Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are orchids native to every continent except Antarctica. Their flowers are highly evolved and incredibly showy with blooms ...

Orchids are often thought of as beautiful, delicate and vibrant – but a newly identified plant might just change your mind. The “Gastrodia agnicellus” – labeled the “ugliest orchid in the world” – is ...

Winter has many daydreaming about a tropical paradise. Orchids can transform the average home into a tropical setting.

Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That's where researchers in Japan recently identified a ...

SERNANP, Peru’s national parks service, announced that a new species of orchid was discovered on Bella Durmiente mountain, a prominent natural feature of Tingo Maria National Park in the Huánuco ...

I still remember my college days, when friends from Northeast India told me about the exquisite blue vanda, a rare orchid ...

Costa Rica is home to a distinct variety of orchids. So much so that Costa Rica’s national flower is the Guaria Morada orchid. Therefore, it comes to no surprise that researchers from the Lankester ...

The showiest, most flamboyant flowers? Some will insist that they belong to the various orchid species. The orchid family truly is a giant group, easily the largest plant family in the world, ...

Three new orchid species from the evergreen montane forests and shrublands of the Ecuadoran Andes have been described by scientists. Two of the new orchids have been preliminarily assessed as ...

Inspired by China's sweeping landscapes and rich traditions, Kew Gardens' annual orchid festival is back.