One of Florida’s rarest and most beloved swamp dwellers, the ghost orchid, could soon see increased protections under the ...

After a long stint in court, FWS agreed last year to make a decision on the plant, which is largely located in places like ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed adding the rare white orchid as an endangered species after population steeply ...

For shadier and drier locations, the Florida butterfly orchid can be a fascinating addition ... seller who does not harvest ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will seek endangered-species status for the ghost orchid, a swamp-dwelling, ...

Ghost orchids rarely survive when taken from the wild. Poaching has already led to the extinction of at least two species of Florida orchids. Last year, law enforcement officers arrested a poacher ...

Her best-seller about an obsessive poacher would help make the once-obscure ghost orchid the most famous wild flower in the ... an attorney and Florida director of the Center for Biological ...

Perhaps the most famous flower in Florida (a state named after its abundant flora), the number of ghost orchids has dropped ... about 1,500 still live in the wild ― mostly in eastern Collier ...

After Hurricane Irma hit Southwest Florida in 2017 ... FILE There are fewer than 750 mature orchids left in the wild in the U.S., Abdo said, and conservationists have not even had a chance ...

There are approximately 1,500 ghost orchids left in the wild. Ghost orchids are found in southwestern Florida and Cuba, typically growing high up on trees in swamps. A rare and sought-after ...

Her best-seller about an obsessive poacher would help make the once-obscure ghost orchid the most famous wild flower in the ... an attorney and Florida director of the Center for Biological ...