A wealth of Orchid facts and helpful hints:

Ionopsis
On this website you will find anything about orchids: how to grow them, history, interesting stories and lots of pictures.
http://www.ionopsis.com/old_orchidgrowing_index.html

Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web!
http://www.orchidboard.com/

Orchids of the World
http://www.orchids.mu/index.html

Backbulbs
Developing an Orchid Collection with Backbulbs
An orchidist can add to his collection inexpensively if he can work with backbulbs and orchid rescues. There is no single method for sprouting backbulbs. The main ingredient is practice, practice, practice.
http://blog.backbulb.com/

One of the most exciting botanical discoveries:

One of the most exciting botanical discoveries in Ecuador has been the discovery by one of us (Lou Jost) of a completely unexpected local evolutionary radiation of the orchid genus Teagueia in the Upper Pastaza Watershed.....

Cerro Candelaria Reserve
The World Land Trust (WLT) is an international conservation organisation that takes direct action to save rainforest and other wildlife habitats.


Links for other Orchid Societies

Peninsula Orchid Society
Meetings on the fourth Friday of every month at the San Mateo Garden Center, 605
Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA, 7pm.
http://penorchidsoc.org/

San Francisco Orchid Society
http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/

Sonoma County Orchid Society
http://www.sonomaorchids.com/

The American Orchid Society
The American Orchid Society is more than just a flower club. Throughout its 85-year history the AOS, in keeping with its vision and mission, has strived to bring our members timely and state-of-the-art orchid information, support basic and applied research in orchids, and monitor and support conservation effort both here in North America as well as throughout the World.
http://www.aos.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

GoldCoastCymbidiumGrowers.com
The Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers'  goals are to bring together those individuals who are interested in the study and culture of Cymbidium and other cool growing orchids; to share ideas and experiences relating thereto; to promote knowledge of orchids through the education of the public; and to participate in  public and private orchid exhibitions.


Other Links

The Exotic Rainforest is a privately owned botanical garden in Northwest Arkansas.
http://www.exoticrainforest.com/

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