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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Blake" data-source="post: 1640339" data-attributes="member: 16170">We're going to be tripping over them next year!Even if locations have to remain undisclosed, I'm hoping we find out if they were at (a) known sites (b) new sites close by or (c) somewhere totally new.  Also hope we get to find out some microhabitat details.As for Plantlife's Ghost Orchid Declaration - even if this year's sightings turn out to be bogus (which sounds very unlikely), I'm surprised they declared the ghost extinct when I imagine most botanists have agreed it could potentially turn up again at any time.Assuming the ghost really has reappeared, I really hope Plantlife come up nifty footwork  to turn this to their advantage.  But that could be difficult and I'm worried they risk looking at best silly and at worst alarmist.  Environmentalists have often been accused of crying wolf and this could potentially fuel such reactions.cheersJames</blockquote>