The rare ghost orchid, unseen in the UK since 2009 and thought extinct, has been rediscovered in a British woodland by ...

The only plant comparable to the Pinanga subterranea in how it can flower and produce fruit deep in the dirt is the ...

Start by looking for vibrant leaves and firm roots – signs that the plant is healthy, he advises. “Phalaenopsis (moth orchids) and dendrobium (bamboo orchids) are both great choices for beginners due ...

Xue Kai, 48, is one such hobbyist who has devoted much of his spare time to taking photos of flowers and wild grasses in the ...

Then during March, April and May – the flowers appear. Nervilia Plicata produces two flowers usually a foot above the ground, a mix of purple and green and about 6 centimetres in diameter. Unlike most ...

The orchid spends most of its life underground, putting up flowering shoots only when environmental conditions are right. In any given year, there are far fewer than 200 of the flowers above the ...