On Saturday 2nd March 2024, the Orchid Society of Great Britain will be holding a Zoom talk. The meeting opens with OSGB members' chatting about orchids from 10.30am; the talk starts at 11am.  

This meeting is for OSGB members only. New members are always very welcome - join online on our website. 

Many orchids grow as epiphytes in rainforests around the world. Orchids form part of a complex interdependent ecosystem with other epiphytes in the same habitats, each depending on the other for the high humidity they all need in these environments. The orchids and other epiphytes all pay vital roles in each other’s’ survival. 

This talk aims to explain the importance of the rainforest water cycle, the roles that each plant group plays and how the water cycle is maintained through the joint roles of the xylem tubes and stomata. And of course - the part that orchids play and a little about their…