One of the neatest things about being a botanist is that there is always a surprise, right around the corner. We sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that everything around us is hum-drum and ...

Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series looking at native orchids found in Lake County. Watch for the next part that will feature native orchid identification and more about Lake County ...

The delicate Florida Butterfly orchid, decimated by development and illegal collection over the past century, is about to make a comeback in Palm Beach County. Students at 12 schools have been ...

There are thousands of different kinds of orchids. In fact, botanists generally consider this to be the largest plant family, with upwards of 30,000 different species. This really is a bewildering ...

Marc Freestone receives funding from Hermon Slade Foundation, Australian Government National Environmental Science Programme – Threatened Species Recovery Hub, Victorian Government. Sign up to Beating ...

Which plant group displays the showiest, most flamboyant flowers? Sunflowers and daisies? Lilies, daffodils, and amaryllis? Or maybe the iris family? It’s fun to ponder this weighty question now, as ...

If you step into the atrium of the Fuqua Orchid Center during the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Daze exhibition (open now through April 14), you’ll be inundated with a jaw-dropping array of ...

Today’s featured flower is one that my wife and I have growing in two of our bowl-type bog gardens in our yard. We planted these two last year at a workshop run for the Delaware Valley Chapter of the ...

Next time you find yourself walking on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, pay special attention to the plant life around you, and prepare to be dazzled by an abundance of orchids in bloom in the trees. The ...