BF27560094
HONG KONG GEOGRAPHIC: THE ORCHIDAMANIAC
Gloria Siu Lai-ping (Senior Conservation Officer, Flora Conservation Department, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden) tells how she became interested in conservation of plants. Shows some orchid species which are distinctly unique to Hong Kong. She explains how she negotiates with the government on the conservation of orchids in the wild and shows the natural environments that are suitable for some types of orchid. She blames the sprayed concrete on slope maintenance projects kill many wild orchids and is furious at people for their unscrupulous digging of wild orchids. Shows the work she does to conserve orchids.
DVD
30 minutes
2006
USD 500.00