April 2022 – Master Gardener Association of San Diego County

Abundance helped orchids blossom into popular hobby and big industry

April 30, 2022Articles, Blossoms, Cattleya, Cymbidiums, Dendrobium, Oncidium, Orchids, Phalaenopsis

Exotic looks, species variety inspire passion for the plants that make great gifts and a great pastime BY BARB SANDS (This article first appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune April 9, 2022) Orchids are truly the masterpieces of the floral kingdom and the largest flowering plant family on Earth. They are unusual, fascinating and strikingly […]

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BY PAT ASAKAWA (This article first appeared in About Town Magazine March 2022) Spring has arrived and, for most species of wild birds, it is the time to mate, build nests, lay eggs, and raise offspring. As a typical spring morning dawns in San Diego, we hear them chirp and call as though they’re greeting […]