Nearly extinct, a rare Hawaiian orchid is being given a second chance. An Illinois botany professor and several of his students who have nurtured 90 delicate Platanthera holochila orchid plants from seed will travel to...
Awed by the delicate beauty of native orchids, Ravan Schneider treks across the high mountain slopes and through the dense Philippine rainforest in search of these fragile beauties. A modern day orchid hunter,...
Flowers use all sorts of tricks to attract the insects that pollinate them. Some orchid species entice insect pollinators with sweet, fragrant scents. Others emit no odor but tempt insects with using color or shape. A...
The orchid trails being developed in Malaysia will allow visitors to take a step back in time to an era when intrepid orchid hunters crawled through dense jungles in search of the exotic treasures we call orchids. A...
We humans can survive in the frigid tundra of Alaska, the steamy soup of Mississippi’s bayous, and Arizona’s sun-baked deserts; but, given a choice, most of us would prefer to live where the temperature consistently...
Orchids and many other flowers are often given common names that reflect their shape, color, scent, habitat or behavior. While the Latin names that scientists and botanists use provide a more precise identification of...
Add these top orchid books to your holiday wish list to learn more about orchid care and why most orchids are neither fragile nor difficult to grow. One of the most popular orchid species, the stunning Just Add Ice ...
Their exotic beauty, the rarity of many species and the early expense of shipping orchid plants to Europe and America from the remote tropical environments in which many species were discovered have led to perpetuation...
