Are Traders and Traffickers Winning the Orchid Battle? Part 2

Orchids are found on six continents in nearly every kind of habitat. The pink butterfly orchid is a Mediterranean species.

A crab spider lurks on a Gongora orchid in Panama.

Pheladenia deformis, known as both a blue velvet orchid and a blue beard orchid, is native to Western Australia.

Bunny orchids are native to Australia.

Blume’s orchids, Bulbophyllum blumei, are found in Malaysian Borneo. Bulbophyllum is the largest genus of orchids in the world and includes more than 2,000 species. Many of their flowers smell like rotting meat, which attracts the flies that pollinate them.

The Masdevallia coccinea orchid’s fuchsia petals make it attractive to orchid hobbyists.

This crab spider orchid was photographed in Western Australia.