The present paper discusses the chances of the survival of orchids in the wild, highlighting it for Ecuador, but the same factors would also apply in some degree to all other countries. In almost all of the lectures that were presented as a part of research that was carried out in the last 40 years, the work has been referred to the grim perspective of the survival of orchids and their natural habitats and the need to rescue a few plants of each species ex situ, where they may be multiplied in a laboratory and hopefully distributed, worldwide. There is a strong need to preserve as many pristine forests as possible and rescue as many species to be grown in public and private collections. This must apply for Ecuador, as well as for other hot spots in all other tropical countries where they are all facing the same problems of population growth, acid rain, and climate change.