That is terrible. It is so hard to tell who truly cares about these plants and who is in it for selfish purposes. I guess we must all take a lesson from this and error on the side giving too little information.
Dave, don't beat yourself up over having shown the orchid. My thoughts are that you have likely shown these beauties to more people who truly care and are interested than to people who have bad motives. Additionally, where there is a will, there is a way. If someone wants these orchids bad enough, they will end up finding them anyway.
I just do not understand why someone would take one from the wild, though. My understanding is they are becoming relatively common on the commercial market, and these home grown specimens do much better in captivity than a wild specimen.
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