E-MAIL REMAINS THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT US, however, if you need to reach us by phone, we are usually in the nursery Friday-Sunday. See the Who We Are Page for show details.

THE ORCHID WORLD IS CHANGING... The day of the large orchid firms that provide hobby growers with a diverse variety of orchids and the supplies to grow them is in decline. Energy costs for heating, cooling, and maintaining large greenhouse ranges are prohibitive. Consequently, we are seeing the rise of smaller more specialized companies that focus on certain genera. Woodstream Orchids is one of a handful of United States companies that specialize in breeding and producing Paphiopedilum and Phragmipediums. When you are buying Paphs and Phrags from us there is a very good chance they originated in our breeding program and represent our unique scientific and artist approach to breeding and production. We continue to select and add elite breeding stock in both these genera and are excited by the potential we see on our benches in thousands of unbloomed seedlings. No doubt we will select some terrific new plants for future breeding. We also offer the same unbloomed (but not currently in bud) blooming size seedlings to our customers. We routinely receive beautiful images of plants that have bloomed for others that originated here with us. Nothing could please us more!

Two GREAT upcoming events to put on your calendar... Our Third Annual January Thaw (or not) Open House will be held January 14-15 10 am to 4 pm at our nursery in northern Calvert County Maryland. We have many many blooming plants for sale, not to mention our connoisseur seedlings, flasks and select divisions of show and breeding plants. The peak of the blooming season is approaching and it is just great to see the flowers!
The Paphiopedilum Forum is rapidly approaching and this year's Forum is a must attend affair. Like last year, the Forum will be at our easy-to-reach outstanding new venue at Behnke's Nursery on Route 1 in Beltsville, MD, just off the Washington Beltway. This year's speakers will be Dr. Holger Pernar from China (he will be bringing many Chinese Paph species with him for sale, and will be accepting preorders). Holger will be speaking on Chinese Paphiopedilum species. Arnold Klehm from Klehm Growers in Illinois will be speaking on his complex Paph breeding, and will be bringing select divisions of his breeding stock to sell. Eric Sauer from Ohio will be sharing his extensive knowledge on Phragmipedium and their culture, and Bryan Ramsey will be presenting the AOS awards for 2010-11. The top Paph vendors will be selling plants, and the exceptional show table will feature 200-300 of the best slipper orchids from outstanding growers from he region. For more information please go to the national Capital Orchid Society web site at www.NCOS.US.

THE NEW CROP IS IN (and is going quickly)! A new crop of Paph and Phrag seedlings have reached 3-4 inch pot size and are now available for sale. Every year folks see one of our crosses at a show or in the award program and ask us if we have and more of "those" for sale. By the time our customers are blooming out some of these great crosses, they have usually been sold out for a year or more. Please take a look at our Paph and Phrag offerings for this year's new offerings. Look for NEW!

We have updated our offerings of select divisions of our breeding and show plants. We have a new web page dedicated to these offerings. This page was updated November 27, 2010 and includes Paphs, Phrags, and other genera. We will continue to add new divisions to the list as we repot our show and breeding plants, and the divisions become established. See the link on our PAPA AROHA PAPHS page!

Woodstream Orchids leads the industry in the development of miniature and compact-growing Phrags. We have a web page dedicated to these offerings. See the link on our PHRAGS page! These are going quickly!

NEW FLASKS and PAPH AND PHRAG SEEDLINGS and SELECT DIVISIONS are continuously being added to our web site offerings. Some of the flasks and seedlings are limited in number. It is likely that some of the best crosses will have been sold out by the time plants begin to bloom and receive awards.

Join our e-mail list! Nobody hates spam more than we do. However, we would like to notify our valued customers when new shipments of plants and Paph and Phrag flasks arrive from the Lab. Please e-mail us at woodstream@chesapeake.net if you would like to be on our e-mail list to receive important updates. If you have ordered plants from us or made inquiries regarding purchasing plants from us within the past two years, you are automatically on the general list. Please specify if you would like to receive updates on Paphs and Phrags, species, or flasks.

SHIPPING - Most orders will be shipped within two weeks of receiving the order, when plants are in stock and payment and shipping information is provided, weather permitting.. IF YOU WILL BE AWAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE DO NOT SHIP WHEN THERE IS NO ONE TO RECEIVE YOUR PLANTS. We recommend that you provide an address where someone will be available to receive the plants so they do not sit outside. Shipping may be delayed during the busy show months of February, March, April, June, October, and November.

COST OF SHIPPING We raised our shipping rates to match the increases forced on us by the US Postal Service and Fedex. Orders under $100 shipped via Priority Mail will be $15. Minimum shipping cost for orders over $100 is $15 for Priority Mail Service. Express Mail and Fedex Service will be charged at cost, plus a $5 surcharge to cover shipping supplies and packing. Shipments to the west coast will be more expensive. Especially large boxes are being charged balloon rates, and that may mean a $20 (or more) surcharge on a box of large growing plants. Please consider bare-root out of pot shipping as a less expensive alternative. We regret having to pass on these expenses to you. It is not our goal to make money on shipping, but we are unwilling to lose money, either.

Woodstream Orchids (WSO) opened our Maryland nursery to the public for the first time on May 26, 2001 after over 10 years in Bucks County, Pennsylvania! WSO is now open by appointment Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Many people express a desire to visit our nursery, and we request that you e-mail or call first, to ensure the nursery will be open.

Woodstream Orchids is located in Huntingtown in southeastern Maryland's beautiful Calvert County, between the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay, approximately 30 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. and 24 miles south of Annapolis. Here are some approximate driving times from: Washington, DC Beltway (495) and Route 4 - 30 minutes; Reagan National Airport - 50 minutes; Silver Spring, MD - 55 minutes; Baltimore-Washington International Airport - 45 minutes; Baltimore, MD - 1 hour; Dulles International Airport - 1.5 hours; Richmond, VA - 2 hours; Philadelphia, PA - 3 hours; Pittsburgh, PA - 4 hours; New York, NY - 4.5 hours; Denver, CO - ~40 hours.