Which plants display the showiest, most flamboyant flowers? Some will insist that they are the various orchid species. The orchid family truly is a giant group, easily the largest plant family in the ...

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Despite its sweet-sounding name, the candy spider-orchid (Caladenia versicolor) was thought to deceive pollinators, only looking and smelling like it rewarded them with nectar. New research shows the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A spate of thefts of rare orchids from sites in southern England has concerned ...

AN AVID orchid hunter has spotted some rare and beautiful wildflowers near the Dorset coast. Nick Chamberlain, a member of the Echo's Camera Club, saw several of the early spider orchids at Dancing ...