Diverse, deceptive, declining: orchids threatened by deforestation in South America

Mongabay
By Morgan Erickson-DavisSep 26, 2014, 1:41 pm251 pts
Pushing past a thick fern leaf, Crain stopped short, overcome by joy. As he broke into dance, his assistant peered curiously at the tiny lentil-shaped fruit dangling from a stem, and resolutely decided Crain was mad. After more than two years studying a rare Puerto Rican endemic orchid species, Crain had…

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