HOLLYWOOD, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has missed the statutory deadline to make a decision on protecting the iconic ghost orchid, leaving the species in a regulatory limbo without ...

Have you recently gazed mournfully at your orchid, convinced it has given up the ghost? Don't lose hope just yet! Orchids are ...

Orchids, belonging to the Orchidaceae family, are among the most diverse and widespread flowering plants on Earth. With over ...

The Service missed the mandatory deadline to make a decision on whether to protect the ghost orchid in January. The agency does not plan to make the required protection decision for the rare flower ...

Mac spent much of his summer 15 metres up a tree, in the monsoon wind and rain, attempting to get the first-ever picture of a giant sphinx moth drinking nectar from a ghost orchid. The ghost orchid is ...

This is partly because it has such specific growing conditions. Unlike most plants, the ghost orchid has no leaves or chlorophyll and therefore does not photosynthesise. Instead, it relies on ...