Nancy Dempsey’s love affair with orchids began about 12 years ago, when she ran across an article about the People Program. Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph, the non-sectarian nonprofit program ...

"Anybody can have goldfish," said Robert Fuchs, showing off the 12-foot-deep fishpond in his orchid-draped walled garden near the Everglades. In the pool, a glittering mass of Brazilian red-tail ...

The mass production and breeding of orchids might have made these colorful plants more common and affordable, but it hasn’t diminished their power to mesmerize. “They have this sort of mystique to ...