing, native lady’s slipper orchids, with longwood’s peter zale
11.05.2024 - 11:03 / awaytogarden.com / margaret
TODAY’S TOPIC is orchids, but not the ones you might be growing as a flowering houseplant. Our subject is native terrestrial types that are more often than not under great pressure in the wild, their numbers dwindling.
Now, thanks to work led by Peter Zale at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, strategies have been developed for propagating one such orchid, the Kentucky lady’s slipper. That Cypripedium and Dr. Zale will travel to the upcoming Chelsea Flower Show in England, where they’ll be part of an international display showcasing efforts in orchid conservation.
Dr. Peter Zale is Associate Director of Conservation Horticulture and Plant Breeding at Longwood Gardens, where he leads a team of scientists and horticulturists focused on conservation, horticulture, plant exploration, breeding and more. He has a longtime special passion for, and focus on, native orchids of the United States.
Read along as you listen to the May 13, 2024 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify (and browse my archive of podcasts here).
native orchids with peter zale of longwood
Margaret Roach: So orchids: the most diverse of plant families on the planet, I think, but so many of them are in trouble. And so give us a little background of the numbers and the situation of orchids, how many U.S. species and how many worldwide and things like that.
Peter Zale: Sure, sure. So I think one of the reasons that orchids are so engaging is because there are so many of them, and I think scientists would argue about this, but there’s about 24,000 to 30,000 or more worldwide. And so if you think about all of the plants on the planet, that’s about 8 to 10
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