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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Go Orchids Interactive Website Has Launched<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
<a href="http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/">Go Orchids</a> <<a href="http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/">http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/</a>>, 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. <a href="http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/">
Go Orchids</a> 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
<a href="http://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/">Go Botany</a>, 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.
<a href="http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/">Go Orchids</a> has been developed to interact across a variety of platforms, including smart phones and tablets. We encourage you to explore the site.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Gary Krupnick, Ph.D.<br>
Head of the Plant Conservation Unit<br>
Department of Botany<br>
Smithsonian Institution<br>
PO Box 37012<br>
NMNH, MRC-166<br>
Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA<br>
Tel: 202-633-0940<br>
E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:KrupnickG@si.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">KrupnickG@si.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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