If you're cultivating an epiphytic orchid variety, it's possible to grow your flowers completely in water — no fancy growing ...

These days, some 13,000 of them fill Chadwick and Son Orchids Inc. ’s main greenhouse, deep in the woods of Powhatan County. ...

Vanilla flavoring is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The primary source, Vanilla planifolia, however, is ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.