{"id":29532,"date":"2018-03-12T17:25:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=29532"},"modified":"2018-03-18T20:52:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T04:52:03","slug":"why-the-conservation-of-orchids-is-no-simple-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/12\/why-the-conservation-of-orchids-is-no-simple-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Conservation of Orchids Is No Simple Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smithsonian-institution\/why-conservation-orchids-no-simple-matter-180968270\/#g8XR2CC6tPCFmPS0.01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Smithsonian illustrates why orchid conservation is tricky.<\/a> Orchid seeds require a symbiotic fungus to grow, so saving seeds isn&#8217;t enough. Experts need to understand each orchid species&#8217; relation to its essential fungi. &#8220;First you have to find the fungus,&#8221; says Smithsonian botanist Melissa McCormick, &#8220;then you have to figure out what it is, and what it needs to survive, which is of course, what the orchid needs to survive.&#8221; In addition, scientists have to study growing conditions and pollinator relationships. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smithsonian-institution\/why-conservation-orchids-no-simple-matter-180968270\/#g8XR2CC6tPCFmPS0.01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about the challenges and successes of orchid\u00a0conservation, and enjoy great orchid photos, at Smithsonian.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Smithsonian illustrates why orchid conservation is tricky. Orchid seeds require a symbiotic fungus to grow, so saving seeds isn&#8217;t enough. Experts need to understand each orchid species&#8217; relation to its essential fungi. &#8220;First you have to find the fungus,&#8221; says Smithsonian botanist Melissa McCormick, &#8220;then you have to figure out what it is, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29532"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29613,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29532\/revisions\/29613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}