A total of 10,00 medium butterfly orchid, or Phalaenopsis, seedlings started their journey to the United States after a ceremony Wednesday that was held in Foshan's Shunde district. The inauguration ...

Executives stand beside butterfly orchids cultivated by Foshan Dingliang Phalaenopsis Industry Development Co Ltd in Guangdong province on Wednesday, when the company's seedings were exported to the ...

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Orchid mycorrhizal fungi have been assumed to supply carbohydrates to the orchid seedlings with which they are associated. To do this they must be able to utilize a regular source of carbohydrate in ...

The orchid plants started out as tiny seedlings in bottles. Maureen Tan The 30,000 orchids now growing in some Miami-Dade cities began their lives as tiny dust-like seedlings in glass bottles, specks ...

Two centuries after orchids were first documented in South Australia, photographers are still discovering new plants.

Some orchid species mimic nectar-producing flowers to lure bees; others emit the fetid smell of rotting meat to attract carrion flies. JG Bryce / Gallery 339 (3) Orchids are seducers. They trick ...

Orchids have a bad reputation of being a finicky, hard-to-grow plant —but plant experts say that's undeserved. If you know ...

It’s amazing just how many people are intimidated by orchids – by the myths connected to their cultivation, and by the folk lore which surrounds them. After all, orchids are just plants, albeit with ...

Exposed orchid roots are a completely normal feature of these uniquely beautiful plants, and tending to them is an important aspect of orchid care. Aerial orchid roots are most likely to occur in ...