Orchids and honey blu - green orchid bee

In reality, phalaenopsis orchids bloom in a rainbow of stunning colors and hues -- including reddish purple, subtle to electric pinks, lemon yellow to yellow-orange -- except blue.

Males need to emerge first so that they wait for new females during mating season — putting them closer to the entrance helps them emerge first.

If you only have a west-facing window, cover it with a sheer curtain to keep the orchids from getting burned.

The biologists reconstructed the complex evolutionary history of the plants and their pollinators, figuring out which bees pollinated which orchid species and analyzing the compounds collected by the bees.