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...
More than 30,000 different species of orchids have been discovered on Earth from which more than 200,000 hybrids have been created. It is this exotic plant’s unusual ability to produce hybrids between species and...
Provence is a region of France that is home to almost thirty species of orchids. While August seems to be the best month to travel, according to WhenUGo.com based on the weather and the prices of hotels and flights, ...
If you’ve ever read about a particular orchid species and wanted to see a photo, you could always type it into a search engine like Yahoo or Google or Bing and then click on the word “images”. But that won’t always...
Here’s a vacation idea for those who love orchids and would like to learn to paint. Paint Sri Lanka.com has orchid tours such as the “Orchids and Tropical Flowers” tours coming up in April. The tours include six nights...
