Sue, an experienced orchid grower, had several flats of nodosa hybrids -- a type of cattleya -- that had outgrown their pots, so Keiki Club members had the opportunity to divide and repot the orchids.

Cut a stem with a keiki that is 10 inches (25cm) long, cutting just above a leaf node. Cut the stem into pieces with each having at least 2 growth nodes. Apply cinnamon, charcoal, or antifungal ...

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 ...

The Cattleya Michelle Obama is part of a tradition of naming orchid varieties after First Ladies that dates back to 1929 beginning with the Mrs. Herbert Hoover orchid —Chadwick has been ...

Having won the greatest war of the 20th century, President Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 ushered in eight years of calm and stability — and in the process opened the golden ...

She glamorized cattleya corsages like no first lady before or since. Her namesake orchid, Lc Mamie Eisenhower, was a prominent hybrid for its time and, although rare today, remains a historical ...

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 ...

The Cattleya Irene Finney is among orchids that will be on display during the Central Pennsylvania Orchid Society’s annual orchid show on March 25-26. Photo provided After several years ...