Orchids showcased in artistic displays will fill the Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines this weekend for the Fort ...

PETERSBURG (CBSMiami/AP) – One of the world's rarest flowers, the ghost orchid, is facing threats in Florida from poaching, loss of habitat and climate change and needs federal protection, ...

Art Stone Co. in St. Pete first began as a yard statue and bird bath company, but the owner's orchid hobby unexpectedly ...

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Along South Florida’s remote and rugged Everglades coast, the rare and flamboyant Cape Sable orchid has managed to survive poaching, repeated lashings by hurricanes and even a parasitic fly that ...

It was September 1975. Roger Hammer packed his camera, six canteens of water, two compasses, an Army jungle hammock, dried fruit, beef jerky, and other light rations before he headed to the Everglades ...

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit because they want the federal government to list a rare orchid, found mainly in Florida, as an endangered species. Ghost orchids grow in just a few places in ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Orchid enthusiasts may soon no longer have to traipse through Florida’s swamps in search of rare blooms — they’ll just have to look up as they walk down busy sidewalks.

The dollar orchid (Prosthechea boothiana) is among the native species soon to be planted in South Florida trees. Researchers at a South Florida botanic garden want to return the state's orchids to ...