This week's Mystery Plant is a native species, but it is not commonly seen, and it is surely one of the prettiest wildflowers of the Southeast. This plant is a wild orchid, and it is “wild,” in more ...

One of the neatest things about being a botanist is that there is always a surprise, right around the corner. We sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that everything around us is hum-drum and ...

When you hear the word ‘orchid’, what comes to mind? Whatever the image, it’s probably not a border perennial. Nevertheless, hardy orchids are the prettiest plants in my garden. Of the world’s 28,000 ...

Guide to wild orchid varieties growing in Northern Michigan forests. They seduce. They elude. It’s a marvel they can grow at all. Come as we explore the flamboyant enigmas of our woods, bogs and ...

Which plants display the showiest, most flamboyant flowers? Some will insist that they are the various orchid species. The orchid family truly is a giant group — easily the largest plant family in the ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Orchids have a mysterious power over us. We see them as exotic and somehow more exciting than ...

The Ministry of Environment held the 5th National Kesor Kol (Orchid) Forum today, November 26. The event, which featured an ...

In just one year of survey, researchers recorded more than 400 species of wild-caught orchids, involving 1.2 million individual plants worth potentially more than $14.6 million, being traded at ...

Large-scale commercial trade of wild orchids is a pressing, but little-recognized conservation problem, according to researchers. Large-scale commercial trade of wild orchids is a pressing, but little ...