More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been revealed ...

Creating a Zen garden is a wonderful way to cultivate a peaceful and serene space in your backyard. Japanese gardens are renowned for their tranquility, elegance, and harmony with nature.

Creating a Zen garden is a wonderful way to cultivate a peaceful and serene space in your backyard. Japanese gardens are renowned for their tranquility, elegance, and harmony with nature.

That’s the finding of a recent study that popped the petal on this orchid’s mysterious flower anatomy ... something of a BNOC in Japanese botany, and named shortly after.

Nicknamed for its appearance, the comet orchid has a milky white flower and a long "tail" consisting of a spur that holds the flower's nectar. While scentless by day, the orchid flower becomes ...

Makino Tomitaro, a towering figure in Japanese botany ... on its stigma, the flower's female organ that receives pollen. Despite its fame as one of Japan's iconic orchids, the function of this ...

Makino Tomitaro, a towering figure in Japanese botany ... on its stigma, the flower's female organ that receives pollen. Despite its fame as one of Japan's iconic orchids, the function of this ...