A month or so ago an orchid that I put outside for the summer produced a baby orchid on its stem with leaves, roots and all. And now the orchid has surprised me once again. The baby has bloomed. Mama ...

Orchid society members answer lots of questions, such as “Where do baby orchids come from?,” about the plants dear to their hearts at the annual Mount Baker Orchid Society Show and Sale, happening Feb ...

When I put my orchids outside each summer, it’s like out of sight, out of mind. I don’t give them another thought. Sometimes I wonder why I even go to the trouble because I rarely ever have any ...

Q: I am a native of Costa Rica. When I moved to the U.S. seven years ago, I brought a test-tube baby of our national flower, cattleya skinneri. Since then, I have nursed the plant along and the pseudo ...