https://phys.org/news/2018-05-cultivating-chinese-orchids-wild-species.html

The information can be used to devise strategies to conserve wild orchids in the highly-threatened Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot.

As Dr. Freya St John of Bangor University explains: "In this case, what we found was that consumers just want cheap colourful flowers, and would be just as happy buying cultivated plants. The markets have wild plants for sale not because that's what the consumer wants, but because some traders find this the easiest way to supply the market with cheap colourful plants. The best way to conserve wild orchids might be to strengthen enforcement of existing regulations to prevent wild plants being sold, and support legal businesses selling sustainable commercially grown orchids."