Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 300, No. 2 (February 2014), pp. 321-328 (8 pages) Epidendrum L. (Epidendroideae, Laeliinae) is one of the largest orchid genera distributed throughout tropical ...

I've been surprised that no one has asked me about orchids as long as I have been writing this column, until two weeks ago. When I looked at all my files about plants that people have asked questions, ...

If you've found yourself falling in love with the delicate beauty of orchids, you're in luck: There are a lot of different plants to choose from! There are orchids native to every continent except ...

Orchid lovers will appreciate the easy-to-grow Epidendrum radicans, also known as reed-stem epidendrum or fire-star orchid. Long-lasting clusters of tiny red-orange-and-yellow flowers on the ends of ...

Toss out the notion that orchids are hard to grow. In Florida, these exotics can survive almost anywhere. Orchids may flourish where you least expect them. A white-flowered Zeuxine species with ...

Epidendrum 'Pom Pom' is one of many reed-stem epidendrums that do well in South Florida. Photo by Georgia Tasker / Miami Miami Herald File The Epidendrum “Pom Pom” is the size of a softball with ...

A: By all means, yes, find and plant Reed Stem orchids anywhere. Also known as Epidendrum radicans to orchidist and horticulturist, this is among the easiest orchids to grow. Native to Central America ...

The 18-inch-tall palaenopsis orchids so prevalent in garden centers and grocery stores, have set in our minds a kind of standard size for indoor orchids so it may come as a bit of a surprise that ...

Colorful and elegant with an air of exotic mystery, the orchid isn’t exactly the first ingredient that comes to mind when tossing a salad. Yet orchids have been used for cooking perhaps longer than ...

Florida’s night orchid is at risk of extinction, but backyard fruit trees could hold the key to their survival. Orchid growers often rely on expensive propagation techniques to increase plant ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. | The $2.1 million orchid conservatory at Old Dominion University was the lifelong goal of the late Arthur Kaplan, a physician and avid orchid collector who also raised money for the ...