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 First Lady of the United States has many responsibilities. She must play hostess for social events, opening the White House to world leaders, staff, political allies, and rivals. She oversees ...

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 ...

While attending an orchid meeting last month, I was fortunate to win a raffle prize of fancy notecards depicting cattleyas in old-time jungle scenes. The images were familiar as they are regularly ...

Having already won the greatest war of the 20th century, President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 ushered in eight years of calm and stability not seen in the United States for 50 years and, in the ...

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 age of cattleya orchids. First ...

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 ...

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 ...