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 ...

A native orchid species could be wiped out due to climate change in all but the Wet Tropics of Queensland, according to new research. The Australian rock orchid (Dendrobium speciosum) grows ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICO — North Valley Orchid Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 at Chico library, 1108 Sherman Ave. A program be given by two of our members. Judy McCrary will present “Orchids of Australia” ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Leek orchids are a group of small, native wildflowers found in bushlands across southern Australia. Of the 140-odd leek orchids known today, ...

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 ...