Most orchids are epiphytes, native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and parts of Australia. In their natural environments ...

Orchids mostly grow with support from other plants or on rocks, and are called epiphytes. Orchids have a sophisticated flower that is androgynous with a modified petal, and produces seeds that ...

“Each day of delay sets back the recovery of this delicate, alluring epiphyte.” The orchid is one of the most famous flowers in Florida, but its population has declined by more than 90% globally and ...

another scientist involved in orchid research. Sri Lanka has epiphytic orchids that usually grow on trees, terrestrial orchids, climbing orchids and also saprophytic orchids. Saprophytic orchids, like ...