EXCLUSIVE: An expert has revealed why Brits have seen orchids "popping up" over the last few weeks as one gardening habit has ...

One of Florida’s rarest and most beloved swamp dwellers, the ghost orchid, could soon see increased protections under the federal Endangered Species Act. Citing the flower’s growing risk of extinction ...

After a long stint in court, FWS agreed last year to make a decision on the plant, which is largely located in places like ...

Experts report the plant is at risk of extinction due to multiple threats, including habitat loss and habitat degradation.

However, a major neotropical biome, in which orchid bees are known to occur, has not been sampled yet, the savanna-like cerrado. At least 30% of the species are endemic to each biome. An updated ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is trying to keep a rare orchid native to Arizona from extinction. After years of careful ...

co-culture; in vitro seedling development; microorganisms; synergism; acclimatization; conservation Recent studies support the hypothesis of true mutualism between orchids and mycorrhizal fungi, in ...

Yet deep in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, nature seems to have bent this rule. A pair of orchid species, Gastrodia takeshimensis and Gastrodia kuroshimensis, have evolved to reproduce in complete isolation.

The Bulbophyllum bukitrayaense orchid was found on Mount Bukit Raya at an altitude of around 1,320 meters. (ANTARA/HO-Ministry of Forestry) Jakarta (ANTARA) - A new species of orchid, Bulbophyllum ...

Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, the safest home of the one-horned rhino on Earth, sports at least 70 species of orchids. Officials of the UNESCO World Heritage Site said on ...

Guwahati: In a recent survey, conducted in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), a UNESCO World Heritage site, 70 orchid species across 36 genera were documented ...

In two recent studies, scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin have identified and described 40 previously unknown moth species from the Philippines. The newly discovered species belong ...