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 ...

CALAMUS, Iowa - It was only about six years ago when, wandering through one of the big-box home centers in the Quad-Cities, Jeannine Eden bought her first orchid. Eden had long raised flowers around ...

“Gardens are gateways to cultures,” said Brandon Tam, associate curator of the orchid collection at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, as he unlocked the door to ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Markus Ehrlich bought his first orchid more than 30 years ago because the flowers fascinated him. Then he "promptly killed it because I didn't know what I was doing," he joked. After ...