The vast majority of orchids in Sri Lanka are epiphytes. Epiphytes grow above the ground attached to trees. Their roots hold onto the bark of trees and absorb moisture from the air. These orchids will ...

Orchids are a unique type of flower. Typically, when you think of flowers and where they grow, you’ll think of soil or the ground. However, this isn’t exactly true for orchids. Rather than ...

It had only one leaf. Recognizing it as a ground orchid, though different from others he had seen, he placed it in a pot in his garden waiting for it to bloom. A few months later, the leaf died. But ...