The document discusses many free online resources for finding information about orchids on the internet, including orchid societies, organizations, Facebook groups, published literature, discussion boards, websites organized by family/tribe/genus, culture information sites, photos and videos. It provides over 20 specific examples of free internet resources for orchid information and encourages sharing additional favorite sites.

1. Finding Hidden Internet
Orchid Treasures
HARVEY BRENNEISE
MOUNT BAKER ORCHID SOCIETY, JUNE 2019

2. It’s all on the Internet;
It’s all free, AND
It’s all true,
Right?

3. General Information
 Orchid Mall
 RHS International Orchid Register
 Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
(22,000 species, including references)
 Orchid Roots (species & hybrids, some photos)
 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

4. Orchid Societies and Organizations
 American Orchid Society, including Additional Orchid
Resources
 Mount Baker Orchid Society
 Outstanding local orchid society web pages such as St.
Augustine OS’s pages on orchid culture
 International Orchid Foundation
 Many Specialty orchid societies such as International
Pleurothallid Alliance

5. Facebook
Facebook is a treasure house of information on and dialog about
orchids. Some sites require (free) membership. A few examples (there
are many more):
 Tolumnia (Equitant oncidiums)
 International Phalaenopsis Association (and Alliance) and others
sites for phal species or “just Phalaenopsis”)
 Orchid - Buy - Sell – Trade (there be danger here), and other sales
and trade sites as well as individual seller sites
 Orchidaholics Anonymous (orchid care)
 Growing Orchids in Semihydroponics
 Orchid societies, including Mount Baker Orchid Society (could
include a group discussion page, as Spokane OS has)

6. Published orchid literature and finding
aids
 Biodiversity Heritage Library (part of the Encyclopedia of Life; digitized
books and journals in the public domain (most published prior to 1930)
 BibliOrchidea (must register) indexes a huge number of journals. Not
user-friendly.
 WorldCat is a supercatalog (index to 2 billion items) of the world’s library
collections in one place. Many of the books can be borrowed (often free)
through your local public library
 Sci-Hub is a site offering access to over 70 million pirated scientific
journal articles usually behind paywalls. Not user-friendly to set up.

7. Discussion boards
There are many of these, including those on Facebook.
Others include:
 Orchid Board
 SlipperTalk is about more than slipper orchids

8. Web pages by Family, Tribe or Genus
 Stanhopea, the Genus
 Catasetenae
 Paphs.net

9. Orchid culture (some from vendors)
 OrchidWeb
 Orchid Species Culture (Charles & Margaret
Baker). Not free.
 First Rays Free Information
 Ag extension sites such as Texas A & M
 Pesticide information at ExToxNet

10. Photos and Videos
 Orchid Photo Page
 Orchid Pictures Query (London [ON] OS). Index only to
published photos
 And of course YOUTUBE!

11. Thank you.
Questions, comments and
favorite sites?