The orchid is said to be the most exotic of all flowers. Their fragile beauty has made them a favorite corsage flower.

To propagate amaryllis by seed, harvest the seedpods soon after they turn yellow and begin to break open. Dry the seed pods a ...

The showiest, most flamboyant flowers? Some will insist that they belong to the various orchid species. The orchid family truly is a giant group, easily the largest plant family in the world, ...

Guide to wild orchid varieties growing in Northern Michigan forests. They seduce. They elude. It’s a marvel they can grow at all. Come as we explore the flamboyant enigmas of our woods, bogs and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservation biologist Reshu Bashyal highlights gaps in Nepal’s implementation of CITES regulations, leading to ineffective protection measures.

If there is a single word that captivates practically every wildflower enthusiast, it is the word orchid. Perhaps it is due to the beauty and exquisiteness of the orchid blossom. Maybe it is the ...

Orchids are unsustainably plucked from the wild the world over to furnish private collections, driving many species to the brink of extinction. Conservationists in Southeast Asia are increasingly ...

At plant markets in Thailand, exquisite orchids are for sale. Those orchids are unlike the ones you can buy at many U.S. shops; many of them are rare species that were collected from the wild. Selling ...

I didn’t really have an opinion about orchids, other than knowing you have to be really into houseplants to keep them alive, until reading “The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession” by ...

The orchid family could have died out like dinosaurs if insects had chosen to feed on simpler plants and not on orchids. The orchids wouldn't have been pollinated, and without pollination they would ...