Winter has many daydreaming about a tropical paradise. Orchids can transform the average home into a tropical setting.

NORTH MANATEE – Two or three times a year, Lakewood Ranch resident Michael Sinn travels to Venezuela, Colombia or Brazil to search for rare orchids. His quests take him into dense swampland, or up ...

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 ...

Cattleya orchids from a Taiwanese-run orchid nursery in England won a silver-gilt medal at the annual London Orchid Show held by the Royal Horticultural Society on Saturday. It is the second-highest ...

Michelle Obama is the 14th consecutive First Lady to have a cattleya orchid named in her honor (above). Last year, the Melania Trump orchid was earning acclaim in the plant world. Courtesy of Arthur E ...

The Cattleya Orchid (Cattleya spp.) occurs naturally throughout Central and South America and belongs to the largest plant family in the world, Orchidaceae. The Cattleya genus is considered by many to ...

The cattleya orchid is known for their large, fragrant flowers. They also tolerate a variety of light conditions but do best in bright, indirect light. (The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio ...

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.