Viv and Mitch Anderson
Orchids on Back Porch and Backyard Trellis
Viveca Anderson has orchids everywhere, inside and out. Husband Mitch recently built an orchid trellis in dappled shade for her sun lovers and her shade lovers are on the back porch. The trellis is filling rapidly with all those raffle plants Viv wins. (Apr 10)

Bill and Karen Gourley
Orchids on Racks in a Pool Lanai
Bill Gourley grows his orchids outside in his lanai. He has several rolling benches that he has built or bought and fit with shade cloth. His latest creation can be winterized by enclosing with plastic and a small heater. (Sep 09)

Courtney Hackney and Rose Ganucheau
Growing Orchids in Backyard Greenhouse
Courtney grows his cattleyas and other orchids in a backyard greenhouse. The external panels are removed during the warm months so air can freely pass through screens and put back on in winter when the propane heaters help maintain temperatures. (Aug 11)

Penny Halyburton and Michael Rourke
Growing Orchids in Orchid Pavillion and Rolling Winter Rack
Penny grows her orchids under oak trees in a beautiful engineered structure crafted by Michael, who also built a winter rack that can be rolled in and out of the garage depending on the weather. (Nov 11)

Mike and Kaycee Heinz
Greenhouse and Hanging Under Trees
Mike Heinz grows orchids in a greenhouse and under trees. During the warm months, his cattleyas, encyclias and vandaceous orchids relish the light and air hanging on wires. During the winter, his greenhouse is packed with plants. (Dec 09)

Josh and Amy Jones
Building a Hobby Greenhouse
Joshua Jones has a growing orchid addiction. Luckily he also has the know how to build a hobby greenhouse and shares his step by step instructions for the orchid obsessed. (Sep 11)

Bob and Pat Martin
Orchids in Backyard and on Back Porch
Bob Martin grows outside and on a screened porch now, but had lots of experience growing under lights when living up in Chicago. He winterizes his porch so the orchids have a cozy home during the cold months and grows on the screened porch, under trees and in a shade structure during the warm months. (Jun 09, Feb 11)

Dick and Joan Roth
Backyard Under Oaks on Racks and in Garage
Dick Roth grows his orchids outdoors during the warm weather and moves them into the garage area retrofit with growing lights during the cold weather. His vandas are hanging from shepherds hooks and cattleyas and dendrobiums are on growing tables. (Jul 09)

Vivienne and Tom Rowe
Under Oaks on Pot Clips & Rods and Portable Greenhouse in Winter
Vivienne Rowe is in the throes of orchid addiction, growing them outside in the backyard under tall and stately oak trees hanging on a fence with pot clips and hanging from shepherds hooks. (Aug 09)

Debbie and Bob Sandy
Backyard Under Oaks and Shade Structure with Vinyl Curtains
Debbie Sandy grows lots of different types of orchids under oak trees. In the cold weather, the plants are brought into the shade structure, the vinyl curtains are dropped and a portable heater keeps the temperatures above freezing. (Nov 09)

Lola Stark
Under Oaks on Wire and Pot Clips and Greenhouse in Winter
Lola Stark grows vandas, cattleyas, dendrobiums and a host of other plants under huge oak trees in the spring through fall and brings the plants into a greenhouse structure during the cold winter months. (Oct 09)

Beth and Billy Strate
On Windowsills and Under Lights
Beth Strate grows her orchids mostly on windowsills supplementing natural sunlight with lights as the angle of the sun changes through the seasons. (Dec 08)

Jim and Linda Taylor
Under Trees and in a Greenhouse
Jim and Linda Taylor built a greenhouse to house their orchids during the winter cold and also grow some under trees during the warm summer months. (Jul 11)

Maria and Richard Yessian
In Pool Lanai on Benches and Orchid Tree
Maria Yessian grows a wide variety of orchids in the pool lanai on the Island. There are cattleyas, phalaenopsis, dendrobiums, bulbophyllums, oncidiums and a few more, all happy on benches and orchid trees under the covered roof between the house and the pool. (Apr 10)