“Gardens are gateways to cultures,” said Brandon Tam, associate curator of the orchid collection at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, as he unlocked the door to ...

MUNCIE – It was a windy, winter-coat wearing 40 degrees outside. But inside the Rinard Orchid Greenhouse on the campus of Ball State University, it was a tropical 85. Which is one of the reasons why ...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) -- Authorities say a fire caused $6.5 million in damage to an orchid greenhouse facility that covers more than two acres on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus. The ...

MUNCIE – The family program “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be offered 7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Rinard Orchid Greenhouse at Ball State University. Visitors are invited to attend ...

I've been surprised that no one has asked me about orchids as long as I have been writing this column, until two weeks ago. When I looked at all my files about plants that people have asked questions, ...

Rows of phalaenopsis orchids in shades of pink fill the showroom greenhouse at Little Brook Orchids. There's also an orchid that inspired Charles Darwin, an orchid with flowers that last four months ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Donna Wardlaw wakes each morning, pours herself a cup of coffee and wanders through the ...

STARTING POINT: When Margaret Bossier's son Parker, now 22, was little, she would take him to the weekly farmer's market at Uptown Square to talk to the growers about their goods. That's how the two ...

Orchid hobbyists, by nature, can’t resist buying one more plant. The lure is too great. Every few months, new varieties hit the marketplace. Fantastic colors, patterns and fragrances — each designed ...

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 ...

In high-density areas like the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, people have long looked to expand vertically to make use of the limited land, resulting in a lack of vegetation, high humidity and high ...

Brandon Tam, associate curator of the orchid collection at the Huntington, displays a Vanda orchid inside an orchid collection greenhouse. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) “Gardens are gateways to ...