The unusual drought conditions that are spreading from Texas through the usually humid South and up into America’s heartland are catching Phalaenopsis orchid owners by surprise. Long periods of drought are creating the...
When British horticulturists brought the first tropical orchids back to England and Western Europe in the early 1800s, the exotic plants were an overnight sensation. The well-publicized blossoming of a lavender...
A press release from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute explains that “Plants can't escape from stressful environments, but they can be surprisingly flexible when subjected to extreme temperatures and shifting...
