Some flowers speak an ancient language where words fall short. For these more dazzling players—the orchids, the roses, the lilies—the world grows smaller, crisscrossed every day by jet-setting ...

This is exactly what happened recently when the European ghost orchid, thought to be gone from the UK for over a decade, reappeared in an English forest. For botanists, it was like spotting a phantom ...

“When burying a dead body make sure to then plant some endangered natives on top so it’s illegal to dig up.” The UK has an array of highly endangered plants including the ghost orchid and ...

Hot peppers have become my orchids. Peppers are a slippery ... only a single jar of pesto out of a basil plant (my scraggly ones, at least), a single ghost pepper can flavor a week’s worth ...

Like many other orchid species, the ghost orchid requires a specific habitat to thrive. Not only does it need mild temperatures, high humidity, and dappled shade, but this leafless, creamy white ...

Neelakurinji is a rare plant that blooms once every 12 years. It's found in the Western Ghats, and turns the landscape in a stunning blue-purple hue. The Ghost Orchid is locally known as Bhutna in ...

This offbeat, easygoing ride includes stops to sample tropical fruits (freshly cracked coconut, mangoes, and key limes), facts and sightings of tropical ... on the Robert the Doll Experience with ...

Orchid flowers, renowned for their beauty and longevity, are particularly treasured because they present a challenge. The fragrant blooms of this houseplant are notoriously tricky to coax into ...

In 1977, the Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii erupted. The village of Kalapana was evacuated and countless acres ...

Certainly, that is how plant hunters have been described in recent works, including a 2012 children’s book, The Plant Hunters ...

A rare example of the Preah Trahoeng giant orchid, the world’s tallest orchid, is blooming for the third time within the Kingdom. It has produced five flower stalks – an unprecedented event – at the ...