over a 12-month period,The film follows native orchid expert, Alan Stephenson, as he visits sites in the Shoalhaven bush of NSW, Australia; some 70 different species grow in the wild, ranging from the miniscule to the substantial. There are 142 species that grow in this area of which 17 are threatened or vulnerable to extinction. The 55-minute film shows the settings and explains some of the science, becoming involved in controversies with developers and landowners whose activities threaten the sustainability of the biodiversity necessary for this oldest of flowering plants to survive. Two completed versions of the film are available for public screening: A Native Orchid Almanac (56-min) and The Orchid Protector (3-min), in disc formats and online.