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

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The small whorled pogonia, a federally threatened species of orchid, has been rediscovered in Vermont – 120 years after the plant was last spotted in the state. The plant was last documented in ...

A Polish biologist has identified a previously unknown species of orchid growing more than 3,000 metres above sea level in ...

Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That's where researchers in Japan recently identified a ...

A series of expeditions by WWF scientists into previously unexplored areas of tropical rainforest in Papua New Guinea have revealed at least eight new orchid species previously unknown to science.

The world's largest collection of rare orchids has been discovered growing along the runways of a military airbase in Corsica, France. The estimated number of Serapias neglecta, or Devil's Tongue, is ...

China is well known for its medicinal use of wild plants, a tradition that dates back thousands of years. These traditional Chinese medicines include many wild orchids, some quite showy. Typically, ...

(CNN) – Scientists in Japan have discovered a new species of orchid. The pink-and-white blooms of the flower are so delicate and fragile that they look like they were spun from glass. The orchid was ...

Researchers in Japan recently identified a new species of orchid that's growing unexpectedly in parks, gardens, and balconies around the country. The flower has "pink-and-white blooms so delicate and ...

Hong Liu received funding from the Guangxi Chairman’s Foundation (09203-04), the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund 0905324 and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. China is well known for its ...