Many people who want to get a break from winter step into the 108-year-old Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Tacoma. "It sort of transports you into a another world," said Mary Kimmerling who visited ...

When you consider how easy orchids are to grow well, however, and the myriad colours, shapes and fragrances with which they flower, it is easy to appreciate their appeal. As the shortest day of the ...

A fragrant perfume has brought many a man and many a woman together. Orchid bees, too, appear to rely on scent when it comes to choosing a partner. In the course of their lives, the males compile a ...

For “Color Me Orchid” (through March 13), two of the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s greenhouse rooms are filled with flowers from around the world, along with some supplemental signage to explain the ...

Ellen Covey doesn’t sell the orchids you find at the grocery store, the full-blooming, unscented, insect-resistant plants most likely shipped from a factory greenhouse somewhere in Taiwan. Covey, the ...

Orchid enthusiast Patti Scholes sums up her affinity for the plants with a quote. “One orchid is too many, and a thousand is not enough,” she said. Yes, orchids can be divas of the plant world, but ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Floral scent is an important factor in attracting pollinators and repelling florivores. In Phalaenopsis bellina (Orchidaceae), the major ...

It’s that time of year when many people will begin decluttering and cleaning their homes in time for the warmer weather. It can take a huge amount of work to create a clean home, which is why one ...