Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Orchids have been a popular houseplant since the Victorian era, when the passion for collecting these tropical ...

Early summer is a good time to repot orchids once winter and spring blooms have faded. Most orchids are slow growers and only need to be repotted every other year. A sign that it's time to repot an ...

I love gifting my green-thumbed friends a plant or two to celebrate any new chapter in their lives. And recently, my favorite potted present has been orchids. A little flowering, a little foliage — it ...

In this week's Garden Guide, Meteorologist Alex Calamia tells you how to grow orchids. At one time or another, everyone has had an orchid, more than likely it’s aphalaenopsis orchid. Those orchids are ...

You don't need a tropical environment to grow orchids. Moth orchids (cultivars of Phalaenopsis) are the easiest to grow. In their native habitats, moth orchids are "epiphytes," meaning they grow on ...

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 ...

Orchids (Orchidaceae) are known for their elegant beauty and long-lasting blooms, making them a popular choice for indoor plants. Although they have a reputation for being finicky, they can thrive ...

Spathoglottis orchids with pink and orange flowers thriving outside - Kobkik/Getty Images There are few plants as spectacular as an orchid. With approximately 28,000 different species of these elegant ...

Did you know that there are over 25,000 — possibly even 30,000 — orchid species — and that about one in 10 flowering plants in the world is an orchid? That the flavoring vanilla is an orchid? Or that ...

That was the question posed by another shopper when she saw me loading three Phalaenopsis orchids into my car last month, purchased rather impetuously at my favorite grocery store. In my last column, ...