Every orchid has an interesting story. Once you look beyond their beauty, other captivating qualities emerge about virtually all of them. However, there are some that stand out and make their presence ...

There are always exciting events unfolding in our rare plant nursery, but the morning of May 29 was particularly special. The long-anticipated blooming of our orchid, Bulbophyllum guamense, finally ...

Bulbophyllum is one of the largest genera in the orchid family, with about 2,200 species, and is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics. In the course of botanical exploration in ...

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A "nocturnal" orchid that blooms only under the cover of darkness has been discovered on a tropical island in the South Pacific — a first for the orchid world, scientists say. The new night-flowering ...

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