Orchids have been a popular houseplant since the Victorian era, when the passion for collecting these tropical beauties reached feverish heights, sending orchid hunters across the world in search of ...

Rob Stirling is a horticultural adviser at Wisley and has been collecting and growing orchids, especially those with scent, for the past 30 years. The moth orchid, Phalaenopsis, is still a favourite ...

It's true that some orchids can challenge the most skillful gardener, but a number of orchids are simple to grow. My favorite is the phalaenopsis or moth orchid. Phalaenopsis flowers are borne on ...

Phalaenopsis orchids are epiphytes that grow perched on branches or attached to the trunk of tropical trees. When grown in containers, these plants are not grown in regular potting soil, but in ...

I have had bad luck with growing orchids and I wanted to try growing some. Can you offer some advice on how best to proceed? – Ashley Cabot, Evanston Moth orchids (Phalaenopsis is the Latin name for ...

I thought I'd try growing my orchids outside like I so often see in South Florida. But what I have now is droopy, yellowing older leaves at the base of the plant. It's a Phalaenopsis orchid, so I've ...

CHICAGO — Orchids have a reputation as expensive and demanding playthings of the rich or the obsessed. And, to be sure, there are orchids that must be coddled in temperature- and humidity-controlled ...

Phalaenopsis orchids will typically bloom about once a year, for up to three months. After a blooming cycle, the flowers will wilt and fall off. When this happens, don’t worry, the orchid is not dead, ...