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Epiphytic orchid
How new orchid varieties are created
Vanilla pods orchid orchid flower orchid (Dendrobium anosmum) orchids bird's-nest orchid spider orchid coconut orchid
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Orchid (Polystachya bella).
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How new orchid varieties are created
Learn about orchids, including the lady's slipper.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Roles of bees and flowers in European woodlands
Learn about ecological relationships between bees and various woodland flowers. Plant-pollinator...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Why is there a shortage of natural vanilla?
An overview of the history, chemistry, and economics of natural and synthetic vanilla.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

Epiphytic orchid
An epiphytic orchid (Dendrobium species) in bloom.
E.R. Degginger
Vanilla pods
Pods of the vanilla plant (Vanilla planifolia) on Réunion island, east of...
© Jan/stock.adobe.com
orchid
Orchid (Vanda).
© Krissia/Shutterstock.com
orchid flower
Self-pollinating flowers of the orchid Holcoglossum amesianum.
Elena Gaillard
orchid (Dendrobium anosmum)
The orchid Dendrobium anosmum occurs throughout Southeast Asia from Sri...
sunoochi
orchids
Flowering orchids.
© sornram/stock.adobe.com
bird's-nest orchid
Bird's-nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis).
Bernd Haynold
spider orchid
Spider orchid (Brassia cochleata) in bloom.
© Jacky Parker Photography—Moment Open/Getty Images
coconut orchid
Coconut orchid (Maxillaria tenuifolia).
Phyzome
donkey orchid
Donkey orchid (Diuris).
Gnangarra
fly orchid
Fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera). This orchid and other members of the genus...
© Martin Siepmann —imageBROKER/Getty Images
Rein orchid (Habenaria)
Clarence Postmus/Root Resources
lizard orchid
Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum).
Bernd Haynold
man orchid
Man orchid (Orchis anthropophora).
Bernd Haynold
moth orchid
Moth orchid (Phalaenopsis amabilis).
Arad
Odontoglossum
An orchid of genus Odontoglossum.
© Vitaliy Berkovych/Shutterstock.com
pigeon orchid
Pigeon orchid (Dendrobium crumenatum) in bloom.
Ivan Polunin—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Orchid (Polystachya bella)
A to Z Botanical Collection/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
salmon sun orchid
Salmon sun orchid (Thelymitra rubra).
Bernd Haynold
yellow fringed orchid
Yellow fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris).
© Dan Rieck/Dreamstime.com
Zygopetalum maculatum
Zygopetalum maculatum.
Larsen Twins Orchards
Orchid (Polystachya bella).
Sven Samelius

Podcasts

“The Orchid and the Fungus”
Melissa Petruzzello of Encyclopædia Britannica and Dr. Lynnaun Johnson of Rush University,...
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