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Vanda is a tropcial Asian and Australian orchid genus with 85 known…

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Orchids in your Home!

Jan 27 2023

Orchids are the largest plant family, with over 28,000 known species, and…

Miltonia

Jan 27 2023

Miltonia consists of 20 naturally occuring species and hybrids that are entirely…

Paphiopedilum

Jan 27 2023

Paphiopedilum is genus of slipper orchid found in tropical Asia, from eastern…

Cattleya

Jan 27 2023

Cattleya is a genus of 129 tropcial American orchids distributed from Costa…

Dendrobium

Jan 27 2023

With over 1,800 know species, Dendrobium is one of the 10 most…

NYBG 2022 New Species Review!

Dec 22 2022

Focus on Science

Every year, botanists describe hundreds of new plant, algal, fungal, and lichen…

Plants of the Holiday Train Show

Nov 22 2022

The Holiday Train Show is a winter tradition at the New York…

By Amy Weiss

Fleshy Fruits

Nov 8 2022

In addition to being eaten straight from the tree or shrub, many…

Tubers/Edible Roots

Nov 8 2022

Plants use underground storage structures such as corms, tubers, and rhizomes to…

Nuts

Nov 8 2022

Pictured above are a few of the many species of nut-bearing trees…

Lenape Plant Medicines

Nov 8 2022

Lenape healers or herbalists use a large number of plants for treating…

Plantways of the Lenape People

Nov 8 2022

The New York Botanical Garden is located on land that is part…

Remembrances of Yours

Sep 9 2022

There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies,that’s…

By Kelcie Brown

Be All My Sins Remembered

Sep 9 2022

Up until this point, Ophelia has lived a rather charmed life –…

By Ginger A. Apolo

Ophelia’s Flowers

Sep 9 2022

Shakespeare never visited the crown prince Hamlet’s home on the east coast of…

By Ginger A. Apolo, Kelcie Brown

Ginger and Chiya

Aug 4 2022

Ginger, also known as Zingiber officinale is native to tropical climates like…

By Ang Lama

Open Sesame

Aug 4 2022