If you are passionate about cultivating rare plants, consider adding an other-worldly Dracula orchid to your collection. Species from this orchid genus aren’t the best houseplants for beginners as ...

Nature has a way of constantly wowing us with its colors and creations. A prime example of that is in the form of a rare orchid, with the scientific name Dracula, that looks like it has a monkey face ...

A real Dracula orchid is shown with a fly on the flower's mushroom-like labellum during University of Oregon-led research in Ecuador. The labellum is a mimicry technique used by the orchids to lure ...

This October, be seduced by beauty at the Conservatory of Flowers' Dracula Ball. The annual gala under glass celebrates the Conservatory's unique, public collection of highland orchids including its ...

Real orchid, left, is shown along with 3-D copies of orchids that were combined with parts of real flowers for field experiments in Ecuador. Researchers studied what plant odors and coloration were ...

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