But many are have off-putting smells like many Bulbophyllum orchids which are fly-pollinated and can smell like rotting flesh. Orchids for years have had a mystique about them.

The 50 to 100 flowers on each spike of the Bulbophyllum orchid feature a strong smell, like old grapes or souring grape jelly. Your nose may wrinkle at the unpleasant smell but some pollinators ...

Sympodial orchids Dendrobium, Coelogyne, Bulbophyllum orchids are all sympodial orchids, meaning they grow horizontally along a rhizome (horizontal root-bearing stem).

Today, the Dusdiekers have more than 900 orchids growing in a small greenhouse attached to their house. The couple, both retired doctors, built the greenhouse on top of a garage in the mid ‘80s.

World's First Night-Flowering Orchid Discovered By Botanists Michael Rundle— Huffington Post UK 22/11/2011 07:58am GMT ...

Visitors will know they are close to the orchid bulbophyllum phalaenopsis when they start to smell the "delicate aroma of rotting cabbages", the garden's Facebook page says.

Botanists discover 'remarkable' night-flowering orchid 22 November 2011 The Bulbophyllum nocturnum is the first orchid species, out of about 25,000, to only flower at night ...

Hybrid orchids have their own “family trees” which must be noted on show entries. New Orleans Orchid Society member Larry Hennessey will lead a program on Bulbophyllum orchids on Sept. 19.

Today, the show will not be open to the public, but dedicated to set-up and judging, according to Judy Arth, an orchid grower and the society's secretary. Saturday and Sunday will feature lectures ...

WILD orchids are the latest flowers featured in Pos Malaysia Bhd’s “State Definitive Series” stamps. The latest stamp series features six species of rare orchids, namely Bulbophyllum Orchid ...

A rare orchid which hardly ever flowers has finally bloomed, except it now smells like rotting cabbages. Gardeners at Cambridge University Botanical Garden (CUBFG) have spent this year trying to ...