The Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection has over 8,000 specimens from all over the world. It is an invaluable resource for educational programs, exhibitions, and scientific research. Explore a ...

The white fringeless orchid, also known as the monkey-face orchid, is a beautiful, 2-foot-tall plant with a single light-green stem. This elusive perennial's elegant white flowers gather in a loose ...

This plant, known as the vanilla bean orchid, can be tricky to keep indoors, but if you’ve mastered the art of growing moth ...

Paper replicas of Bulbophyllum levyae, a rare orchid species native to the island of New Guinea ... Edible Weeds: ...

In fact, fewer than 10 percent of flowering plants are blue. Among those naturally occurring blue flowers—like common ...

"We’ve been working on these ghost orchids for about two years," lab director Deb Sweeney said. "It’s a plant that is very well known in pop culture," Ho added. There are books and movies all ...

There are only about 1,500 ghost orchid plants left in south Florida and 500 in Cuba, Professor Fay said. Wildlife and plant species decline 'a crisis' After being included in the famous flower ...

Only an estimated 1,500 ghost orchid plants remain in Florida, and less than half are known to be mature enough to reproduce. Threats to the orchid continue to grow. Just last year two people were ...