Somewhere in the hills of Mendocino County, way off the grid, a plant propagator checks the rows of flasks in the 40-year-old trailer that serves as her lab. No, it's not what you think. Although ...

The wild orchid trade in China has extended its reach past physical markets to the internet. With these rare, endangered plants just a click away, the possibility of extinction has escalated. Hong Liu ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservation biologist Reshu Bashyal highlights gaps in Nepal’s implementation of CITES regulations, leading to ineffective protection measures.

In the tropics, they're outlandish: huge, exotic blooms ranging in colour from tangerine to puce, from snow-white to maroon, the world's most spectacular flowers. In Britain, where the orchid season ...

If there is a single word that captivates practically every wildflower enthusiast, it is the word orchid. Perhaps it is due to the beauty and exquisiteness of the orchid blossom. Maybe it is the ...

A new lady's-slipper orchid, once believed to be extinct in the UK, has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 100 years following a decades-long conservation drive, experts said Tuesday. Over ...

Hong Liu, a conservation ecologist at FIU’s International Center for Tropical Botany at the Kampong, is on a mission to reverse this trend. In the first-ever study of the wild orchid trade in southern ...

Orchids are beautiful and tough. They come back and bloom after dormant spells, often surprising their growers. That’s how it’s been for a tiny shop on Mediterranean Avenue near the Oceanfront. Once ...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WFSB) - As you walk along Court Street in Middletown, the Wild Orchid will catch your eye. The window is always decorated, most recently with beautiful artwork made by 5th graders ...