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, ...

It was September 1975. Roger Hammer packed his camera, six canteens of water, two compasses, an Army jungle hammock, dried fruit, beef jerky, and other light rations before he headed to the Everglades ...

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 ...

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit because they want the federal government to list a rare orchid, found mainly in Florida, as an endangered species. Ghost orchids grow in just a few places in ...

The showiest, most flamboyant flowers? Some will insist that they belong to the various orchid species. The orchid family truly is a giant group, easily the largest plant family in the world, ...

Florida's rare ghost orchid faces serious threats according to environmentalists who've filed a petition to have the flower and its habitat put under critical protection. As the Associated Press ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the ghost orchid, considered to be Florida’s most famous flower, under the Endangered Species Act. The announcement came on Wednesday, more than ...

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 ...

Hurricanes have a history of downing the trees that host the elusive flower. A spooky species of orchid at risk of disappearing forever as climate change worsens natural disasters, could soon garner ...

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 ...

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