The biggest problem with growing orchid cacti is figuring out just what they are. They are cacti, but are not spiny. Their spectacular blossoms are neither orchids nor orchid-like. Sometimes orchid ...

Orchid cacti, like this one housed at a library in Illinois, bloom just once a year. It’s Monday, around 9 o’clock, and the library is locked for the night. Silently, Linda Zellmer appears on the ...

Q: I have a 7-year-old night-blooming cactus that had a few buds last year and more this year. But I have never seen a bud open. What time could I invite others to see the flowers open and experience ...

A "nocturnal" orchid that blooms only under the cover of darkness has been discovered on a tropical island in the South Pacific — a first for the orchid world, scientists say. The new night-flowering ...

Inga and Werner Opitz had given up on their flowering cactus. It hadn’t bloomed in 16 years. “We were so upset,” said Inga, 89. “We were ready to throw it out.” The north Everett couple bought the ...

The biggest problem with growing orchid cactuses is figuring out just what they are. They are cactuses, but are not spiny. Their spectacular blossoms are neither orchids nor orchidlike. Sometimes ...

The biggest problem with growing orchid cacti is figuring out just what they are. They are cacti, but are not spiny. Their spectacular blossoms are neither orchids nor orchid-like.Sometimes orchid ...