Many rare orchids are endangered in their natural habitat and are highly coveted by collectors. With so many different types of orchids, you might imagine that growers are spoiled for choice.

Some orchids stop making food and feed on fungi instead. Researchers found they do this only when conditions allow.

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 ...

Dracula simia, also called the monkey orchid, is a rare flower that astonishingly resembles a monkey’s face. This orchid thrives in the cloud forests of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru, at high ...

A plant lover has enthusiastically shared their homemade fertilisier that ensures their orchids bloom twice a month.

The Service missed the mandatory deadline to make a decision on whether to protect the ghost orchid in January. The agency does not plan to make the required protection decision for the rare flower ...

Thousands of rare orchids have been destroyed as part of No Deal Brexit contingency plans in Kent. More than 17,000 plants were bulldozed by Kent County Council as part of preparations for our ...

The rate at which trees are being cut down in this fragile ecosystem — home to many species including sloths, hummingbirds and rare orchids, is "getting faster," according to Patricia Rodríguez, of ...