Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...

Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava ...

Telipogon cruentilabrum is one of four new rare and spectacular Telipogon species described in 2025 by Dr Carlos Martel, ...

Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That's where researchers in Japan recently identified a ...

Costa Rica is home to a distinct variety of orchids. So much so that Costa Rica’s national flower is the Guaria Morada orchid. Therefore, it comes to no surprise that researchers from the Lankester ...

SERNANP, Peru’s national parks service, announced that a new species of orchid was discovered on Bella Durmiente mountain, a prominent natural feature of Tingo Maria National Park in the Huánuco ...

Admired for their beauty, orchids are real evolutionary survivors. Promising food and even tricking insects into thinking they're a sexual partner are just some of the devious pollination strategies ...

One of the world's newest orchid species is also its most delicate, with tiny white flowers smaller than a dime. Yet the flower finds its home amid boulders near the banks of rushing streams in Cuba's ...

Orchids are often thought of as beautiful, delicate and vibrant – but a newly identified plant might just change your mind. The “Gastrodia agnicellus” – labeled the “ugliest orchid in the world” – is ...

Look to your orchid's roots to determine when its outgrowing its pot. Here's how often your orchid needs repotting and the signs it's time for a new pot.

Researchers at the University of Costa Rica’s Lankester Botanical Garden in Cartago, a colonial city east of San José, discovered 10 new orchids species last week. The University of Costa Rica’s (UCR) ...