#orchid

Flower on stalk with six pointed petals.

Orchid hunting has come a long way. In 5 steps you can join a national research effort

Contributions from citizen scientists who look for orchids are incredibly valuable in orchid research because they cover much more ground than a handful of experts.

Like finding life on Mars’: why the underground orchid is Australia’s strangest, most mysterious flower

The underground orchid, Rhizanthella, is perhaps the strangest Australian orchid of them all. We explain why.