THE GATEWAY TO ORCHID ARTICLES

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.
Orchid Flower Anatomy In spite of the bewildering variability of orchid flowers, there are comon characteristics in them.
World Orchid Conservation - CITES What is your opinion -- is it working??
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.
One Orchid Deserves Another Come and learn how I became addicted to the beautiful orchids!
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!
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?
Orchids In Your Garden Have you always wanted to grow orchids in your flower garden? Here are some that most every one can grow in their garden!
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.
Caring For Orchids -- Temperature Part I Each orchid genus and each species have their own unique preferred temperature range and cool down periods.
Caring For Orchids -- Fertilizing Do you feed your orchids?? Come and visit the Orchid Garden and find out about feeding your orchids.
When And How to Repot Orchids Is your orchid ready to be repotted? Learn the do's and don'ts of repotting orchids.
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!
How To Build An Orchid Tree? Switch your browser to full screen (F 11) mode and learn it at my advanced Orchid Nights site.
Growing Orchids From Seed Are you sure you want to do this? Beware, success in case of orchids may come only after years!
Wilting Orchid Flowers If you have flowers that start to open and do not finish or if you have mushy growth -- it may not be the local smog.
Slugs And Snails Is something eating your your new orchid flowers? Could be snails or slugs. here are some tips on how to get rid of these critters.
Dracula, Count or Orchid? Count Dracula and perfect orchids for him (or you?) to grow.
Ghosts of the Fakahatchee swamp Orchids about which the blockbuster movie "Adaptation" based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean were created.
Spiders! Spiders, Halloween and Orchids ... strange mixture? Find out about my spiders!
Beautiful Odontoglossum Orchids You can grow orchids; try one of these and see.
The Jewels of the Orchid Family These orchids are grown for their leaves, not their flowers!
Christmas In the Orchid Greenhouse All about the orchids that have been nicknamed for Christmas.
Moths Or Orchids? Oh my goodness! I have moths in my greenhouse!
Pansies Are Orchids? Come on over and find out.
Springtime Cymbidiums Come and visit my special spring flowers.
Strange Orchids Orchids have some of the most fantastic flowers in the plant family. Discover the strangest of strange orchids.
Zygopetalum 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.
Encyclias: An Old Genus An article about the orchids that were 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.
The Strange Stanhopea Orchids "Bucket Orchid?" Now that is a strange name for an orchid. Read the article and learn about these fasinating orchids. source