Links to other Web Sites

• Patrons of the World Orchid Conference Trust
• American Orchid Society (AOS)
• Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
• Key International Organisations
• CITES
• Official website of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Documents, Species database, News & Highlights, Photo Gallery, publications
• Orchid Specialist Group - OSG
• The international network for orchid conservation and one of more than 120 specialist groups making up the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN - The World Conservation Union.
• European Orchid Council
• The federal body for amateur orchid societies across Europe.
• Key National Organisations
• Australian Orchid Council
• AOC Is A National Body Representing Orchid Growers Nation Wide.
• British Orchid Council
• The British Orchid Council is a Registered Charity whose aims are to promote the study, cultivation, breeding and conservation of orchid species and hybrids.
• Canadian Orchid Congress
• The Canadian Orchid Congress offers support to Canadian orchid hobbyists through their orchid societies.
• Coordenadoria das Associações Orquidófilas do Brasil
• CAOB - Coordenadoria das Associações Orquidófilas
  do Brasil (Council of Brazilian orchid societies) Web site in Portuguese.
• Orchid Council of New Zealand
• The South African Orchid Council
• Key Reference Sources
• The International Plant Names Index - IPNI
• A searchable database of plant names, authors, publications and collectors for all seed plant species, including orchids.
• The International Orchid Register
• The RHS is the International Registrar of orchid hybrid names. Their database is searchable on hybrid name (for parentage and registration details) or on species name (to determine use as a parent in hybrids).
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• An international collaborative program managed by RBG Kew
• Links to orchid-related sites worldwide
• The Orchid Mall
• A comprehensive, continually updated index of orchid Web sites, a one stop shop, providing the orchid enthusiast LINKs to the Web's resources to meet his/her orchid needs and interests.
• OrchidWire
• An easy-to-navigate, annotated, and categorized web directory. Currently linking to 1538 orchid resources in 67 countries.