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

Life can get a bit lonely for the orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus. It grows in dark and secluded places where it’s easy to ...

Scientists have solved the 130-year mystery of Stigmatodactylus sikokianus, a fungus-consuming orchid with a unique ...

This orchid mantis is perfectly adapted to hide and hunt among the flowers from which it gets its name. Unlike many other insects, these mantises can change their color from their default of white to ...

As many as 10,000 species of dainty orchids in the floral world also utilize deception in order to be get pollinated: Over time, they have evolved elaborate ruses to lure insects. Generally we ...

The orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus grows in ... As a consequence, the plant is only rarely visited by potential insect pollinators. Credit: IKEDA Tetsuro After Makino's 1889 discovery ...

The secret of their success? In a word, deception. Though some orchids do offer conventional food rewards to the insects and birds that carry their pollen from plant to plant, roughly a third of ...

Some flowers go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate ...

Hint: While most pollinating insects are blind to the color red ... Nicknamed for its appearance, the comet orchid has a milky white flower and a long "tail" consisting of a spur that holds ...