{"id":78,"date":"2014-08-30T12:46:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T12:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2014-09-08T21:53:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T01:53:20","slug":"new-world-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?page_id=78","title":{"rendered":"New World Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The New World Orchid\u00a0Collection\u00a0of\u00a0the Royal Botanical Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The New World Orchid Species and Display Collection was founded in 1983 as a joint venture between the Royal Botanical Gardens and the Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens. The purpose of the venture was to collect as many species of the New World as possible, catalogue them, maintain them in a well-ordered greenhouse and make them available for education, display and research. Donations\u00a0were received from private individuals, Canadian and United States growers, the Smithsonian collection, Longwood Gardens, the Montreal Botanical Gardens, the Wheeler Collection at Ball State University and the Los Angeles Arboretum.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the collection is not open to the public; however a selection of\u00a0flowering orchid plants are displayed in an enclosed case in the main lobby of the headquarters building of the RBG and elsewhere in the public areas.\u00a0 Visiting scholars may make arrangements to view the collection by appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The collection is the property of the Royal Botanical Gardens and under the general supervision of the\u00a0\u00a0Director of Horticulture.\u00a0 Maintenance of the collection is under the jurisdiction of the RBG.\u00a0\u00a0 A &#8220;greenhouse auxiliary&#8221; made up\u00a0 of members of the Orchid Society assists the horticulturists of the RBG in caring for the collection.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, it is hoped that propagation programs, research projects, visitations to native orchid habitats, virus identification programs and collecting trips will expand the already substantial program of the Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New World Orchid\u00a0Collection\u00a0of\u00a0the Royal Botanical Gardens The New World Orchid Species and Display Collection was founded in 1983 as a joint venture between the Royal Botanical Gardens and the Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens. The purpose of the venture was to collect as many species of the New World as possible, catalogue &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?page_id=78\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New World Collection<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}