Looking to expand your orchid collection? How about a Dracula? At a fascinating presentation on Dracula orchids I discovered that the reason Gary Meyer, vice-president of the Pleurothallid Alliance, ...

Fred Clarke succumbed to the allure of orchids as an 18-year-old. When he came home from an orchid show with two boxes of the exotic plants on which he had spent his life savings - $300 - his mother ...

When you visit the tropical butterflies at Tucson Botanical Gardens, take notice of the redecoration in the greenhouse. You’ll find that the clutter is cleaned up, unwanted guests have left and plants ...

FEW HOUSEPLANTS can match the exotic beauty of orchids in flower. Homeowners, however, are often afraid to try them because orchids have developed a reputation as hard to grow. Although it’s true that ...

Arne Stauder started it all in 1990 where he gave his wife, Carol, an orchid for the couple's 25 th wedding anniversary. Before that, he was the one in the family known as a "green thumb," the result ...

For Kim Livingston, orchids began as ornamentation — a decoration for a windowsill, say, or a way to add color to her kitchen and dining room. Now they’re something much more. “We call it ‘The ...

In the far reaches of western North Carolina on 8,000 acres, sits the largest dwelling in the United States, the Biltmore House. George Vanderbilt II modeled his 1895 country retreat after a chateaux ...

Hundreds of orchid enthusiasts gathered on the inaugural day. The two-day event offers an array of displays featuring indigenous, exotic, and newly bred hybrid orchids.