Deadwood-decomposing fungi feed germinating orchids, providing the carbon their tiny seeds don’t have. The Kobe University finding not only closes a gap in our understanding of wild orchid ecology but ...

Botanists have long held a fascination for heterotrophic plants, not only because they contradict the notion that autotrophy (photosynthesis) is synonymous with plants, but also because such plants ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — On a remote tallgrass ...

The first blast of warm air hitting your face carries with it something extra beyond the humidity and the fullness of damp, earthy vegetation. It’s a scent familiar to anyone who’s spent time in a ...

These exotic-looking flowering plants are less delicate than you’d imagine. What: Sonoma County Orchid Society Show and Sale When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 1, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, ...

A research team has investigated the carbon age in some non-photosynthetic mycoheterotrophic plants. Using the radiocarbon emitted from atmospheric nuclear bomb tests carried out in the 1950s and ...