China is well known for its medicinal use of wild plants, a tradition that dates back thousands of years. These traditional Chinese medicines include many wild orchids, some quite showy. Typically, ...

TOSEHIM celebrates 5th Foundation Day, releasing Dendrobiums of Assam to promote orchid conservation and regional awareness.

A team of Chinese researchers have identified a new species of dendrobium, a genus of orchids known locally as shihu, in Ya'an, Sichuan province. The discovery was published recently in the botanical ...

When you consider how easy orchids are to grow well, however, and the myriad colours, shapes and fragrances with which they flower, it is easy to appreciate their appeal. As the shortest day of the ...

Walking into his garden in early January to start watering his collection of orchids, breeder and researcher Ajantha Palihawadana noticed some flowers that looked different amidst the Dendrobiums. He ...

Thus said Apolonio B. Anota Jr., executive director of the Nayong Pilipino sa Clark Expo (NPCE), as he showed how the park is ready for the influx of visitors from the Asia-Pacific Economic Conference ...

Hong Liu received funding from the Guangxi Chairman’s Foundation (09203-04), the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund 0905324 and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. China is well known for its ...