HONOR THE OUTSTANDING ORCHID: To say that an orchid casts its own glow is a flowery flight of fancy, but these otherworldly specimens always seem to occupy a special spotlight, even if no source ...
Melissa McCormick, a researcher at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, shared with the Guardian, "We've just started a big ... rare." Another way scientists are helping to conserve ...
Individual flowers have rounded petals and a yellow throat. This compact orchid packs a big punch. Often called Beautiful ...
hummingbirds and rare orchids, is "getting faster," according to Patricia Rodríguez, of the environmental organization Fundación Étika Verde. "The green foliage industry has become big business ...
Just last year two people were caught stealing a ghost orchid and other rare plants from Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. Meanwhile, in Big Cypress National Preserve, proposals to drill for oil ...