AUTUMN LADY's-tresses is a small white orchid that is in flower at present. The 'Autumn' part of its name tells us that this remarkably handsome little native wild plant flowers at this time of year: ...

When one thinks of orchids, thoughts might turn to tropical haunts: Costa Rican jungles, Amazonian rainforests, or other warm, steamy places. Such thinking would be correct: The orchid family reaches ...

An orchid species has been discovered for the very first time in Northern Ireland by a young botanist while out walking with his mum. Jake Dalzell, who is a plant ecology student at the University of ...

Lady’s tresses orchids may add a touch of elegance to grassy areas and the edges of lagoons. Vicky McMillan Although we usually associate orchids with the steamy tropics, over 200 kinds are found in ...

A RARE orchid has been discovered at the Ecos Park in Ballymena - and has promptly vanished again. A RARE orchid has been discovered at the Ecos Park in Ballymena - and has promptly vanished again. It ...

Russet mountain avens give an autumnal hue to the tundra by mid-month. The leaves of big-rooted spring beauties, king’s crown and queen’s crown turn translucent red even as their flowers continue to ...

Hayling Island, Hampshire: The delicate autumn lady’s-tresses are the last native orchids to bloom First recorded by the 16th-century naturalist William Turner, who wrote that “it bryngeth furth whyte ...