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

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 ...

The family Orchidaceae exhibits some of the most diverse and intricate modes of animal pollination across angiosperms. Highly specialized pollination by male euglossine bees (Apidae, Euglossini) ...

A population of Luisia curtisii (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) in northern Thailand was studied with regard to pollination biology. Although a high level of self-compatibility was demonstrated ...

Some people -- and animals -- will go to any lengths to attract members of the opposite sex, including the use of aliases and lies. As many as 10,000 species of dainty orchids in the floral world also ...

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 ...