BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — On a remote tallgrass prairie in North Dakota, a secretive orchid pokes up from the ground. You’ll only find it if you know where to look. The striking, bright white blooms of ...

Stressed and flushed, Cathy Pollack arrived at the designated location at the appointed time with the precious cargo in a blue Coleman cooler. The federal fish and wildlife biologist was on a mission.

A species of fungus-eating orchid has an ingenious self-pollinating method. The secret lies in the orchid’s mysterious finger-like appendage. “I knew there had to be more to it than just an ...

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 ...