One of Florida’s rarest and most beloved swamp dwellers, the ghost orchid, could soon see increased protections under the ...

"I found it among the roots of another plant that I had collected, another small orchid which I took back to grow in my greenhouse to get it to flower," he said of his latest discovery.

But these woods held a secret: a cluster of rare wild orchids, called small whorled pogonia, that conservationists are trying to save. There are only about 3,000 of these orchids in the world ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will seek endangered species status for the ghost orchid, a swamp-dwelling, flowering ...

The lady's slipper orchid was thought to be extinct by the early 20th Century, until a single plant was discovered in a ...

"We were all pretty elated," DeMatteo told Garden & Gun of the first time DJ located a small whorled pogonia. Conserving ...

First new wild lady’s-slipper orchid found for 100 years marks conservation win - The discovery of the wild-grown seedling ...

Holding a small orchid pot that recently came back from being propagated in an off-site lab, Tam said he sometimes likes to tell himself that plants have magical powers. He knows the science ...

The small whorled pogonia is a globally rare orchid historically found across the eastern states and Ontario. Populations in Maine and New Hampshire are found in areas of partial sun, including ...