The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates less than a thousand ghost orchids are left in the United States.

The poachers weren’t intimidated by heat, lightning, mosquitoes, venomous snakes, alligators or losing their way in the South ...

When it’s not blooming, the roots of the ghost orchid can blend into a tree trunk in the swamps of South Florida, leaving no trace of the delicate white flower that inspires its name. This rare orchid ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Orchid enthusiasts may soon no longer have to traipse through Florida’s swamps in search of rare blooms — they’ll just have to look up as they walk down busy sidewalks.

HIALEAH — About 20 rare cowhorn orchids were returned Friday to the South Florida landscape that was once their home before suburban sprawl and over-zealous collectors nearly wiped them out. Jason ...

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