Recognizing it as a ground orchid, though different from others he had seen ... Nervilia Plicata produces two flowers usually a foot above the ground, a mix of purple and green and about 6 centimetres ...

A purple orchid represents admiration ... him by creating the orchid flower. Another variant of the tale suggests that he met his end either by wild beasts or by the hands of the priestesses ...

Attracted to the fuchsia's bright red sepals and purple petals ... Nicknamed for its appearance, the comet orchid has a milky white flower and a long "tail" consisting of a spur that holds ...

Saving Britain’s orchids is about more than beauty in the wild; it is about protecting ... into attempting to mate with the flower. In this process (known as ‘pseudocopulation’), the bee pollinates ...

Orchid-hunters ... The flower is native to the central highlands of Madagascar but critically endangered, and conservationists worry it might become extinct in the wild—the only survivors ...