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First Orchid Conservation Centre was established in Uttarakhand in 2021. This project discovered six new orchid species in Mandal which were not reported earlier-Liparis pygmea, new for Western Himalaya, Cephalanthera erecta var. oblanceolata Habenaria stenopetala, Neottia listeroides, Oreorchis patens, Dendrobium chrysanthum, Calanthe alpina." At present, the centre has 70 different orchid species.