Exterior Design!!
When we talk about landscape, orchids set the difference between a pretty garden full of flowers, and that that also has style!! For this project …
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Prehispanic Vanilla
It’s remarkable to learn how indigenous Totonacas (Mexico) during the prehispanic period learned how to and reproduce the vanilla orchid manually by imitating the pollinator insects. …
The “Bat Orchid”, that is NOT an orchid
It’s commonly called Bat Orchid, but it doesn’t belong to the orchid family. It has some other popular nicknames like Devil’s Tongue or Cat’s Whiskers. The Tacca belongs to …
New Species of Orchid Discovered in Costa Rica
Costa Rica with all of its biodiversity is certainly a place to explore for biologists, researchers and nature enthusiasts. Researcher Auguste R. Endres spent seven years …
Leathery and wrinkled orchid leaves?
When the leaves of your orchid lose their firmness, they feel soft like leather and are wrinkled, it means the tissue is not being able …
Tips for longer lasting blooms
1. Your plants need to be well hydrated and nourished; water them trying to maintain the same routine, i.e., every 7 days. Always feed them …
First orchid fossil puts showy blooms at some 80 million years old
Pollen-bearing bee, preserved in amber, resolves longstanding dispute over orchid origins August 29, 2007 By Steve Bradt, FAS Communications Biologists at Harvard University have identified …