Many people associate the delicate orchid with tropical rainforests in exotic locales. Not SUNY Cortland botanist Michael Hough. Recently, he discovered a new species of orchid in the wetlands ...

Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That's where researchers in Japan recently identified a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecuador is home to over 4,000 native orchid species, thanks to its unique climatic and geographic conditions. Now, researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest family of flowering plants in the world is the massive sunflower family (Asteraceae) with over 32,000 species thus far ...

Deep in the forests of Southeast Asia, Pankaj Kumar kept careful watch over 23 small, wild plants in 2012. He returned to them again and again, waiting for them to bloom. They were orchids, he was ...

(CNN) — Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That’s where researchers in Japan recently ...

The showiest, most flamboyant flowers? Some will insist that they belong to the various orchid species. The orchid family truly is a giant group, easily the largest plant family in the world, ...

Winter has many daydreaming about a tropical paradise. Orchids can transform the average home into a tropical setting.

New Delhi: India's orchids are under pressure from illicit harvesting and exploitation for illegal trade. Of the vast diversity of 1,256 orchid species recorded in India, 307 are endemic to the ...