Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade
IntroductionEdible terrestrial orchids are endangered worldwide due to overharvesting and illegal trade. One method to distinguish illegally traded wild-collected orchids from sustainably harvested and legally traded cultivated ones is to artificially create hybrids that do not occur naturally and c...
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| author | Susanne Masters Susanne Masters Diego Bogarín Diego Bogarín Juan Viruel Rogier van Vugt Tinde van Andel Tinde van Andel Tinde van Andel Hugo J. de Boer Hugo J. de Boer Barbara Gravendeel Barbara Gravendeel |
| author_facet | Susanne Masters Susanne Masters Diego Bogarín Diego Bogarín Juan Viruel Rogier van Vugt Tinde van Andel Tinde van Andel Tinde van Andel Hugo J. de Boer Hugo J. de Boer Barbara Gravendeel Barbara Gravendeel |
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| description | IntroductionEdible terrestrial orchids are endangered worldwide due to overharvesting and illegal trade. One method to distinguish illegally traded wild-collected orchids from sustainably harvested and legally traded cultivated ones is to artificially create hybrids that do not occur naturally and can be morphologically recognized. Creating artificial orchid hybrids is relatively simple. As a result, thousands of artificial orchid hybrids have already been registered with the Royal Horticultural Society, but predominantly for ornamental purposes. We identified a potential hybrid parental pool for edible orchids from terrestrial species that possess desirable traits from both the grower and consumer perspective.MethodFrom the pool of candidate species, we evaluated the possibility of crosses producing viable seed based on phylogenetic distance metrics, based on matK and nrITS sequences of 435 species. Subsequently, we checked the accuracy of our prediction of hybrid compatibility against registered records of hybrids on the International Orchid Register and by experimental production of hybrids.ResultsOur results show that phylogenetic distance can indeed be used as a proxy for predicting hybrid compatibility in orchids.DiscussionPotential of creating edible orchid hybrids for sustainable trade has not yet been fully exploited. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-acd4ce366acc4aeea21debd1935100ac2025-08-20T02:26:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2025-05-01910.3389/fsufs.2025.15265331526533Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable tradeSusanne Masters0Susanne Masters1Diego Bogarín2Diego Bogarín3Juan Viruel4Rogier van Vugt5Tinde van Andel6Tinde van Andel7Tinde van Andel8Hugo J. de Boer9Hugo J. de Boer10Barbara Gravendeel11Barbara Gravendeel12Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, NetherlandsInstitute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, NetherlandsNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, NetherlandsLankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa RicaRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United KingdomHortus Botanicus, Leiden University, Leiden, NetherlandsNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, NetherlandsInstitute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, NetherlandsBiosystematics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NetherlandsNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, NetherlandsNatural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, NetherlandsRadboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Nijmegen, NetherlandsIntroductionEdible terrestrial orchids are endangered worldwide due to overharvesting and illegal trade. One method to distinguish illegally traded wild-collected orchids from sustainably harvested and legally traded cultivated ones is to artificially create hybrids that do not occur naturally and can be morphologically recognized. Creating artificial orchid hybrids is relatively simple. As a result, thousands of artificial orchid hybrids have already been registered with the Royal Horticultural Society, but predominantly for ornamental purposes. We identified a potential hybrid parental pool for edible orchids from terrestrial species that possess desirable traits from both the grower and consumer perspective.MethodFrom the pool of candidate species, we evaluated the possibility of crosses producing viable seed based on phylogenetic distance metrics, based on matK and nrITS sequences of 435 species. Subsequently, we checked the accuracy of our prediction of hybrid compatibility against registered records of hybrids on the International Orchid Register and by experimental production of hybrids.ResultsOur results show that phylogenetic distance can indeed be used as a proxy for predicting hybrid compatibility in orchids.DiscussionPotential of creating edible orchid hybrids for sustainable trade has not yet been fully exploited.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1526533/fullCITESchikandasalepwildlife tradeorchids (Orchidaceae) |
| spellingShingle | Susanne Masters Susanne Masters Diego Bogarín Diego Bogarín Juan Viruel Rogier van Vugt Tinde van Andel Tinde van Andel Tinde van Andel Hugo J. de Boer Hugo J. de Boer Barbara Gravendeel Barbara Gravendeel Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems CITES chikanda salep wildlife trade orchids (Orchidaceae) |
| title | Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade |
| title_full | Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade |
| title_fullStr | Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade |
| title_full_unstemmed | Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade |
| title_short | Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade |
| title_sort | horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade |
| topic | CITES chikanda salep wildlife trade orchids (Orchidaceae) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1526533/full |
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