Orchids Get Seeds Saved To Prevent Their Extinction
photo: Mat McDermott It’s not quite the Doomsday Seed Vault in the far north of Norway, but its still really pretty cool: In the new to TreeHugger category, the Orchid Seed Stores for Sustainable Use project intends to store miniscule orchid seeds, freezing them far below 0°C so as the prevent extinction. Why care about orchids specifically?
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Orchids Get Seeds Saved To Prevent Their Extinction
photo: Mat McDermott It’s not quite the Doomsday Seed Vault in the far north of Norway, but its still really pretty cool: In the new to TreeHugger category, the Orchid Seed Stores for Sustainable Use project intends to store miniscule orchid seeds, freezing them far below 0°C so as the prevent extinction. Why care about orchids specifically?
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