The wild orchid trade in China has extended its reach past physical markets to the internet. With these rare, endangered plants just a click away, the possibility of extinction has escalated. Hong Liu ...

Orchid seeds are as small as dust and do not provide any nutrients for the young plant to grow. The adult plants are known to rely on a certain type of fungi that develop structures within the plant's ...

With Mother’s Day and Father’s Day behind us, the orchids will likely have time to replenish their stock. These days your average white phalaenopsis orchids come in custom colors such as “blue ...

We are fortunate in Summit County that, because of the huge range in elevation, we get to see an amazingly diverse collection of wildflowers. Species that grow in open meadows get a lot of attention, ...

Rev. ed. of: A field and study guide to the orchids of New England and New York. 1993. siris_sil_513418 ...

Deadwood-decomposing fungi feed germinating orchids, providing the carbon their tiny seeds don’t have. The Kobe University finding not only closes a gap in our understanding of wild orchid ecology but ...

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 ...

A decades-long bid to bring back one of Britain’s “rarest and most impressive” wildflowers has seen success with the first new plant found in the wild in nearly 100 years. Conservationists now hope ...