I used to think orchids only were grown by rich matrons in grand manors, fine ladies in white gloves who had greenhouses in which to cosset the fragile, stemmed beauties, and servant gardeners to tend ...

Well, I certainly got that snow cover I was talking about last week, And, even better, before the storm hit, I got to enjoy a great garden outing to a nursery specializing in orchids. There are a lot ...

A few weeks ago, I visited one of the largest Phalaenopsis growers in central Florida, DeLeon’s Bromeliads. The nursery has been there for decades and workers were frantically packing orders. It was ...

Nipomo Grande Orchids owner Brian Bethke grows hundreds of orchids at his Nipomo nursery. Joe Johnston [email protected] Few flowers rival orchids for their delicate beauty and ...

In Santa Barbara’s rarefied world of orchid breeders, Paul Gripp is as close as you can get to royalty, and today he’s doing what he loves best: holding forth at the storied nursery he helped create — ...