Different plants require different types of soil and some, such as the popular Phalaenopsis orchid, require more unusual ...

Scripps News Detroit spent the day with Jocelyn Ho of Rare Plant Fairy who is working with a team to clone the nearly extinct ...

Orchids, known for their flamboyant petals, deceptive mimicry and fascinating lifestyles, have captivated biologists and ...

Marlynn tends to them for two hours every morning. He waters each plant by hanging its pot on special hooks above a sink in the orchid room and dousing it with water — but not ordinary water.

Ghost orchid callus cells, plant tissue comparable to stem cells in animals, are just now starting to resemble the plant structure they set out to clone two years ago. "We started to propagate them.

A Detroit shop, Rare Plant Fairy, is cloning the endangered ghost orchid to deter poaching and prevent extinction.

"We’ve been working on these ghost orchids for about two years," lab director Deb Sweeney said. "It’s a plant that is very well known in pop culture," Ho added. There are books and movies all ...