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Celebrate with Green Orchids

You don’t have to settle for green carnations to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Decorate with distinctive style with green orchids!

Orchids Make Winter More Bearable

"Orchids make winter more bearable," says Julie MacKenzie, who belongs to the Bucks County Orchid Society in Pennsylvania. Garden writer Virginia A. Smith wrote in an article for Philly.com that six years ago, Julie...

Orchid Care Tips: Keeping Orchids in Winter

As the weather gets colder, you might find yourself wondering about how your orchids will do and what type of orchid care you should provide. Luckily, they generally like the same climate as people do, which is why...

Vera Wang Recommends Orchids

On the website of FTD, (Florists' Transworld Delivery--the world's oldest floral services organization), one of the recommendations for holiday flowers is an arrangement that's part of the Vera Wang collection. It...

Holiday Decorating with Orchids

Jewel-toned orchids can become part of colorful Christmas décor, by setting them in colored containers—from Victorian tins to a holly-painted tea pot. You can also placing brightly-colored metallic orb-shaped ornaments...

Fragrant Orchids

The American Orchid Society, in their review of a book called Fragrant Orchids tells us that "orchids were first cultivated for their fragrance. Two centuries ago or earlier, in both China and Japan, pots of oriental...

Fun Phalaenopsis Facts

At Just Add Ice Orchids we specialize in Phalaenopsis orchids. There are almost 60 different phalaenopsis species, more if you include different varieties within each species. But even if you don't, phalaenopsis...

Orchids and Onions: Orchid Flower Science

Have you heard the phrase "orchids and onions?" It seems to be a way of classifying the good and the bad. For orchid fans like us, it is fairly obvious that saying something is an orchid is a *good* thing--beautiful,...