A study out of Taiwan has shown that two groups of proteins in orchids compete to produce the vast array of colors and shapes the plants come in. In a study to be published in the journal Nature ...

Ron Giles loves orchids and hostas. Sharon Giles is into day lilies and Noah's Garden, a plot of "animal-name plants" dedicated to the couple's only grandchild, who is just 6 months old. Giles, who ...

Why do we love orchids so much? Tom Mirenda, Smithsonian Gardens orchid collection specialist, believes it is partly because orchids seem to look back at us with symmetrical faces. Mirenda is curator ...

SAN PASQUAL VALLEY — Ten days after the season officiallybegan, a perennial sign of spring will begin fluttering at the SanDiego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park this weekend when the facility kicksoff its ...