Orchidaceae
Orchids have been cultivated at Kew for more than two centuries and orchid research dates back to the time of Joseph Banks, who was studying them at the end of the 18th Century.
Today the orchid science group is a multi-disciplinary team, who work together to advance orchid knowledge, promote orchid conservation and improve access to the collections. In addition to the familiar living collection, there are herbarium and library collections, and also the Kew DNA Bank, which currently contains over 4000 orchid specimens.
