Somewhere in the hills of Mendocino County, way off the grid, a plant propagator checks the rows of flasks in the 40-year-old trailer that serves as her lab. No, it's not what you think. Although ...

Visiting the Columbia River Gorge has become a springtime pilgrimage for lovers of the petite pink orchid called the calypso -- don't be too surprised to meet hikers who have traveled from far away to ...

Explore the wonderful world of orchids and other Spring Treasures in Trione-Annadel State Park with Paula Phillips Marks! The Calypso Orchid is a delightful tiny native orchid that grows in ...

During a recent walk through John Dean Provincial Park, Nature Boy encountered his first Calypso orchid of the year. He was so excited, he called the rest of us back to crowd around and join the ...

It’s time for the calypso orchids to start blooming and a good place to look for them is on Mount Tamalpais. The entire Rock Spring triangle, meaning the five-mile, moderately strenuous loop created ...

I was able to photograph a number of Calypso, also called fairy slipper orchids, nestled in the woods not far from the Buffalo Cabin Trail in Silverthorne. Their small, bright pink/purple blooms are ...

Few flowers can cause you to stop dead in your tracks as effectively as a wild orchid. Graceful, dignified, and delightful, these stars of the botanical world are as biologically peculiar as they are ...

More than 20,000 species of orchids have been described, and more species are being discovered each year. Most orchids are tropical epiphytes, or plants growing on other plants. Temperate orchids are ...