Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That’s where researchers in Japan recently identified a ...

Henrietta Deters demurs when asked about her interest in orchids. “I have only taken orchids up in the past five or six years,” said Henri, as she likes to be called. Five or six years may seem like a ...

Orchids make up 10 percent of the world's plant species; more than 50 percent of native orchids in North America are listed as threatened or endangered in some part of their home range. Botanist ...

Returning to Hershey Gardens, the 40th annual orchid show and sale, “For the Love of Orchids” will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri. Feb. 2, through Sun. Feb. 4 in the Milton & Catherine Hershey ...

I love orchids. Most everybody does. They are the epitome of loveliness. Orchids are exotic enough to be enticing and beautiful enough to be universally appealing. The gift of an orchid is one of the ...

Keeping a plant alive takes special care and a good level of patience. Keeping orchids alive and beautiful is tougher still. From his lab at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, FIU biological ...

We know some types of fungi turn ants into zombies, but fungi are not always the bad guys. In the case of orchids, fungi are actually the victims. Melissa McCormick, a plant ecologist at the ...

Hobbyists who now find themselves housebound have an opportunity to whip their orchid collection into shape like never before. Somewhere between the victory garden being planted and the flower beds ...