Flower of the Week: Orchid

I don't think I've ever come across someone who didn't like orchids. They are just that great. But there are lots of things about orchids that the average joe/josephine doesn't know. Like what you say?


Well, did you know that the biggest orchid , the Tiger orchid, is so huge that it weighs about 2,000 pounds?!?!?! Now with the average Cymbidium orchid being about 100 dollars a stem, WHAT would that cost? Ha, can you imagine even trying to finagle that one? silly :)

Look at the size of that blossom!

Did ya know?

• Orchids have the largest variety of flowering plants with about 20,000 natural species


• Orchids grow everywhere, except, Antarctica. There are some that grow in the Artic Circle. Imagine that!!!


• Vanilla is in the Orchid family.


• African Orchids are white, while Asian orchids are often multicolored.


• Orchids are abundant in the tropics, where the majority of the species grow on the trunks and branches of trees. In temperate zones, like southern Australia, most Orchids grow on the ground.

Just a few facts about the fabulous Orchid.