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Since 1991, the San Diego County Orchid Society has awarded over $125,000 to projects in 18 different countries.

2007

Conservation Genetics within Piperia (Orchidaceae) - Robert Lauri, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California ($2300)

Establishment of a Propagation and Reintroduction Program for Threatened Orchids of the Southern Pacific Slope of Mexico. Phase 1: Field Survey - Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico ($2500)

Assessment of the Orchid Diversity in Different Habitats of the Knuckles Mountains, Sri Lanka - Rathgama Fernando, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka ($2605)

Threatened Orchids of the Massif du Chaillu, Gabon - Tariq Stévart, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri ($3000)

Ecology and Conservation of the Orchids Present in Andean Forests of the Natural National Park Chingaza (Cundinamarca, Colombia) - Daira Ximena Villagran, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia ($2520)

2006

Survey and Distribution of the Orchids of the “Reserva Ecológica do Guapiaçu” (REGUA), Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil - OrquidaRio (the orchid society of Rio de Janeiro), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ($2140)

Conservation of a Rare Orchid (Cypripedium cordigerum) in Nagtibba (Western Himalaya), India - Dr. Jeewan Singh Jalal, Department of Habitat Ecology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India ($2400)

The Two Worlds Dry Forest Corridor: Manabí Ecuador - Dr. Joe Meisel and Dr. Catherine Woodward, Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation, USA ($6000)

2005

Predicting the Vulnerability of Epiphytic Orchid Communities to Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes - Damien Catchpole, School of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania ($3000)

Threatened Orchids of Shivapuri National Park - Dr. Lokesh Shakya, Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
($2450)

2004

Orchid Abundance along Forest Successional Gradients: Rare Orchids, Rare Habitats, or Rare Fungi? - J. Hope Hornbeck and Dr. Donald Leopold, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, USA ($2160)

Orchid Conservation in the Eastern Andes of Ecuador - Lou Jost, Ecuador ($2100)

Status, Pollination Ecology, and Genetic Diversity of Endangered Orchidaceae: Habenaria distans, H. macroceratitis, and Spiranthes floridana - Dr. Michael Kane and Scott Stewart, Environmental Horticulture Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA ($2400)

The Two Worlds Dry Forest Corridor: Manabí Ecuador - Dr. Joe Meisel and Dr. Catherine Woodward, Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation, USA ($6000)

2003

Orchid Conservation by Local Residents in Madagascar through Direct Reintroduction at Ranomafana National Park - M.M. From and T. Gouveia, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska, USA ($3280)

Orchids of Lower Goryi Valley, Western, Himalaya, India: Towards a Community Based Conservation Approach - Jeewan Singh Jalal, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India ($2500)

Ecology of Lepanthes and Teagueia in Ecuador - Lou Jost, Ecuador ($2487)

The Orchids of El Pahuma, Ecuador: Species Inventory and Guide Book - Joe Meisel and Catherine Woodward, Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation, USA ($2645)

The Choco-Andes Center for Orchid Conservation, Ecuador - Alex Reynolds and Rodrigo Ontaneda, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA ($1300)

Recovery of a Federally Endangered Hawaiian Endemic, Platanthera holochila, through Symbiotic Seed Germination - Emma Peterson and Dr. Lawrence Zettler, Department of Biology, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, USA ($2000)

2002

Ecology of Lepanthes and Teagueia in Ecuador - Lou Jost, Ecuador ($2325)

Identification and Protection of Critical Orchid Habitat in Ecuador through Conservation Easements - Joe Meisel and Catherine Woodward, Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation, USA ($2664)

Symbiotic Seed Germination of Two Rare Spiranthes Species from Florida, USA - Kurt Piskin and Dr. Lawrence Zettler, Department of Biology, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, USA ($1600)

2001

Diversity and Distribution of Lepanthes in Ecuador - Lou Jost, Ecuador ($2550)

Cypripedium Rescue in Minnesota, USA - Tom Nelson and Eric Hansen, Minnesota, USA ($2500)

Reproductive Biology of Sympatric Pleurothallid Species in Northwestern Ecuador - Lorena Endara, Department of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador ($2600)

Orchids of the Yavita-Maroa Road, Venezuela - Dr. Gustavo Romero, The Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA ($2655)

Orchid Survey in Banyang-Mbo Sanctuary, Cameroon - Louis Zapfack, Department of Plant Biology, University of Yaounde, Cameroon ($2468)

Orchids of the Organ Mountain Range, Brazil - David Miller and Dr. Richard Warren, Rio Atlantic Forest Trust ($2250)

Genetic Relationships among Disa and Stenoglottis Species - Benny Bytebier and Dirk Bellstedt, Department of Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa ($2000)

Survey of Orchids in Eastern Nepal - Dr. Lokesh Shakya and Devendra Bajracharya, Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal ($1500)

2000

Ecological Study of Lepanthes in Ecuador - Lou Jost, Ecuador ($2325)

Study of Mycorrhizal Associations in Platanthera Species - Dr. Lawrence Zettler, Department of Biology, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, USA ($858)

Reference Materials for Botanical Library in Cuzco, Peru - Eric Christenson, Sarasota, Florida, USA ($580)

Habitat Protection in Atlantic Rain Forest, Brazil - David Miller and Dr. Richard Warren, Rio Atlantic Forest Trust ($2400)

1999

Habitat Protection in Atlantic Rain Forest, Brazil - David Miller and Dr. Richard Warren, Rio Atlantic Forest Trust ($2400)

Study of Paphiopedilum Habitats in Vietnam - Dr. Leonid Averyanov, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia ($3000)

Establishment of a Conservation Easement in El Pahuma, Ecuador - Catherine Woodward, Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation, USA ($2000)

1998

Survey of Native Orchids - Greg Steenbeeke, New South Wales, Australia ($750)

Genetic Diversity of Epipactis gigantea in San Diego, California, USA - Dr. Neal Biggart, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA ($1050)

Vegetative Propagation of Dendrobium anosmum with BAP - Awardee, Hawaii, USA ($300)

Sponsorship - 16th World Orchid Conference, Vancouver, Canada ($1000)

1997

Outdoor Orchid Display - Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas, California, USA ($3600)

Reproductive Costs in Aerangis verdickii in Zimbabwe - Dr. Harold Koopowitz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA ($1700)

Propagation and Reintroduction of Native Ladyslippers - Peter Faletra, New Hampshire, USA ($1706)

1996

Ecology of Aerangis verdickii in Zimbabwe - Dr. Harold Koopowitz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA ($2000)

1995

1994

Orchid Program - The Arboretum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA ($2000)

Orchid Viewing / Education - San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, USA ($4500)

1993

Rio Bravo Habitat Conservation - Programme for Belize, Belize ($4950)

1992

Rio Bravo Habitat Conservation - Programme for Belize, Belize ($4570)

1991

Rio Bravo Habitat Conservation - Programme for Belize, Belize ($4640)