Collectors often list the neofinetia falcata orchid as a miniature Vanda that needs identical care. The two are

A clump of purple flowers opens in a shaded border in May, looking too exotic for the yard.

If a helleborine orchid shows up uninvited in your yard, leave it alone unless it crowds plants you

A ladies tresses orchid is a small native orchid in the genus Spiranthes. It gets its name from

Encyclia tampensis carries up to 45 small flowers on one branching spike. That is more blooms than most

Zygopetalum orchid care often gets treated as a clone of Phalaenopsis care, but that mix up costs growers

A grower waters a rhyncholaelia digbyana orchid for two years before the first bloom opens. Then one night

The common spotted orchid is Britain’s most widespread wild orchid. You’ll recognize it by pale pink to purple

Buy salep at home as prepared powder from a known spice importer, never as raw wild orchid tubers