This intricate mimicry not only ensures the transfer of ... showcases their incredible evolutionary adaptability. Orchid seeds are among the smallest in the plant kingdom, often likened to dust ...

Mimicry involves the evolved resemblance of ... Sometimes called “the king in his carriage,” the hammer orchid can grow up to 10 inches in height. It is usually found in forest clearings ...

There are lots of gorgeous plants. But things get even better when the species resemble animals. The stunning blooms and foliage capture nature's best.

Dracula orchids of the American tropics combine visual and olfactory mimicry, looking and smelling like fungi. They may be targeting fungus gnats. Bulbophyllum and masdevallia species have a ...

To date a third means of deception, known as brood-site deception, which typically involves mimicry of larval ... families of flowering plants and rarely seen in orchids. In terms of scientific ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is trying to keep a rare orchid native to Arizona from extinction. After years of careful ...

He started to grow orchids under lights in his basement but soon expanded ... In fact, many of the orchids use different forms of mimicry to attract their pollinators. The Dracula was just one example ...

fly in the face of any notion that plants are insipid. Mimicry is another one, and it crops up all over the plant world. A kind of orchid, for example, convincingly mimics the scent and shape of a ...