Alameda resident Richard Persoff has devoted 20 years to taming the native bush monkey flower, Mimulus aurantiacus. Although his professional background as a chemist, photographer and insurance ...

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The flower has a pleasant citrus scent, often described as similar to ripe oranges Monkey orchids are rare and difficult to find in their natural habitat These orchids are epiphytic, meaning they grow ...

Yes, This Orchid Looks Just Like a Monkey—And It’s Real originally appeared on Dengarden. Orchids are some of the most beautiful blooms of the plant world, known for their dazzling colors and ...

BANGKOK: The discovery of four new species of flowering plant Microchirita (Gesneriaceae: Didymocarpoideae) has shaken the world of botany, with one of the species resembling a monkey’s face. The ...

Welcome to our gardening adventure. Let’s grow it together! The bright-eyed monkey flower (genus Mimulus, but for this column, we will use its common name, monkey flower) is aptly named for its cute ...

Monkey-flowers of various species are putting on an excellent display this month around San Diego. Look for these low, shrublike plants with their tubular flowers wherever native vegetation clothes ...

WASHINGTON— Under an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, a 2-foot-tall orchid found in only five southeastern states is being proposed for Endangered Species Act protection. The white ...

The Sticky-Sweet Odor of citrus blossoms is wafting on the spring breezes this year, as it has in every year since the 1870s, when the county’s first commercially planted orange and lemon groves began ...

This orchid species is native to the cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru, where it grows at high altitudes of 1,000 to 2,000 meters. Its name comes from the Latin words “dracula”, meaning “little dragon ...

, known as the clown flower or, more popularly, monkey flower, is neon bright with a big, fat smile. It takes a childlike imagination to see the monkey in the middle, but you need only good drainage ...