OrchidTalk - Let's Talk Orchids!

🌿🌿 On the sixth episode of OrchidTalk , I sit down with Morgan Jamesson. Morgan shares how she got into orchids, her collection of phragmipedium orchids, how to grow them and her advice from an orchid hobbyist to another. 🌿🌿 🔗 Show Links 🔗 : Guide to "Semi-Hydroponics" growing for Orchids - First Rays Morgan's Beast of a plant! (Phrag Chuck Acker) Morgan's Ruth Morrow Growing Slipper Orchids...

🌿🌿 On the Fifth episode of OrchidTalk , I sit down with Eric Sauer from River Valley Orchids. Eric shares how he got into orchids, his collection of Maxillaria orchids, how to grow them and his orchid adventures down in South America. 🌿🌿 🔗 Show Links 🔗 : Some of Eric's Awarded Phragmipediums - Facebook, Cincinnati Judging Center Photos and Cultural information on Maxilliaria tenuifolia, the...

🌿🌿 On this fourth episode of OrchidTalk , I sit down with Cody Mathers from Zenith Orchids. Cody shares how he got into orchids, his collection of novelty phalaenopsis orchids, how to grow them in the freezing plains of Saskatchewan, and orchid breeding from a hobbyist prospective. 🌿🌿 🔗 Show Links 🔗 : Phalaenopsis Penang Girl - OrchidRoots Phalaenopsis micholtzii - Internet Orchid Species En...

🌿🌿 On the third bonus episode of OrchidTalk , I dive into the history of Cattleya Bow Bells— shaped by war, loss, resilience, and the quiet determination of growers across three continents. It is a hybrid born in the shadow of bombed greenhouses, carried across oceans, preserved in distant sanctuaries, and woven into the fabric of modern cattleya breeding. 🔗 Show Links below🔗  Link t...

🌿🌿 On this third episode of OrchidTalk , I sit down with Luis Ortiz Jordan , who leads the curation of the McKee Botanical Gardens orchid collection. Luis shares how he got into orchid, his collection of cloud forest miniature orchids, how to grow them and the species he discovered in Puerto Rico. 🌿🌿 🔗 Show Links 🔗 : McKee Botanical Garden Luis's FCC/AOS Cattleya walkeriana  Luis's New...

🌿🌿 On the second bonus episode of OrchidTalk , I dive into the golden yellow (fever) of Cattleya dowiana— the large flowered yellow Cattleya, with a bright, sunny nature immediately lights up every room or greenhouse that they are in. 🔗 Show Links below🔗  Link to purchase the book that inspired this story time / The Classic Cattleyas by AA and Arthur Chadwick Link to the Cattleya dow...

🌿🌿 On this second episode of OrchidTalk , I sit down with Carol Buele , a Emmy-winning costume designer and American Orchid Society accredited judge. Carol shares how she got into orchid, her lasting love with Japan and Neofinetia falcata (the famed wind orchid) and how she grows her collection in the San Fernando Valley. 🌿🌿 🔗 Show Links 🔗 : 2025 Fuukiran Meikan Board (with English explanati...

🌿🌿 On the very first bonus episode of OrchidTalk , I dive into the wild, true story of Cattleya labiata — the orchid that launched Victorian orchid mania, vanished for 71 years, and reappeared thanks to a bug collector who wasn’t even looking for orchids. It’s a story time packed with botanical drama, misidentified specimens, forgotten directions, and the orchid that became a queen.  🔗&nbs...

🌿🌿 On this very first episode of OrchidTalk , I sit down with Kevin Chen , the grower behind Wilshire and Western Botanicals and a beloved figure in the SoCal orchid community. Kevin shares his very first orchid, his highest AOS awarded plant, and growing slipper orchids (paphiopedilums) indoors in LA. 🌿🌿 🔗 Show Links 🔗 : Picture of Kevin's Paphiopedilum sanderianum Picture of Kevin's Awarde...

Welcome to  Orchid Talk , the podcast for anyone who’s ever said, “I’ll just buy ONE orchid”… and then somehow ended up with a jungle. In this trailer, Mandy gives you a sneak peek into the wonderfully chaotic world of orchid growing — from supermarket Phals to rare species that cost more than your rent. Expect laughs, plant confessions, wild orchid facts, and a whole lot of blooming enthusia...