RF Orchids in the Redlands

We pulled into the parking lot at RF Orchids and we had arrived just as the tour started. The 3:00 tour was just getting started and I told my father we needed to check this out as it was the best part of the visit to the Orchid grower.

We just jumped into the group as they were starting right by the car. I bet we only missed 3 minutes of the tour, so we did not miss much.

When you enter the gate to the house you will see the parrot's in the cage, which are quite beautiful.

The tour is conducted by one of the employees who describes all of the orchids that are thru out the grounds.

It is hard to take a picture of eveything, but I hope you can get an idea of what we were looking at. The orchids are everywhere, and on all of the trees. I am talking about hundreds of plants, not just one or two. Every plant is a show in itself and they are all in different stages of blume. In a couple of weeks the show will be spectacular.

The cymbidium orchids were gorgeous !

Cymbidium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This plant that was hanging from the tree was the Vanilla bean. Did you know that that Vinilla is an Orchid. Vanilla (orchid) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia We eat Vanilla ice cream and it comes from an orchid. Makes me hungry!

The grounds were amazing, the pool seen here had a very large purple Vanda flower made out of mosaic tile at the bottom of the pool.

Here Dad is looking at an orchid on the patio along the tour.

Just one of the Orchid Houses where the orchids are growing at RF Orchids. They must have thousands of orchids in various stages of growth. This grower is one of the biggest in South Florida as well as the country. This is a must see for every visitor.

I grow orchids as well and my yard does not even get close to this show. I have a couple of hundred orchids in pots and on the trees, I am trying to get there.

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