Simply amazing!
With beautiful colour and flower shapes, orchids make a great display at ground level or growing as epiphytes.
Orchids in the Arctic!
Despite their tropical image, some orchids grow in much cooler places - such as Norway.
One of the largest families in the plant kingdom, there are more than 25,000 species of orchid and 110,000 hybrids with more than 3,000 more added each year!
Seventy percent of orchids are epiphytic, meaning they grow on other plants, or lithophytic, growing on rocks.
Almost all orchids are fertilised by insects - many mimic the appearance of a female insect to attract males.
One of the world’s most popular food flavourings, vanilla extract, comes from the seed pods of an orchid.
Wild orchid collecting is illegal as it endangers many species. Only purchase plants from reputable sources.