PETERSBURG (CBSMiami/AP) – One of the world's rarest flowers, the ghost orchid, is facing threats in Florida from poaching, loss of habitat and climate change and needs federal protection, ...

Along South Florida’s remote and rugged Everglades coast, the rare and flamboyant Cape Sable orchid has managed to survive poaching, repeated lashings by hurricanes and even a parasitic fly that ...

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IN THE FAKAHATCHEE STRAND, Fla. — We’re barely out of our cars before the chorus starts: “I just want to see a ghost orchid!” The ghost orchid is among the world’s rarest flowers, the star of the ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Orchid enthusiasts may soon no longer have to traipse through Florida’s swamps in search of rare blooms — they’ll just have to look up as they walk down busy sidewalks.

Ghost orchids grow in just a few places in Florida and Cuba. There are only about 1,500 left in Florida, and they are under threat from habitat loss and poachers. Now they are also the subject of a ...

A keen-nosed K-9 in Florida helped wildlife authorities uncover a theft attempt of rare and endangered plants from a state park. On Facebook, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC ...

The dollar orchid (Prosthechea boothiana) is among the native species soon to be planted in South Florida trees. Researchers at a South Florida botanic garden want to return the state's orchids to ...

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The dollar orchid (Prosthechea boothiana) is among the native species soon to be planted in South Florida trees. Researchers at a South Florida botanic garden want to return the state's orchids to ...