BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — On a remote tallgrass prairie in North Dakota, a secretive orchid pokes up from the ground. You'll only find it if you know where to look. The striking, bright white blooms of ...

Orchids represent one of the most diverse and evolutionarily innovative plant families, with pollination ecology and evolution playing central roles in their success. Their complex interactions with ...

Botanists suggest that the frilly lip of the white egret orchid evolved as a stabilizer for the hawkmoth while it pollinates the plant, resulting in better seed production. The wild orchid Habenaria ...

Stressed and flushed, Cathy Pollack arrived at the designated location at the appointed time with the precious cargo in a blue Coleman cooler. The federal fish and wildlife biologist was on a mission.

1. Pollinator-mediated selection on traits associated with mechanical fit and attraction of pollinators were investigated through both sexual functions in Cyclopogon elatus (Sw.) Schlechter ...

A species of fungus-eating orchid has an ingenious self-pollinating method. The secret lies in the orchid’s mysterious finger-like appendage. “I knew there had to be more to it than just an ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — Journey into a world filled with beautiful orchid flowers and their amazing pollinators this winter during the Missouri Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Show. Visitors will stroll through ...

The orchid family could have died out like dinosaurs if insects had chosen to feed on simpler plants and not on orchids. The orchids wouldn't have been pollinated, and without pollination they would ...

Pollinator Week is coming up, a whole week to celebrate the pollinators of the world. Pollinators such as bees, butterflies, bats, moths, and birds are all essential in protecting the environment.

Each species of orchid is designed to attract a specific pollinator. The genes that make that possible are highly adaptable, scientists say. By C. Claiborne Ray A. The approximately 25,000 to 30,000 ...