Researchers have pinpointed the biggest threats to the only population of rare, endangered mule ear orchids in the United States. FIU’s orchid research team found powerful hurricanes can wipe out ...

Angraecum longicalcar is threatened by increasing fires and a buzzing black market for orchids. Conservators at England's Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have been working to reintroduce seedlings into ...

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 ...

Orchids have a reputation for being finicky and difficult to grow, and one of the things that's sure to kill an orchid is overwatering it. It may seem counter-intuitive, then, that growing orchids in ...

NAPLES, Fla. – The poachers weren’t intimidated by heat, lightning, mosquitos, venomous snakes, alligators or losing their way in the South Florida swamps. They were there to steal the ghost orchid, a ...

Nature is replete with incredible survival tactics, and one of the most intriguing of these is mimicry. There are creatures that have developed leaf, flower, twig, or even algae camouflage so ...