The study of mycoheterotrophy in orchids has revealed a complex nutritional strategy whereby plants derive carbon and essential nutrients from associated mycorrhizal fungi rather than relying solely ...

If you ever come across a Cooper’s black orchid in the wild, you probably would mistake it for a stick — or perhaps an odd potato if you dig a little underneath it. Unlike many others of its kind, ...

Orchids make up 10 percent of the world's plant species; more than 50 percent of native orchids in North America are listed as threatened or endangered in some part of their home range. Botanist ...

A species of fungus-eating orchid has an ingenious self-pollinating method. The secret lies in the orchid’s mysterious finger-like appendage. “I knew there had to be more to it than just an ...

The Common Spotted Orchid is found all over the UK and produces tiny seeds that can be carried anywhere by the wind, yet they often appear in clumps with small seedlings growing near mature plants ...

Fungus is the secret ingredient a team of researchers and volunteers is using as they work to rescue two of the state's most threatened orchids.

I intended the outing to be about orchids, and more specifically, about counting them. Orchids captured my attention bit by bit over several years until I was almost as connected to them as all their ...

A species of fungus-eating orchid has an ingenious self-pollinating method. The secret lies in the orchid’s mysterious finger-like appendage. “I knew there had to be more to it than just an ...

The world's most mysterious and elusive orchid lives underground in Australia. Scientists are trying to rescue this botanic marvel from going completely extinct. As a child, Kingsley Dixon's favourite ...

A fungus gnat trapped in amber some 45-55 million years ago is carrying on the upper portion of its severed leg a pollen sac from an orchid – the oldest evidence of the flower ever discovered. Credit: ...