Welcome to EnLightened Orchids! We are glad you found us! Our web site is constantly growing, so be sure to check back with us often.

We offer orchids and some companion plants that are good candidates for growing under artificial light or on windowsills. We also travel giving orchid-related lectures, so pass the word to your garden club and orchid society.

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Insecticidal soap! Safer around kids and pets than typical insecticides, and it works! Perfect alternative to harsh chemicals for home growers. Effective against mealy bugs, aphids, thrips, scale, etc. Non-offensive smell, and gentle on hands. This is the only insecticide my wife signs off on for use around our son and cat! One four ounce bar makes four to five quarts. Complete instructions included.

We attended the wonderful 19th World Orchid Conference and added a family Florida vacation. It was great to meet some of you there as well as make some new friends! If you missed it, shame on you for six weeks. The next WOC will be in Singapore in 2011. See some of our pictures from the show.

See Ernie's article on growing under fluorescent lights in the December, 2007 issue of Orchidsmagazine! Not an American Orchid Society member? Visit the AOS web site to join!

Ernie will be in...
• Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, April 22, 2010 speaking to the Central Ohio Orchid Society on growing under fluorescent lights
• Glencoe, Illinois, Chicago Botanical Garden on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at the Chicago AOS Judging Center monthly judging session
• Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday, July 25, 2010 judging the Central Iowa Orchid Society's speakers day
• Kansas City, Missouri in Sunday, August 8, 2010 speaking to the Orchid Society of Greater Kansas City on semi-hydroponics
• St. Louis, Missouri on Friday and Saturday, September 10-11, 2010 speaking to the Orchid Society of Greater St. Louis on growing under fluorescent lights (Friday) and the Mid-America AOS Judging Center monthly judging session (Saturday)
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday, September 18, 2010 juding the Wisconsin Orchid Society's show
• Chattanooga, Tennessee at the Tennessee Valley Orchid Society and Nashville, Tennessee at the Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee monthly meetings October 11 and 12, 2010, respectively, speaking on topics to be announced
• Glencoe, Illinois, Chicago Botanical Garden at the Chicago AOS Judging Center monthly judging sessions on most months on the second Saturday
These lectures are currently in the planning stages: Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Baton Rouge...
...We'll be happy to deliver orders to these events!

updated April 20, 2010