The Santa Barbara resident was renowned in the orchid world as a speaker, author and breeder of orchids, many of which he found in remote parts of the world.

Flower fanatics and novices alike are invited to San Diego Botanic Garden’s (SDBG) “World of Orchids” show, which opens Saturday, May 7. After a successful inaugural event in 2021, the show’s second ...

I didn’t really have an opinion about orchids, other than knowing you have to be really into houseplants to keep them alive, until reading “The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession” by ...

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 ...

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Orchids are surprisingly easy to grow, and with just a little extra TLC, will bloom happily year after year ...

A healthy orchid makes for gorgeous blooms.

The 56-year-old, who goes by one name like many Indonesians, is a self-taught conservationist with no formal background in botanics. Farmer Musimin is on a one-man mission to save the exotic blooms ...

Before there was an Orchid Thief, there was Rebecca T. Northen. Northen, whose 1950 book "Home Orchid Growing" is still the bible for growers -- amateur and professional alike -- did for orchids what ...

12:00 p.m. March 2, 2023: Paul Gripp served in the Navy after the Korean War, not during the war as was incorrectly stated in an earlier version of the story. In Santa Barbara's rarefied world of ...