The 18-inch-tall palaenopsis orchids so prevalent in garden centers and grocery stores, have set in our minds a kind of standard size for indoor orchids so it may come as a bit of a surprise that ...

Ed Cott can’t see the beauty of his 30 or so miniature orchids without a magnifying glass. “I find them intriguing because many of those, the flower is the size of the head of a pin,” says Cott, the ...

Conservation plant hunters have discovered four new species of mini orchids in a Colombian nature reserve. The discoveries were made in the Cauca valley between the Andes mountains and the Pacific ...

Peter Lin, an accredited American Orchid Society judge and noted hybridizer of miniature cattleyas or mini-cats, will present the program at the December meeting of the Riverside/San Bernardino ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

If your big old Cymbidium orchid never blooms anymore, try replacing it with a miniature. Mini-cyms are easier to grow and tend to rebloom much more dependably than the standard varieties. The flowers ...

The New York Botanical Garden's annual Orchid Show never fails to disappoint, and this year's show, which runs through April 17, is no exception. "Orchidelirium," its theme, refers to the 19 th ...

NASHUA – The numerous varieties of orchids descended from the more than 25,000 species worldwide were on full display in living color over the weekend at the New Hampshire Orchid Society’s 28th annual ...

Orchids are widely admired as exotic, mysterious and uncommonly beautiful. But would you take one home? For many, the prospect is downright intimidating. Orchids have a reputation as aristocratic ...