(Islander)

Martini Man and Orchids
(Paradise)
Humans have been captivated by Orchids ever sense they were first brought into cultivation.

I was raised with Orchids growing in my back yard, our neighbors grew orchids, I thought everybody grew orchids.
Orchids can teach you everything you need to know about life, just look:

  • It takes time to fully develop.
  • The most spectacular beauty can come from the homeliest places.
  • Too much attention will ruin your best efforts.
  • Patients will yield its own rewards.
  • Given a happy home, everything will reach its fullest potential.
This page is Dedicated to my Mother, Nancy Nickell, and friend Lou Cardoza
who brought me into the Great World of Orchids.
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Since I can't live in Hawaii all year long, I made a little piece of the Tropics here In Molalla. A nice place to go in the Middle of the Winter.
Orchids I Have.
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Orchid Data Base		 My Greenhouse and Orchids.

As you can see, I raise mostly Cattleyas as, But I do have Oncidiums, Paphs, and a few other Genera.

 Orchid of the Month.
Bletilla Striata
(Chinese Ground Orchid)

 

Here is the Greenhouse
Looking in the Door, Not big, But filling up
I grow other things too like Plumeria

Brassavola digbyana
Cattleya intermedia v. amethystina 'Aranbeem'
Brassocattleya Binosa 'Wabash Valley'

Brassolaeliocattleya Port of Paradice 'Emerald Isle'
Laelocattleya Aqui-Finn 'Natures Best'
Epi Atropurpureum X C. Aclandiae

Brassolaeliocattleya Terri Henderson 'Paul'
Potinara Burana Beauty 'Burana'
Brassolaeliocattleya Hausermanns Holliday ' Christmas'
Places to Learn: Places to Buy Orchids:

From Hawaii:

  		Orchid Societies: