Stories & Field Notes

From the cloud forest.

Essays, field reports, and notes from our research and films. Updated occasionally.

Extinct strength

Extinct strength

What the bee orchid can tell us about the bumblebee that disappeared.

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A new × Dinedema from the cloud forest

A new × Dinedema from the cloud forest

Notes on the discovery, description and publication of × Dinedema mariae — Orchidarc's first contribution to the taxonomic record of Mexican orchids.

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Counting Cypripedium

Counting Cypripedium

How we mapped the largest known Cypripedium population in Mesoamerica — and why the work is just beginning.

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On the altars of Allsaints

On the altars of Allsaints

The making of Lily of Allsaints — a year in the cloud forest, the cemeteries, and the family histories of Veracruz.

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