Deep in the forests of Southeast Asia, Pankaj Kumar kept careful watch over 23 small, wild plants in 2012. He returned to them again and again, waiting for them to bloom. They were orchids, he was ...
A fungus gnat trapped in amber some 45-55 million years ago is carrying on the upper portion of its severed leg a pollen sac from an orchid – the oldest evidence of the flower ever discovered. Credit: ...
When most people think of “orchids,” the phalaenopsis species comes to mind. Also known as the “moth orchid,” this species blooms in a myriad of colors and patterns. Orchids of the Cypripedium genus ...
As gardens slowly thaw, orchids offer a welcome burst of colour indoors. These elegant and longlasting plants have a ...
U.S. Botanic Gardens collaborative exhibition as it connects stories, scholarship, and art to this extraordinary species ...
Orchids are for … well, everyone. That’s the message from the Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania (OSWP) as it prepares ...
As March draws to a close on the Island, the woodlands take on that wonderful blue haze of bluebells.