On Tuesday last week I woke up and I saw 8 degrees. My in-laws just went down to the tropics where you can experience some heat. My hope is for those tropical hideaways called greenhouses to go and ...

Orchid hobbyists, by nature, can’t resist buying one more plant. The lure is too great. Every few months, new varieties hit the marketplace. Fantastic colors, patterns and fragrances — each designed ...

Some might call orchids low-maintenance: They require water only once every three weeks. But Floricultura Pacific greenhouse in Salinas has elevated orchid care to a Space Age science. “We probably ...

MUNCIE – It was a windy, winter-coat wearing 40 degrees outside. But inside the Rinard Orchid Greenhouse on the campus of Ball State University, it was a tropical 85. Which is one of the reasons why ...

OBERLIN, Ohio -- If you've ever added an orchid in your shopping cart next to the milk and lunch meat, your new plant probably was raised at Green Circle Growers in Oberlin. The family-owned company ...

Brandon Tam, associate curator of the orchid collection at the Huntington, displays a Vanda orchid inside an orchid collection greenhouse. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) “Gardens are gateways to ...

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The first blast of warm air hitting your face carries with it something extra beyond the humidity and the fullness of damp, earthy vegetation. It’s a scent familiar to anyone who’s spent time in a ...

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Westerlay Orchids goes back generations, stretching from the greenhouses of Holland to the coast of Southern California. “My father, Joe, immigrated to California with his family ...

“Gardens are gateways to cultures,” said Brandon Tam, associate curator of the orchid collection at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, as he unlocked the door to ...