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

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 ...

A “zombie” fungus, a “bloodstained” orchid and a strange snowdrop are among the plants and fungi named new to science in 2025, experts have said. Scientists at Britain’s Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew ...

Ecuador is home to over 4,000 native orchid species, thanks to its unique climatic and geographic conditions. Now, researchers from the EcoMinga Foundation say they've discovered a new native species ...

New Delhi: India's orchids are under pressure from illicit harvesting and exploitation for illegal trade. Of the vast diversity of 1,256 orchid species recorded in India, 307 are endemic to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ming-Lun Chou, Ming-Che Shih, Ming-Tsair Chan, Shih-Yi Liao, Chen-Tran Hsu, Yao-Ting Haung, Jeremy J. W. Chen, Der-Chih Liao, Fu-Hui Wu, Choun-Sea Lin https://www ...

Selbyana, Vol. 26, No. 1/2, Proceedings of the Second International Orchid Conservation Congress (2005), pp. 196-216 (21 pages) TWO cypripedioid orchid genera, Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium, are ...