Australia is home to more than 1,800 orchid species—many found nowhere else. But these unique plants face growing threats. For research scientist Dr. Heidi Zimmer, her favorite orchid changes over ...

Routine pruning is not a necessary part of orchid care; however, there are times when a little cutting back is beneficial to the plant. Knowing how to prune an orchid is useful when you want to ...

Deep in the forests of Southeast Asia, Pankaj Kumar kept careful watch over 23 small, wild plants in 2012. He returned to them again and again, waiting for them to bloom. They were orchids, he was ...

Kobe University researchers found that orchids rely on wood-decaying fungi to germinate, feeding on the carbon from rotting logs. Their seedlings only grow near deadwood, forming precise fungal ...

Is your Calathea Orbifolia looking cramped? 🌿 Learn when and how to repot root-bound plants to keep them healthy and thriving. This guide covers the signs that your plant needs a bigger pot, ...

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Early summer is a good time to repot orchids once winter and spring blooms have faded. Most orchids are slow growers and only need to be repotted every other year. A sign that it's time to repot an ...

Few plants capture the imagination quite like orchids. With their elegant forms and often ethereal blooms, they conjure images of misty rainforests and tropical escapes. Yet these exotic beauties are ...

Orchids have been surrounded by mystery and intrigue for centuries. In the 1800s, European collectors would fund expensive plant hunting expeditions around the world just to say they had a plant that ...

You know spring is somewhere over the horizon when the Cleveland Botanical Garden hosts its annual orchid show. This year’s show is called Orchids Forever: Golden Hour and, they tell us, it “will ...

I was inspired to try growing orchids after attending the Garden’s Orchid Show last week and would like some advice regarding the three plants I just purchased. — Emily Heideman, Chicago Orchids are ...