A fungus gnat trapped in amber some 45-55 million years ago is carrying on the upper portion of its severed leg a pollen sac from an orchid – the oldest evidence of the flower ever discovered. Credit: ...
A rare species of orchid, thought to be extinct in Vermont for more than 100 years, has been found in the state, to the astonishment of botanists. The small whorled pogonia had not been seen in ...