[OGD] looking for pollen

Can anyone help me with reasonably fresh pollen from : Ansellia spp, Cyrtopodium spp, Gammangis spp, Grammatophyllum spp, or Gastrorchis or Phaius spp? I am doing some experimental breeding with species in the Cyrtopodinae and the Bletinae. I will happily share seed with the successful donors..

[OGD] smuggling (India)

"orchid smugglers of the Northeast... At least six tonnes of dry orchids... were seized from Manas in Chirang district... Smuggling of orchids is so rampant in the area that it is now threatening to wipe out certain species from the district. ... a patrol party stumbled upon the dry Dendrobium

[OGD] France + fragrances

"Les orchidées sont exportées depuis les années 50 de Thaïlande, qui reste encore à la tête des plus grands producteurs avec près de 1 100 espèces... l’orchidée Phalaenopsis... «la plante en pot la plus vendue en Europe»... Ce qui a beaucoup diminué les prix, c’est la quantité de plantes cultivé

[OGD] obituary / Amy Ede (Singapore)

"behind the success of the Mandai Orchid Garden... Amy Ede, 84... suffered a stroke 21/2 weeks ago and died in hospital... Her adoptive father, the late... John Laycock, started the Mandai garden in 1951 and she helped in the early efforts to grow and export orchids in the 1950s. After he died