Field biology, conservation practice, documentary cinema.
We were registered with the UK Charity Commission in 2022 (no. 1208062), with operations primarily in Mexico and field collaborations in the United Kingdom, Japan, Ecuador and Costa Rica.
Orchidarc emerged from a single observation: the most threatened orchid species in Mexico are not the rare ones. They are the everyday ones — the species that grow on the trees in your grandmother's churchyard, the orchids that adorn altars during the Day of the Dead, the species that everybody knows and nobody studies.
Our work is to bring scientific rigour to these familiar species, to document and assess them properly, and to use the resulting science to support conservation that is led by the communities living alongside them.
And we make documentary films — because the cloud forest is one of the most cinematic ecosystems on earth, and most of the world has never seen it.
Floristic survey work, taxonomic contributions, IUCN Red List assessment, biomaterials research on the orchid pollinarium adhesive, and the RAR Climate Replicator for habitat simulation. See the research →
Reserve management at our cloud forest site in Veracruz, symbiotic propagation of threatened species, and reintroduction work with regional protected areas including La Martinica.
Long-form documentary filmmaking that treats orchids as protagonists rather than props — and brings the science, the people, and the landscapes back to international audiences and funders.
Member, Orchid Specialist Group. Trained regional and global Red List assessor.
Doctoral research on orchid bioadhesives.
Founding institutional link; ongoing biomaterials collaboration.
Mexican research partner.
Best Feature Environmental Documentary, 2025 — Lily of Allsaints.
Encuentro Mexicano de Orquideología; World Orchid Conference; Andean Orchid Conference; Adhesion Society.