Today, a rare pounds because the Wild Orchid is threatened by extinction. Some Orchid friends who hear it for the first time that there are wild orchids in our latitudes, believe it. Think of orchids, you probably first the tropical species invade, that are offered anywhere in the flower trade. Wild orchids grow not only in tropical countries such as Thailand, but also in our domestic nature. Wild Orchid, an endangered species, but are our native species all endangered and in most regions of in Germany rarely to be found.
Many domestic wild orchids are protected. In addition to the natural hazards of snails, caterpillars, other pests, nutrient deficiency, late frost and drought, wild orchids in Germany are threatened due to dwindling Habitat. Wild orchids can see grow undisturbed because even in fewer places. Suitable habitats are changed through its use by the people. Lax protection of conservation areas, road construction, Afforestation represent further threats to the Habitat of the plant.
These factors cause, that the sight of a Wild Orchid with us to an extraordinary rarity has become. If you see then actually once an orchid in the wild, the joy is perhaps so great that you are trying to dig out the wonderful plant and relocate in the own garden. Unfortunately the wild orchids do not survive this relocation normally. Many orchid lovers but do not know this and take plants out of ignorance still home, which greatly jeopardizes the stock in some regions. So, supposed friends of orchids contribute to the loss of the wild species. So you’d better leave the wild orchids in the site, the plants can develop their natural beauty in the ancestral environment. In the trade, there is enough choice of free-range orchids you can grow in the home garden, without endangering the existence of the wild orchids. Wild orchids that flourish in our species, for example, Orchid, comb Standel, pyramid Orchid, Helleborine pale green Orchid, Coralroot, Lady’s slipper, or even the orchid.
