My unpopular opinion...the criteria for awarding species orchids might be erasing the uniqueness these species orchids once possessed.
Many 'species' orchids are starting to look very much like other species and the descendants of fragrant species are often no longer fragrant, even if they were known for their wonderful fragrance.
If a species orchid goes extinct in the wild and none of the orchids that descended from these have the fragrance and appearance of the original orchid, that orchid is truly gone.
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