Excavation work will be carried out on the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road from Wednesday until Saturday, the Public Works department said on Tuesday. Works will start at 9am and continue 6pm ...

Banner image:A lady slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum haynaldianum) photographed in the forests of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. Image courtesy of Aljohn Jay L. Saavedra. Davis, E. O., ...

In 2010, a new species of slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum canhii) was discovered in Vietnam. Photos with location information were posted online. Just six months after its discovery, more than 99 per ...

In 2010, a new species of slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum canhii) was discovered in Vietnam. Photos with location information were posted online. Just six months after discovery, more than 99% of ...

When hand pollinating slipper orchids (Paphiopedilum spp.) for example, the pouch-shaped petal on its flowers must be carefully cut to reach the waxy pollen. This pollen is collected using a sewing ...

And following the 2009 discovery of Vietnamese orchid variety Paphiopedilum canhii — a delicate insect-like form — the commercial harvesting of 99.5% of its population occurred in just a few ...

Paphiopedilum, commonly known as the lady’s slipper orchid, is a fascinating group of plants included in the Appendix I list of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...

The costliest orchid in Kerala is Drury’s Paphiopedilum, which is found in Agastyamala hills .” State director of WWF India, Renjan Mathew Varghese, says: “Many of us like to grow orchids at ...

Another step has been taken towards converting Paphos into a smart city with the introduction of a smart parking management system on Friday. The project, co-financed by the European Union and the ...

When the previously unknown slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum canhii) was first discovered in 2010, for example, collectors plundered its range so thoroughly that within months, just one per cent of the ...