The problem would be what every society sees, The main one is
fundraising, as the "collectors" would have to be funded ( i am sure
that most would be happy with a $1000 grant) and credidentialed, with
full coridnation of dept of Ag, and Customs. Plus we would have to
found and fund a "Speciemen Garden", Also included is the academic
side of classification and genitic research. That could be helped by
founding a Grant Counsel which would be a panel of "experts" (growers
and acidemics) to review grant appications and projects. The orchid
hunters would not get to keep the specimins that they found, but would
instead get part of the first clones.

The biggest problem I can see would be organizing such an originazation
and getting funding, past that It would just be working with
universities and the govermental units to ensure the goal of perserving
endagered orchid.

After all who ever heard of an orchid on the endagered species list
when you can buy one for $19.95 at the local greenhouse, this would of
course be after it became widely avaible, which would have to be after
the first flask matured and could be progated...... say 5 or 6 years,
should be some encouragement for the orchid hunters to find new guys,
not a monopoly, just a limited supply

Jack
P.S still looking for a good lawyer.