When it’s not blooming, the roots of the ghost orchid can blend into a tree trunk in the swamps of South Florida, leaving no trace of the delicate white flower that inspires its name. This rare orchid ...

The blotched butterfly orchid (Sarcochilus weinthalii) looks fairly unremarkable when it’s not flowering, generally resembling the far more common orange blossom orchid. But when it flowers, it is ...

Researchers studying speciation of butterfly orchids on the Azores have been startled to discover that the answer to a long-debated question "Do the islands support one species or two species?" is ...

A team of botanists were surprised to find Europe's rarest orchid species growing in the Azores. Richard Bateman One of Europe’s rarest orchid species has been rediscovered in the Azores, a group of ...

When you visit the tropical butterflies at Tucson Botanical Gardens, take notice of the redecoration in the greenhouse. You’ll find that the clutter is cleaned up, unwanted guests have left and plants ...

ANOTHER LIFE:FROM THE PURPLE patches of heather and wild thyme at its rocky turning, the boreen to the sea is a flower-shop of old reliables - fuchsia, honeysuckle, purple loosestrife, meadowsweet ...

An orchid in decline for more than 100 years has been recorded on a nature reserve in Bodmin for the first time. Ken Preston-Mafham, from Bodmin, discovered the greater butterfly orchid while walking ...

Sandie Schaub smiled as a bright orange butterfly landed on her wrist. The insect slowly opened and closed its wings. Hundreds of native Florida butterflies fluttered around Schaub on Tuesday morning ...