When you consider how easy orchids are to grow well, however, and the myriad colours, shapes and fragrances with which they flower, it is easy to appreciate their appeal. As the shortest day of the ...

Sophie goes on the hunt for some of Australia’s most delicate attractions and finds out how citizen science is helping protect them. Orchids are one of the largest plant families on earth with ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. Orchid grower Kevin Butler, whose business Ezi-Gro is based in the Western Australian capital, used 17 boxes ...

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The two new species of fairy orchid were discovered in the flower hotspot of south west Western Australia. TWO NEW SPECIES of fairy orchid have been discovered by two esteemed botanists in south west ...

The orchid mantis, which imitates a flower to lure prey, attracts more insects than the real thing, say researchers. THE ORCHID MANTIS, which resembles a flower in order to lure its prey, is more ...

The Council of Agriculture yesterday announced the first batch of Phalaenopsis (known as the “butterfly orchid” in Taiwan) grown in aquatic weeds had arrived in Australia, marking a breakthrough in ...

Normally, when an insect lands on a flower, there’s a fair exchange of goods and services. The bug gets a slurp of delicious, nutritious nectar, and the plant gets the pollen that the bug was carrying ...