A collection of 50,000 fully-grown orchids was destroyed on Tuesday night. The private collection dates back 115 years and had been maintained over four generations of the Pregetter family (Austrian Decent). Jardim Orquídea was considered to be one of the largest private collections in the world, with many of the specimens extinct elsewhere. Only 2000 plants are thought to recoverable and with a normal growing cycle of up to 20 years the future of the gardens remains uncertain.

http://madeira-orchid.eu/

£50,000 sounds like a lot, but it's nothing. At best it is £1 for each destroyed orchid.

Please donate as much as you can to help bring this Jardim Orchidea back to this beautiful island.
I will not see the farm return to it's former beauty in my lifetime, but at least it's something for my grandchildren to enjoy.