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 ...

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

SERNANP, Peru’s national parks service, announced that a new species of orchid was discovered on Bella Durmiente mountain, a prominent natural feature of Tingo Maria National Park in the Huánuco ...

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WASHINGTON— Under an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, a 2-foot-tall orchid found in only five southeastern states is being proposed for Endangered Species Act protection. The white ...

Ming-Lun Chou, Ming-Che Shih, Ming-Tsair Chan, Shih-Yi Liao, Chen-Tran Hsu, Yao-Ting Haung, Jeremy J. W. Chen, Der-Chih Liao, Fu-Hui Wu, Choun-Sea Lin https://www ...

New Delhi: India's orchids are under pressure from illicit harvesting and exploitation for illegal trade. Of the vast diversity of 1,256 orchid species recorded in India, 307 are endemic to the ...

Selbyana, Vol. 26, No. 1/2, Proceedings of the Second International Orchid Conservation Congress (2005), pp. 196-216 (21 pages) TWO cypripedioid orchid genera, Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium, are ...

Orchids are often thought of as beautiful, delicate and vibrant – but a newly identified plant might just change your mind. The “Gastrodia agnicellus” – labeled the “ugliest orchid in the world” – is ...