Colombia dominates the U.S. cut-flower market, sending us $500 million of blooms last year. By that measure, Japan, with just $200,000 in exports to the United States, is but a tiny bud. But thanks to ...

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Selbyana, Vol. 26, No. 1/2, Proceedings of the Second International Orchid Conservation Congress (2005), pp. 196-216 (21 pages) TWO cypripedioid orchid genera, Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium, are ...

History of slipper orchids in cultivation -- Biology and classification of slipper orchids -- Cites and slipper orchids -- Cultivation -- Selecting plants for a collection -- Hybridization and ...

A new study has suggested that because of illegal trading, Paphiopedilum callosumis, one of several species of slipper orchids, has been classified as endangered. The illegal trading of exquisite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are orchids native to every continent except Antarctica. Their flowers are highly evolved and incredibly showy with blooms ...

At plant markets in Thailand, exquisite orchids are for sale. Those orchids are unlike the ones you can buy at many U.S. shops; many of them are rare species that were collected from the wild. Selling ...

Celebrating its 15th year of orchid exhibitions, the New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx, is now paying homage to the wealth of orchids, acclaimed tropical gardens, renowned orchid breeding and ...