Display of flowering orchids at Kew Gardens, London. Image by Tim Sandle Display of flowering orchids at Kew Gardens, London. Image by Tim Sandle There are many impressive and beautiful plants around ...

A much-needed splash of colour comes to west London this February, in the form of Kew Gardens' annual Orchids festival. The celebration of the popular bloom this year focuses on Cameroon; the West ...

The Standard has taken a camera behind the scenes at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, where an orchid festival is underway, the biggest Victorian glasshouse in the world is being restored, and ...

Escape to somewhere exotic and tropical this winter: southwest London. The 23rd annual orchid festival at Kew Gardens, which opens on Saturday 10 February, is a celebration of Thailand's vibrant ...

Vanda orchids float above the water on wires - they don't need soil, just humidity Then they have a strop and die - just like that. How many times have you purred over the ones for sale in your local ...

Orchid lovers are in for a treat this month as two major orchid celebrations get into full swing, creating a wealth of inspiration for visitors. Kew Gardens is focusing on the unique flora and fauna ...

Dendrophylax lindenii has flowered for the first time in the UK A species of endangered orchid has flowered in the UK for the first time. Dendrophylax lindenii, known as the Florida Ghost Orchid in ...

This orchid, encyclia cochleata, is believed to be a relative of the first tropical tree-growing orchid to flower at Kew Gardens in 1783. Now it is to feature in a new show at the Royal Botanical ...

A rare and endangered orchid plant species has bloomed in the UK for the first time. The Florida Ghost Orchid, distinctive for its frog-like shape, could be seen on display in the Princess of Wales ...

Solene Dequiret puts the finishing touches to the Kew Orchid festival in the Prince of Wales Conservatory at Kew Gardens in West London. The exhibition called 'Orchids' runs from Saturday Febuary 9th ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

They are deceptive, exotic and strange. There are more of them per square kilometer in Costa Rica than anywhere else on the planet. As a matter of fact Costa Rica is home to more than 1,300 orchid ...