The 56-year-old, who goes by one name like many Indonesians, is a self-taught conservationist with no formal background in botanics. Farmer Musimin is on a one-man mission to save the exotic blooms ...

Editor's note: The is part two of a two-part series looking at native orchids found in Lake County. Orchids, known to be elegant, evolved and delicate, are among the rarest plants and habitats found ...

Make SFGATE a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI. Add Preferred Source "Deadly Slipper," Michelle Wan's first "literary mystery," is full of vicarious ...

Among all the flora in the Forest Preserve District of Will County, one is so distinctive, so vulnerable and so rare, that officials will not reveal its location. It is not easy to find the elusive ...

When it’s not blooming, the roots of the ghost orchid can blend into a tree trunk in the swamps of South Florida, leaving no trace of the delicate white flower that inspires its name. This rare orchid ...

2007-05-20 04:00:00 PDT Mindo, Ecuador-- The 2 1/2-hour bus ride from Quito, at 9,350 feet, to the town of Mindo is a journey between two worlds. Shortly after departing the capital, you cross the ...

Conversion of forest for agriculture is an ever-present threat in Sumatra, even in protected areas like Kerinci Seblat National Park. Palm oil, acacia, rubber and other plantation crops pressure the ...

Well that was very tasty; I've just finished a garlic sandwich - but more about that later. Add a new article contribute your article to the site Orchids in Portglenone Forest Well that was very tasty ...

A rare new orchid species found in the UNESCO-declared heritage lowland rainforest Sinharaja has been named in honor of two pioneering forest ecologists, Nimal and Savithri Gunatilleke. The botanists ...

High in the rainforest canopy, a network of fungal threads links the roots of orchids in a kind of suspended, bark-bound network. This shared community of symbiotic fungi could make life away from the ...

An abundant patch of orchids has been "destroyed" during work by Forestry England to improve a track for logging operations. The work to create ditches and resurface the route to Mayland Bank in ...