Orchids are one of the most popular houseplants, largely down to their unique and beautiful flowers- and experts have now ...

For decades scientists assumed these insects looked so much like orchids as a form of camouflage. But they were wrong. They ...

As per taxonomic rules, the species from Norfolk Island retained the name Adelopetalum argyropus because it was the first ...

More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been revealed ...

Scientists have solved the 130-year mystery of Stigmatodactylus sikokianus, a fungus-consuming orchid with a unique ...

Flower enthusiast Monique Kemperman from The Joy of Plants said the orchid family has an "astonishing 25,000 species".

Orchids are long-lived plants that produce flowers every year in the late winter if they receive the proper care. “After an orchid flowers, it’s tired, and it needs to rest and recover so it ...