I love gifting my green-thumbed friends a plant or two to celebrate any new chapter in their lives. And recently, my favorite potted present has been orchids. A little flowering, a little foliage — it ...

Named in honor of William Brass, a 19th-century British botanical illustrator, this orchid grows in the wet forests of tropical Central and South America, but it is also comfortable in cultivation.

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A crowd favorite exhibition is back at the New England Botanic Garden (NEBG) in Boylston, giving flower lovers the chance to see orchids they might not often see in forms both original and artistic.