Discussing buttercups, marigolds or orchids with a taxonomist in ... The rub is that botanical names change alongside scientific discovery: Advances in fields like genetics, microscopy and fossil ...

Sathish and his scientific team are trying to cross ... During his visit to Sikkim, he was asked to suggest a name for a second orchid, a Dendrobium hybrid, and Vajpayee named it Kalpana Chawla ...

The new orchid is believed to live within an area ... but seeing it accompanied by the scientific name will make them happier,” Antonio Hitcher, a member of the Pemón Kamarakoto tribe from ...

coupled with a disposition to regard orchid growing as a kind of mysterious cult, has retarded to a great degree the application of scientific methods to this branch of horticulture. Orchids are ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific ... the species name Spiranthes hachijoensis. Before this discovery, three species of Spiranthes orchids were found in Japan ...

In The Orchid Thief, writer Susan Orlean describes the cultlike devotion that these exotic-looking flowers inspire among plant collectors. One reason, in addition to their beauty, that orchids are ...