But if you want to grow something that's rare and delicate, consider the dove orchid (Peristeria elata), also known as the ...

Certain orchid species, such as the rare ghost orchid Dendrophylax lindenii must be mounted to survive outside of their natural environment. Pseudobulb orchids can be more difficult to keep ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will consider granting Endangered Species Act protection to the ghost orchid, a critically endangered flower. Under federal ...

The Service missed the mandatory deadline to make a decision on whether to protect the ghost orchid in January. The agency does not plan to make the required protection decision for the rare flower ...

"The Fakahatchee is the orchid capital of the country. It has the most species of anyplace in the United States, half tropical and half temperate." Among them is the legendary ghost orchid ...

Mac spent much of his summer 15 metres up a tree, in the monsoon wind and rain, attempting to get the first-ever picture of a giant sphinx moth drinking nectar from a ghost orchid. The ghost orchid is ...

but you wouldn't go wrong with the Ghost Orchid (which might be inspired by the film "Adaptation" or more likely, the flower) at Congress. It does have a flower delicately placed on the rim of the ...

This is partly because it has such specific growing conditions. Unlike most plants, the ghost orchid has no leaves or chlorophyll and therefore does not photosynthesise. Instead, it relies on ...