Orchids have become a common house plant. They are prized for their brightly colored flowers and their long bloom times and are available everywhere from supermarkets to garden centers to big box stores at affordable prices. This class provides you with simple techniques, considering our Minnesota environment, to keep your plant healthy and re-blooming. Touch on orchids generally available to the consumer, but will emphasize the most common orchid for the home: the Phalaenopsis or Moth Orchid. Review orchids in general, how to select an orchid, environmental needs, several approaches to care depending on your level of enthusiasm, orchid pests, and repotting. Warning: Orchids can become very, very addicting!

Presented by: Paul Wood has been a lifetime gardener. He is a University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener and a Minnesota Tree Care Advisor. He is also a member of the Orchid Society of Minnesota. He has been actively caring for orchids in his home, with varying degrees of success, for the last 13 years. He currently tends 40 orchids.