The world of orchids is rich and varied, offering a dizzying array of choices. One of my favorite orchids, Miltoniopsis, a pretty epiphytic or lithophytic orchid hailing from the higher elevations of ...

It ain't what it use to be. Yesterday's snake plants and parlor palms have given way to the exotic, the expensive, the classy tropical orchid. Only they're not expensive anymore. The breeders, the ...

For the first time, researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute track unique signals from tiny transmitters glued to individual orchid bees, yielding new insight into the role of bees ...

Joe Meisel discusses his work to conserve the tropical orchid habitat in Ecuador. Joe Meisel, Vice President, Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation, discusses his work to conserve tropical ...

Tropical orchids are epiphytic, which means they grow out of soil on the surfaces of other plants in their natural habitats. Because of this, orchids function differently than other varieties and have ...

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens added “A Splash of Brilliance” to the drab winter landscape with the opening of its annual orchid and tropical bonsai show, highlighting specimens from two of ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 104, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: Orchid Biology (August 2009), pp. 557-563 (7 pages) • Background and Aims Undisturbed forest habitat can be relatively impenetrable to invasive, ...

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Our Beautiful Blooms finally turned the page on Christmas cactus and we have received some interesting plants and flowers this week. Deb Hibdon of New Smyrna Beach sent in a ...

There are more than 100,000 orchids and hybrids, and between 25,000 and 30,000 species, Rogers said. Songbird and the Orchid carries about 250 orchid plants across 40 species. The store offers many ...

What is it about orchids that engender so much devotion and wonder? Sure, they’re nice to look at, but they grow just about everywhere on planet and there are over 26,000 different species. You could ...

Blue-green orchid bees zip through increasingly scarce patches of tropical forest to pollinate rare flowers. For the first time, researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute track unique ...