by Team RF | Apr 19, 2025 | award, Latest News, orchids
In recognition of a life of value service to the orchid industry, the American Orchid Society has awarded their prestigious AOS Gold Medal to Robert Fuchs of R. F. Orchids of Homestead, Florida during the 2025 AOS Spring Members Meeting in Annapolis, Maryland. The... 
by Team RF | Aug 19, 2022 | Latest News, orchids
Here is your August – Soon To Bloom report. Visit the nursery to check out the Vanda Pleonpit Prize ‘Harley’ and the V. [Ascda.] Haad Raval ‘Fire Burst’ — they’re in spike and soon to bloom. Here are even more soon-to-bloom... 
by Team RF | May 19, 2022 | Latest News, special hybrid
R. F. Orchids presents Vanda Platinum Jubilee. In celebration of her Majesty The Queen Of England’s Platinum Jubilee, RF Orchids was asked to develop an orchid for the special occasion. Vanda Platinum Jubilee will be on exhibit at the Chelsea Flower show next... 
by Team RF | Apr 1, 2022 | AOS, auction, Latest News, orchids
A special invitation from Robert Fuchs, President of the American Orchid Society, and Chairman of the AOS Centennial Committee. AOS Centennial Celebration Auction Please join The American Orchid Society for a special Centennial Celebration at the Coral Gables Biltmore... 
by Team RF | Jul 10, 2021 | Latest News
ONLINE Cool Summer Sale! July 10th through the 24th 2021 R. F. Orchids is very pleased to announce we are having an Online Cool Summer Sale. Guests will enjoy a 20% discount on everything in our catalog. You’ll keep your cool this summer with all the great finds... by Team RF | Jul 2, 2021 | Latest News
Cool Summer Sale! July 9, 10, and 11, 2021 F. Orchids is very pleased to announce we are having a ‘Cool Summer’ Sale, exclusively at our Homestead location. Guests will enjoy a 20% discount on everything at the nursery, including garden decór, new arrivals, and... 
by Team RF | Mar 28, 2020 | Latest News
At their February meeting, AOS judges at the West Palm Beach Judging Center granted a total of thirteen awards to our orchids. Thirteen in one day! We’re thrilled and humbled at this recognition. The awards included our 27th Award of Quality (AQ/AOS) for the hybrid... 
by Team RF | Feb 14, 2020 | Latest News
On Friday, Feb. 21, the United States Postal Service (USPS) will be launching a new series of first class forever stamps, “Wild Orchids”, at the AOS Library at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida. The ceremony is at 11am, and after the... 
by Team RF | Feb 7, 2020 | Latest News
We were honored to receive two flower-quality awards at the January meeting of the West Palm Beach Judging Center. Judges recognized Vanda Christa Collins ‘Starburst Beauty’ AM/AOS, and Rhynchostylis gigantea ‘Crownfox Confetti’ FCC/AOS. The First Class Cerftificate... 
by Team RF | Nov 20, 2019 | Latest News
We already have a page for “consumer education”, where we cover topics like “monkey” orchids, “blue” orchids, “black” orchids, “ice” orchids and more, but it was getting long so we decided to add new material here instead. We’ll cover different topics on... 
by Team RF | Nov 20, 2019 | Latest News
“Monkey” Orchid So, we get a lot of calls and emails asking if we have “the monkey orchid”. The short answer is no, we do not. But we get enough inquiries about this that we think a little consumer education is in order. There are two different orchid species with the... 
by Team RF | Nov 8, 2019 | Latest News
We are humbled to receive the 2018 Roy T. Fukumura Award from the American Orchid Society, for our Aerdv. Somsri Sunlight ‘Golden Sands’ AM/AOS. This award is given “to the grower of the orchid plant, either species or hybrid, as the most outstanding example of the... 
by Team RF | Sep 27, 2019 | Latest News
We have a page of fax (“FAQS”) here on the site, mostly about ordering and that sort of thing, but we also field a lot of inquiries about orchid lore (mostly orchid myths, to be honest). We’ve put together some answers to these inquiries and they’re here, in our pages... 
by Team RF | Sep 13, 2019 | Latest News
We have a magnificent new orchid in the garden, right in front of the house. This is a gigantic specimen of Grammatophyllum speciosum, a native of Southeast Asia. The plant is absolutely huge, as you can see in the image. This species is sometimes referred to as “the... 
by Team RF | Sep 11, 2019 | Latest News
We are absolutely thrilled to announce another AOS Award of Quality (AQ/AOS) to one of our hybrids. Last month, judges at the West Palm Beach Judging Center granted this very prestigious honor to our cross Vanda Barbara Walker. At the same meeting, six individual...