From funky smells to crafty colors, orchids have some weird ways of attracting pollinators ...

Recent research, published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, used the database to reveal that orchids show remarkable diversity of highly specialised pollination strategies that differ ...

Scientists have created a global database of pollination data for almost 3000 orchid species. Recent research, published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, used the database to reveal ...

A species of fungus-eating orchid has an ingenious self-pollinating method. The secret lies in the orchid’s mysterious finger ...

July 29 (UPI) --The white egret orchid's frilly petals may look nice, but they serve an essential purpose -- to support the hawkmoth pollinator and increase pollen transfer -- according to a study ...

Because the bumblebee that an orchid relies on for pollination does not exist on a remote island, the plant gets pollinated by an island wasp. Researchers found that this came at the cost of being ...

V. 1. -- Part I Subfamily Cypripedioideae (The Slipper Orchids) -- 2 Cypripedium L. (The Lady's-Slippers), Introduction -- 3 Section Acaulia -- 4 Section Obtusipetala -- 5 Section Cypripedium -- 6 ...

Researchers Yuta Sunakawa, Ko Mochizuki, and Atsushi Kawakita of the University of Tokyo discovered the first orchid species pollinated by gall midges, a tiny fly species. This is the first documented ...

Order of topics follows second edition of Darwin's work, published under title: The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects. 1877. Contents Preface / Peter Bernhardt and Retha ...