These plants are safe in Roger’s fenced-in yard, but for the dozens of native orchids scattered across Florida in odd places, from swamp to suburb, reality is much more grim. Roger doesn’t ...

but its population has declined by more than 90% globally and by up to 50% in Florida. Only an estimated 1,500 ghost orchid plants remain in Florida, and less than half are known to be mature enough ...

The Florida we envision includes a restored Greater Everglades ecosystem with all of its biological diversity, including the ghost orchid.” There are only an estimated 1,500 ghost orchid plants left ...

I used to call it orchid therapy,” MacLeod said. “My opportunity to just chill out, look at the plants. They didn't talk back to me or anything.” MacLeod now serves as the show committee ...