Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. However, ask even the most avid of green thumbs and they'll tell you the same: Growing these orchids can be tricky. "It takes a ...

More than 20,000 species of orchids have been described, and more species are being discovered each year. Most orchids are tropical epiphytes, or plants growing on other plants. Temperate orchids are ...

More than 30 showy lady’s-slippers surprised Clyde and Stacie Varnson, who live on 10th Crow Wing Lake. While they have many yellow lady’s-slippers on their property, these are the first showy ...

URBANA, Ohio - There is an elegant little orchid in the Cedar Bog Nature Preserve that has put botanists and conservationists in a precarious place. It's called the small yellow lady's slipper, and it ...

The pink lady’s slipper (New Hampshire’s state wildflower) is one of the few woodland wildflowers that almost everyone has heard of and gets very excited about seeing. They are blooming right now in ...

A recent Facebook post from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service suggested the showy lady’s slipper should win the Flower of the Year Award – if such an award existed. I certainly enjoy looking at them.

If you're a gardener that isn't already familiar with lady slipper orchids—known scientifically as Cypripedium reginae—then you're missing out. "A lady slipper is a beautiful flower naturally shaped ...

The pink lady’s slipper (New Hampshire’s state wildflower) is one of the few woodland wildflowers that almost everyone has heard of and gets very excited about seeing. They are blooming right now in ...