Larry’s Orchids is a prime example of a hobby outgrowing itself. In 1986, Our oldest son Larry Jr. purchased a Dendrobium at a local building supply store. When it was finished blooming, instead of throwing it away, he gave it to me and said, “you’re the Biologist – get it to bloom again”. I did get it to re-bloom and thus my Orchid hobby began. I now have a personal collection of over 400 specimen plants from many genera. As a member of both the American Orchid Society and the Michigan Orchid Society I became aware of the number of people in the Orchid hobby. When my personal collection began to outgrow my bench space I sold my doubles on eBay. Surfing the Net I realized this was the easy way to buy different orchids to increase my collection and sell my overstock.

We are now an Online Nursery and have three growing locations One for my personal collection and two for Larry’s Orchids eBay Auction and eBay Store. We grow under glass, lights and during the summer months shade houses. We import flasks, compots, plugs, seedlings and mature plants from the Philippines, Canada, Mexico, South America and Hawaii. We deflask, repot, and grow the seedlings along with holding the larger plants until they are put up for Auction and/or are stocked on the eBay Store shelves.