Orchid Questions?
Everyone has questions when they start to grow these beautiful orchids. I try and answer some of the most common questions I am asked.
What Are Orchids?
Orchids (Orchidaceae family) form the world's largest family of plants and the most diverse of the flowering species.
Orchid Flower Anatomy
n spite of the bewildering variability of orchid flowers, there are comon characteristics in them.
Glossary Of Orchid Terms
Here is a short list of botanical terms primarily encountered in connection with orchids.
Cost Of Orchids
Tropical orchids had legendary price tags. Fortunately, orchids have come down in price due to the breeding and cultivating that is now being done.
Bargain Orchids? Beware!
When is a bargain really a bargain? When it comes to orchids, you have to be very careful, or your bargain could turn out to be a very short-lived experience.
Slippers Can Be Orchids
Whenever people talk about slippers they most likely think of pretty shoes - unless you are an orchid grower. Come and learn about my Slippers!
New World Slippers
If you like Paphiopedilums then you are sure to find "New World Lady Slippers" intriguing.
The Orchid Of Love
As I look around my greenhouse I am always amazed at how a plant that is not very pretty can produce such beautiful flowers?
Valentine's Orchids
Valentines and orchids, not just any orchid but bright velvet red orchids!
Dendrophylax lindenii (Lindley) Bentham ex Rolfe (1888.)
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Orchids In Your Garden
Have you always wanted to grow orchids in your flower garden? Here are some that most everyone can grow in their garden!
Growing Orchids In Your Home
You can grow orchids right in your windows like many of the flowering plants that are typically grown in the home.
Caring For Orchids Part One - Watering
The problem with your orchid usually is a result of how you are watering it or even the possibility of the type of water being used.
Help! My Orchid Needs To Be Repotted!
What you use for potting medium depends primarily on the type of orchid and how you are growing it -- in a pot or mounted.
Repotting Orchids Is Not Always Fun!
My first experience of re-potting orchids was more like a trip through Alice's looking glass. Come along and read my horror story!
Ghosts of the Fakahatchee swamp
Orchids about which the blockbuster movie "Adaptation" based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean were created.
Another Bucket
Another "Bucket" found in the Orchid Garden! Learn all about the "other" bucket orchid, the Coryanthes!
Vandaceous Orchids
Can you imagine baskets of 10 cm rainbow colored flowers. You can find this and much more in the Vandaceous orchid group.
The StrangeStanhopeaOrchids
"Bucket Orchid?" Now that is a strange name for an orchid. Read the article and learn about these fasinating orchids.
A Special Butterfly
See this amazing surprise!
The "Butterfly Orchid" -- Psychopsis papilio!
The genus Rossioglossum
You can keep them like a pot of Geraniums in your windowsill and they will live for decades.
Fragrant Favorites: The Zygopetalum Orchids
One of our visitors to the Orchid Pages wrote and asked if I could find a Zygopetalum orchid living in the Garden. This is what I found for her.
The Extraordinary Nun's Orchid
Flower spikes over 4 ft tall, fragrant blooms and beautiful leaves. What more do you want from an orchid?
EquitantOncidiums or Tolumnia
Flowers that look like little ladies with the big full skirts just like the Oncidiums -- these little jewels are perfect for tiny places.
Birds in Flight Aerangis species are tiny little orchids that looks like "Birds in flight" when they are in bloom.
Colmanara Wildcat
Here is a very easy orchid for you to grow! And it is sweeping the orchid world like a wild fire. Stop by and see what this beautiful wonder is!
Encyclias: An Old Genus
Once belived to be Epidendrums. Some will bloom for months if you have Epidendrums you might want to see if they have been moved to a new genus.
Strange Orchids
Orchids have some of the most fantastic flowers in the plant family. Discover the strangest of strange orchids.