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 ...
In the far reaches of western North Carolina on 8,000 acres, sits the largest dwelling in the United States, the Biltmore House. George Vanderbilt II modeled his 1895 country retreat after a chateaux ...
Smithsonian Gardens’ 28th annual orchid exhibition is underway at the Kogod Courtyard To construct her sculptures, artist Phaan Howng used 3-D prints of plants in the Smithsonian Gardens collection, ...
Looking to expand your orchid collection? How about a Dracula? At a fascinating presentation on Dracula orchids I discovered that the reason Gary Meyer, vice-president of the Pleurothallid Alliance, ...
Candy Williams Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 10:00 a.m. | Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 10:00 a.m. It’s “all systems go” as Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens prepares for takeoff to a new galaxy of ...
No green thumb? You don’t need to water these dazzling orchids to enjoy them. More than 8,000 living specimens in the Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection have been digitized and are now available to ...
Growing up, mostly in South Florida, Phaan Howng tended to a personal collection of orchids with the curiosity of someone who might spy one of the plants at Home Depot and decide to take it home on a ...