Orchid Reference Editorial Team

An underground orchid is a member of the small Australian genus Rhizanthella. It flowers below the soil, often

Skip the bucket orchid unless you can offer warmth, high humidity, and strong light all year. The genus

A ballerina orchid is Caladenia melanema, a critically endangered spider orchid from Western Australia. Only a few dozen

Picture a wet mountain meadow in July, ankle deep in sphagnum. A spike of small white flowers rises

Winter looks like a dead season for woodland wildflowers, but the putty root orchid does the opposite. It

A honohono orchid can push its canes past three feet in a single summer. Those same canes then

The pierardii orchid is the old trade name for Dendrobium aphyllum. This deciduous Dendrobium species grows wild across

Waxy green and magenta flowers with a strong citrus scent point to one plant. That plant is a

A lepanthes orchid is a tiny epiphyte from Andean and Central American cloud forests. Flowers are often smaller

You are hiking a shaded ravine trail in early May. Two glossy leaves lie pressed flat against the