it isn’t really exciting to actually have been able to take them out of the
have been able to take them out of the
have been able to take them out of the bottles because we were very careful I
bottles because we were very careful I
bottles because we were very careful I can’t touch them it might fall they
can’t touch them it might fall they
can’t touch them it might fall they might break so the fact that we were
might break so the fact that we were
might break so the fact that we were able to open them and take the things
able to open them and take the things
able to open them and take the things out and go through the leaves it was a
out and go through the leaves it was a
out and go through the leaves it was a fun experiment
fun experiment
fun experiment Fairchild tropical botanic garden is
Fairchild tropical botanic garden is
Fairchild tropical botanic garden is trying to grow a million orchids to do
trying to grow a million orchids to do
trying to grow a million orchids to do that they have to grow a lot more than
that they have to grow a lot more than
that they have to grow a lot more than that because of the survivability of
that because of the survivability of
that because of the survivability of these orchids is not that high in order
these orchids is not that high in order
these orchids is not that high in order for us to grow a million the students
for us to grow a million the students
for us to grow a million the students have to do a hundred of the setups and
have to do a hundred of the setups and
have to do a hundred of the setups and it’s very difficult for one place to do
it’s very difficult for one place to do
it’s very difficult for one place to do that on their own so trying to get all
that on their own so trying to get all
that on their own so trying to get all the schools out there to to participate
the schools out there to to participate
the schools out there to to participate and to have their own setup late 1800s
and to have their own setup late 1800s
and to have their own setup late 1800s Early 1900s there were thousands of
Early 1900s there were thousands of
Early 1900s there were thousands of orchids on a daily basis being pulled
orchids on a daily basis being pulled
orchids on a daily basis being pulled out of the forests here in South Florida
out of the forests here in South Florida
out of the forests here in South Florida all the way to the Everglades those
all the way to the Everglades those
all the way to the Everglades those orchids were unloaded by the thousands
orchids were unloaded by the thousands
orchids were unloaded by the thousands on boxcars sent up to northern cities
on boxcars sent up to northern cities
on boxcars sent up to northern cities here in the United States as disposable
here in the United States as disposable
here in the United States as disposable house plants they seemed like an
house plants they seemed like an
house plants they seemed like an unlimited resource there were so many
unlimited resource there were so many
unlimited resource there were so many orchids here in South Florida but you do
orchids here in South Florida but you do
orchids here in South Florida but you do that enough times year after year and
that enough times year after year and
that enough times year after year and eventually the populations are depleted
there’s really no hope that they’ll come
there’s really no hope that they’ll come back in large numbers unless they have
back in large numbers unless they have
back in large numbers unless they have some help so with a million orchid
some help so with a million orchid
some help so with a million orchid project we want to just do that sudden
project we want to just do that sudden
project we want to just do that sudden large boost of the orchid populations we
large boost of the orchid populations we
large boost of the orchid populations we want to get so many of them out there
want to get so many of them out there
want to get so many of them out there that they’ll stand a chance
each sorted fruit or seed pod has about
each sorted fruit or seed pod has about two or three million individual seeds
two or three million individual seeds
two or three million individual seeds those seeds are like dust they can blow
those seeds are like dust they can blow
those seeds are like dust they can blow thousands of miles in the wind but they
thousands of miles in the wind but they
thousands of miles in the wind but they have to land in just the right spot with
have to land in just the right spot with
have to land in just the right spot with just the right level of light just the
just the right level of light just the
just the right level of light just the right level of moisture in a seed pod of
right level of moisture in a seed pod of
right level of moisture in a seed pod of two or three million seeds probably five
two or three million seeds probably five
two or three million seeds probably five or ten of them will actually land where
or ten of them will actually land where
or ten of them will actually land where they need to be to grow the great thing
they need to be to grow the great thing
they need to be to grow the great thing about a micro propagation lab like this
about a micro propagation lab like this
about a micro propagation lab like this is we can use artificial conditions to
is we can use artificial conditions to
is we can use artificial conditions to make all of those seeds grow so we can
make all of those seeds grow so we can
make all of those seeds grow so we can take all of those individual seeds and
take all of those individual seeds and
take all of those individual seeds and put them into bottles with growth medium
put them into bottles with growth medium
put them into bottles with growth medium that gives them just the right mixture
that gives them just the right mixture
that gives them just the right mixture of chemical just the right level of
of chemical just the right level of
of chemical just the right level of moisture that they would find in the
moisture that they would find in the
moisture that they would find in the bark of a tree and we can give them just
bark of a tree and we can give them just
bark of a tree and we can give them just the right level of light from one seed
the right level of light from one seed
the right level of light from one seed pod we can produce thousands and
pod we can produce thousands and
pod we can produce thousands and thousands of individual orchid plants so
thousands of individual orchid plants so
thousands of individual orchid plants so having a lab like this allows us to tip
having a lab like this allows us to tip
having a lab like this allows us to tip the odds way in our favor of producing
the odds way in our favor of producing
the odds way in our favor of producing enough orchids to repopulate the
enough orchids to repopulate the
enough orchids to repopulate the community you’ve got them out here in
community you’ve got them out here in
community you’ve got them out here in the big world so we’re going to need to
the big world so we’re going to need to
the big world so we’re going to need to protect them now
great to involve students because we
great to involve students because we think that this project is really the
think that this project is really the
think that this project is really the way conservation is going in the future
way conservation is going in the future
way conservation is going in the future that this is conservation in places
that this is conservation in places
that this is conservation in places where people live where people work
where people live where people work
where people live where people work where people study with the call there’s
where people study with the call there’s
where people study with the call there’s be able to see all this so close so we
be able to see all this so close so we
be able to see all this so close so we really been told by the past generation
really been told by the past generation
really been told by the past generation that we’re the inheritors and
that we’re the inheritors and
that we’re the inheritors and ambassadors of the world so I really do
ambassadors of the world so I really do
ambassadors of the world so I really do think that um it’s a lot of our
think that um it’s a lot of our
think that um it’s a lot of our responsibility to correct the mistakes
responsibility to correct the mistakes
responsibility to correct the mistakes that have been done in the past maybe if
that have been done in the past maybe if
that have been done in the past maybe if there’s just enough of us passing on the
there’s just enough of us passing on the
there’s just enough of us passing on the message and doing the right thing then
message and doing the right thing then
message and doing the right thing then maybe we can make a difference these are
maybe we can make a difference these are
maybe we can make a difference these are the orchids that we would have seen here
the orchids that we would have seen here
the orchids that we would have seen here if we were here 150 years ago on all of
if we were here 150 years ago on all of
if we were here 150 years ago on all of the oak trees all the mahogany trees we
the oak trees all the mahogany trees we
the oak trees all the mahogany trees we would have seen native orchids
would have seen native orchids
would have seen native orchids throughout the area so the idea is to
throughout the area so the idea is to
throughout the area so the idea is to get them back to that critical mass
get them back to that critical mass
get them back to that critical mass where you’ll see them everywhere and be
where you’ll see them everywhere and be
where you’ll see them everywhere and be enough that they’ll seed themselves
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