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Flower Tourism Blooms in China
The Netherlands has tulips, Japan has cherry blossoms, and now China wants in on the action too
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From a photo of a tick biting flesh to a closeup of a kidney stone, the 18 winners of the 2014 Wellcome Image Awards highlight objects we don’t usually see
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Send Your Valentine a Secret Message in the Language of Flowers, Updated for Modern Lovers
Certain flowers had well-understood meanings back in Victorian times, and now a London startup is trying to revive floriography for current times
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X-Ray Art: A Deeper Look at Everyday Objects
Brit Hugh Turvey adds his artistic touch to x-rays of suitcases, old shirts and a host of other subjects
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This 200 Million-Year-Old Plant Species Helps Explain the Origin of All Flowers
Of the 300,000 flowering plants known today, Amborella is the only one that directly traces back to the common ancestor of them all
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In Bloom At Last: D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms Have Arrived
2013’s cherry blossom bloom along the Tidal Basin was worth the wait
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Nine Ways to Lure a Lover, Orchid-Style
Beauty, mystery and deceit—the Smithsonian’s collection of nearly 8,000 live orchids has it all
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With his Botanica Magnifica, podiatrist-turned-photographer Jonathan Singer captures flowers on the grandest of scales
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Live Orchids, Japanese art and African masks
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