Viv 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 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)

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)

Bob 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. As Keiki Club Coordinator, he is particularly interested in how to grow outdoors during the warm season and protect plants during the winter months. (Jun 09)

Dick 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 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 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)

Maria 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)