Extractive (i.e., the entire organism or parts of the organism are removed from its environment)
If extractive, for the target species, is this use
Non-Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of
Only parts or products of the organism (e.g., feathers, leaves, branches, eggs, nuts)
Details of parts/products taken
severing the flowering pseudobulb is the traditional technique frequently used by collectors at the study area. local people cut flowering pseudobulbs in half, removing the inflorescence, and leaving the rest of the plant behind. In the latter case, the two meristems located at the base of the pseudobulb are left intact, which allows the development of a new pseudobulb from which a new inflorescence may eventually grow
Local people (e.g., individuals, communities, co-operatives)
National / local private sector
If more than one box ticked, please provide more details
plants are intensively extracted from their habitat and traded mostly in local traditional markets.
Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
No
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
No – no clear evidence of the impact of use compared to other factors influencing
Is there evidence that the use is affecting natural selection?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting poaching of illegal wildlife trade?
Unknown/not reported
Is there any evidence that this use of the species is having a knock-on effect on the status of non-target species
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Details of assessment carried out
Inflorescence collection did not affect the production of new pseudobulbs the following season. However, it affected the size of these pseudobulbs, as well as their flowering probability. We conclude that harvesting of flowering pseudobulbs may be sustainable in terms of its effects on plant performance, at least in the short term.
Traditional harvest methods for L. furfuracea include the removal of flowering pseudobulbs. Those inflorescences are obviously prevented from making a contribution to the next seedling generation, either through the distribution of their pollen, or through seed production (pollen is ripe at the time of anthesis, but inflorescences are generally harvested just before anthesis). However, the plants they were harvested from are left behind and their survival is not affected; there is no evidence that harvest reduces the ability of the plant to produce new pseudobulbs, at least in the short term;
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded
Octavio Orozco‐Ibarrola, O. Orozco‐Ibarrola, Rodolfo Solano, R. Solano, & Teresa Valverde, T. Valverde. (2021). Sustainable harvesting and conservation of Laelia furfuracea, a rare epiphytic orchid from Oaxaca, Mexico. Biotropica, 53, 142-151. doi: 10.1111/btp.12854