Cattleyas need abundant though not intense light in order to grow and flower well. About 2,000-3,000-foot candles are satisfactory, and as with many orchids, the early morning sun is very important.

WAIMEA — Growing orchids can be a delicate matter. In October, his patience paid off when he won the annual Merritt W. Huntington Award from the American Orchid Society (AOS) for white cattleya — also ...

Orchids are among the world's oldest flower groups and one of the largest, with more than 30,000 species. They emerged about 100 million years ago — 30 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex, and ...

It can be terribly frustrating and a bit disappointing to spend lots of time caring for your orchid just to watch it sprout buds that shrivel up and fall off - or never even bud at all. If your orchid ...

While attending an orchid meeting last month, I was fortunate to win a raffle prize of fancy notecards depicting cattleyas in old-time jungle scenes. The images were familiar as they are regularly ...