This sample of monkey orchid seeds was found to be 86% viable, which is a good result. Collectors were careful not to sample ...

White egret flowers boast beautiful blooms, but they can be temperamental and need very specific conditions when grown ...

He grows all his orchids from seeds purchased only from reputable growers, not big box stores. It take five to seven years for the first bloom to appear. Marlynn tends to them for two hours every ...

The orchid is a unique insight into its nearly vanished ecosystem -- the tallgrass prairie -- as well as for understanding connectedness with pollinators and other plants, and is a good model ...

To clone, or propagate the ghost orchids, Sweeney puts pieces of the plant into a pink jelly-goo full of nutrients called synthetic media. After a few years, they grow into the baby roots the team ...