Millions of native orchids are flourishing on the site of a former iron mine in the Adirondacks, suggesting that former industrial sites – typically regarded as blighted landscapes — have untapped ...

The finicky plants are threatened by habitat loss and climate change, but as the Missouri Botanical Garden works to conserve them, scientists are learning the difficulties of growing native orchids in ...

Hammer is seen amongst the vines carpeting part of the perimeter of his home in Homestead that he affectionately calls Jelly Acres. He has had the 1.2 acre property since 1985, but before then it was ...

It was September 1975. Roger Hammer packed his camera, six canteens of water, two compasses, an Army jungle hammock, dried fruit, beef jerky, and other light rations before he headed to the Everglades ...

It was September 1975. Roger Hammer packed his camera, six canteens of water, two compasses, an Army jungle hammock, dried fruit, beef jerky, and other light rations before he headed to the Everglades ...

That was how much it cost to buy Dr. Carlyle A. Luer’s “The Native Orchids of Florida” at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami in 1972. The book inspired him to go on his orchid safaris ...

In March 1802 when Matthew Flinders was circumnavigating Terra Australis on the Investigator his botanist Robert Brown recorded the first sighting of a South Australian orchid. It was a Genoplesium ...

“Orchids in the Wild — the Beauty of Nature,” one of the displays at the Royal Horticulture Society’s recent Chelsea Flower Show in London, featured two species of orchids that are native to Humboldt ...

When most people think of orchids, the first image that comes to mind may be those bright pink or purple flowers you see in a grocery store that tend to die as soon as you get them home. The second ...

In this webinar hosted by Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners Association, ecologist Michael Homoya discusses the many naturally occurring species of orchids in Indiana and their range, habitats and ...

Orchids make up 10 percent of the world's plant species; more than 50 percent of native orchids in North America are listed as threatened or endangered in some part of their home range. Botanist ...