The Species Group meets on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Edgewater
Library from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Directions
The group is now organized and have joined forces with the "Native Orchid
Restoration Project" (NORP). Bob Clifford is on the board of NORP
which is a nationally recognized organization which is partially being
sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute.
All CFOS
members are welcome to attend the meetings.
The group has lots of fun at meetings and field trips. Field trips take
members to look at native Florida terrestrials.
The Species Group is also involved in conservation, and a current
project is flasking the species Encyclia tampensis for the purpose of
growing plants to be put back in the wild. Coordination with the state of
Florida is required for projects of this kind. Collectors and development
have threatened this species and many other Florida native species.
