I love gifting my green-thumbed friends a plant or two to celebrate any new chapter in their lives. And recently, my favorite potted present has been orchids. A little flowering, a little foliage — it ...
If you've found yourself falling in love with the delicate beauty of orchids, you're in luck: There are a lot of different plants to choose from! There are orchids native to every continent except ...
Artificial dyes have been used for decades to create different color roses and tulips, but the first artificially blue orchid was introduced only in 2011. That's when a Florida-based orchid grower ...
David Bird shows off his “Lady Bird” orchid, named for his wife. Bird offers a wide variety of orchids, succulents and carnivorous plants at his Bird’s Botanicals underground greenhouse open to the ...
There was a time when orchid plants were expensive to purchase. The main reason was how difficult it was to propagate orchids. This limited their availability and made them costly. Orchid plants are ...
The mass production and breeding of orchids might have made these colorful plants more common and affordable, but it hasn’t diminished their power to mesmerize. “They have this sort of mystique to ...
The Tucson Orchid Society is made up of hobbyists and growers who have a passion for orchids. They meet regularly throughout the year, and they also hold an annual orchid show and sale.  This year, ...