Live orchid plants coming into or leaving Australia must be accompanied by an Australian wildlife trade permit. Permit rules apply, unless the live orchid plants meet permit exemption criteria listed ...

The Orchidaceae family is recognized as the largest and most diverse among the Angiosperms. In Brazil, approximately 2,679 orchid species are recorded, of which 1,487 are endemic. The genus Cattleya, ...

Recently-released IUCN Red List assessments for slipper orchids from the temperate ... holding and disposal of detained or seized CITES material. Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium species are among the ...

Hardy orchids, such as Dactylorhiza (marsh orchids), Epipactis (helleborine), and Cypripedium (lady’s slipper orchids), are well-suited to temperate British gardens,' he advises. And something like ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed a ruling by the Constitutional Court affirming that South Africans can attain dual citizenship. The decision also declares the reversal of ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. (KGTV) — San Diego Botanic Garden has announced the return of its fifth annual spring showcase, World of Orchids, running from Sunday, May 4 through Sunday, June 1. This year ...

Many of the plants hadn’t been seen in decades, including a rare pink lady slipper orchid. “It has really specialized habitat of bogs and acidic woodlands,” Fessler said during his presentation. “It ...

Pink lady’s slippers are the most common lady's-slipper orchid in Ohio, but they are still rare and mostly found in the southeastern part of the state. The orchids trick bumblebees into ...

Esakin points to the lady slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum) as an example. Generally speaking, though, orchid potting mix is largely made up of differing combinations of sphagnum moss, bark or coir, and ...