eco chic hotel killing native Mexican orchids!!

[stefpix]

Antonio,
I think I saw Profepa checking the hotels, what they seemed worried was cutting the Mangroves.

I checked this site and those species seem not in danger. Even R. digbyana is common as a weed.

I saw other hotels with nice clumps of Encyclia belizensis etc etc.

I would not over react. After all what really affect the plants is cutting down the jungle to build gated communities like Aldea Zama.

check the site, the plants are protected but not in danger of extinction:

Flora: Península de Yucatán

sometimes laws are too restrictive. some people may grow native plants and be able to make them prosper and contribute to the propagation. I saw fallen trees with dying orchids as they were in full unfoltered sun, If someone collected those and put them in their garden it would be a good thing.

It is better to educate people. I am sure the natives, the Maya people collected orchids for centuries and used them for landscaping without affecting the availability.