[PCA] Go Orchids

[Krupnick, Gary]

Go Orchids Interactive Website Has Launched

More than half of North America's orchids are threatened or endangered somewhere in their native range. The North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC) just launched Go Orchids<http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/> <http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/>, a searchable database where users can see which ones are in danger, find the orchids nearest them...or just look at lots of pretty pictures. Go Orchids<http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/> is a tool to explore orchids native to the U.S. and Canada. Go Orchids will initially focus on orchids in New England and the mid-Atlantic region. Orchids of the southeast and Alaska will be added early in 2014. This site will be similar to Go Botany<http://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/>, developed by our partners at the New England Wild Flower Society and will eventually include all of the orchid species in the U.S. and Canada. Go Orchids<http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/> has been developed to interact across a variety of platforms, including smart phones and tablets. We encourage you to explore the site.



Gary Krupnick, Ph.D.
Head of the Plant Conservation Unit
Department of Botany
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
NMNH, MRC-166
Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
Tel: 202-633-0940
E-mail: KrupnickG at si.edu<mailto:KrupnickG at si.edu>

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