In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.

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Hailing from a family of Prime Ministers, Senaka Senanayake’s vast canvas shines a light on his deep-rooted love for the ...

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Icons of beauty, providers of sustenance, even symbols of divinity — blossoming plants have assumed a deep significance to ...

1. Queen of the night/Dutchman’s pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) A member of the so-called “orchid-cactus” genus, Queen of the Night or Dutchman’s Pipe Cactus is a tropical, epiphytic cactus ...

All for you friend/Shutterstock A popular choice for gifts, moth orchids are the most common ... Native to the tropical ...

The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...

People are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.

The Directors' Correspondence Team reveals the artistic talents of an amateur orchid enthusiast in Burma at the end of the 19th century. The Directors' Correspondence team really enjoyed the recent ...

A rainforest garden is great for creating a micro-climate in your garden. Here's how to do it and what plants to use.

Even better, the plant heats up its flowering structure to about 32°C as it develops, to make it seem even more like a dead animal in a tropical rainforest ... succulent genus Stapelia are carrion ...