Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are orchids native to every continent except Antarctica. Their flowers are highly evolved and incredibly showy with blooms ...

These days, seedling orchids are readily available and inexpensive. Growing orchids from seeds, however, means accepting a wide variation among the offspring. A few offspring will be outstanding, some ...

Few of us in the Bay Area like to think we settle for the mundane. From food to home decor to hobbies, in all our domestic desires, we go for the unusual or the exotic. And so it now goes with orchids ...

Orchids have survived millions of years, adapting to life in mountains, bogs, grasslands and rain forests. Some orchids are terrestrial; others are lithophytes that cling to rocks. Many are epiphytes ...

Orchids have a reputation. At first glance, the ornate blooms make the plants seem difficult to grow. But as Kay Stein has found, orchid growing is as high maintenance as you want it to be. For the ...

Growing orchids in the back yard is as unlikely a notion as a snowstorm in August. We think of orchids as exotic tropical flowers, but in fact some grow wild as far north as Alaska. Orchids belong to ...

Q: Mr. Finch, how do I keep a potted orchid alive? A: Orchids are just as easy to grow as any plant. But what you need to do to keep it alive and blooming depends a lot on what KIND of orchid it is ...

Before there was an Orchid Thief, there was Rebecca T. Northen. Northen, whose 1950 book "Home Orchid Growing" is still the bible for growers -- amateur and professional alike -- did for orchids what ...

Flower fans, plant parents and "gardenerds" will have two busy weekends of ogling fellow enthusiasts’ green babies. The Platinum Coast Orchid Society will host its annual extravaganza May 5-7 and Keep ...

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 ...