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Woodstream Orchids is the largest active producer of seed grown orchid species and hybrids in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia region. Woodstream Orchids was founded in 1990, as a mail order distributor of orchid flasks and seedlings (predominantly Paphs). We are now one of the largest breeders of Paphiopedilums and Phragmipediums in the United States.

Woodstream Orchids is the exclusive retail and wholesale partner of Maduro's Tropical Flowers (MTF) of Panama. This joint venture allows us to offer species and unique hybrids from one of the largest and most diverse orchid nurseries in the hemisphere. 2008 celebrates our 8th Anniversary working with the Maduros! Andrew Maduro Jr. (Choty) has been given the responsibility of running the Maduro's orchid business. Choty is currently a student at Cornell University in New York. While Choty is in college the Maduros are taking a hiatus on regular orchid exports. Work continues in Panama to enlarge the nursery and grow even better plants. We are proud of Choty's accomplishments and look forward to continuing working with the Maduros when he returns.

In February, 2002, Woodstream Orchids entered a joint venture with Papa Aroha Orchids of Coromandel, New Zealand. Paph Aroha is an exclusive hybridizer and grower of high quality and unique Paphiopedilum hybrids and species. We offer seedlings and blooming size plants from the Papa Aroha nursery.

Barry Fraser closed Papa Aroha Orchids in late 2005 to enjoy a retirement of "windsurfing and tramping around the world". Consequently, Woodstream Orchids has purchased much of Barry's incredible breeding stock, and thousands of seedlings to perpetuate the tradition of excellence that Barry Fraser created in the area of Paphiopedilum species and complex Paphiopedilum hybrids. We also puchased significant portions of the elite Paphiopedilum species and hybrid breeding stock from Emerson 'Doc' Charles' famous collection and Dr. Jack Vickery's Orchid Thoroughbreds. These acquisitions will allow us to bring many exciting offerings to our Paph customers for years to come!

Our orchid nursery is located in Huntingtown, in Maryland's beautiful Calvert County, near the Chesapeake Bay, within easy access from Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Annapolis.

The Team: The Woodstream Orchids' family is growing! Members of more than seven families contribute to our business.

President: Lynn Evans-Goldner, M.S. (business management, cultivation, customer service, exhibition design, merchandising)
Vice-President: William "Bill" Goldner, Ph.D. (aka."Water Boy", cultivation, Paph and Phrag breeding, customer service, marketing, Webmaster, maintenance, lectures and presentations, accredited American Orchid Society Judge, member of the AOS Research Committee)
Associate: Karen Stapleton (repotting, cultivation)
Associate: Katherine Peele (repotting)
Volunteer: B.J. Ramsey (cultivation)
Volunteer: Rev. Les Werner (repotting)

Lab Manager: Anthony "Tony" Omeis (Science Guru, Phrag breeding)
Security and Hospitality: Cody and Spice Pup

Joint Venture Partners: Sr. Andres Maduro, Maduro's Tropical Flowers (Orchids of Panama, Masdevallias, Draculas, plant breeding, business management, lectures and presentations); Andres "Choty" Maduro, Jr. (MTF Lab/Propagation Manager and nursery supervisor, customer service, merchandising)

Joint Venture Partner: Barry Fraser, Papa Aroha Orchids (Paphiopedilums, Paph Breeding Guru)

Joint Venture Partner: Nancy Mountford (Paphiopedilums, Paph breeding, cultivation, seed sowing and flasking, lectures and presentations, Vice-Chair American Orchid Society, National Capital Judging Center)

Facilities:
Currently, Woodstream Orchids operates one 3,400 square-foot breeding and production greenhouse and an extensive indoor light growing facility for flasks and seedlings. WSO maintains two dedicated laboratories for flask production, and contract growing arrangements in California, Hawaii, The Dominican Republic and Panama.

Orchid Sales and Nursery Visits:
Woodstream Orchids is open for walk-in retail trade on 9 am - 5 pm, Friday, Saturday and 10 am - 5 pm Sunday (by appointment only). Check our Home Page to see which days we will be open (please call or e-mail to confirm).. WSO continues to serve the orchid community through the distribution and sale of orchid plants, seedlings, and flasks through our extensive internet catatlog and through sales at orchid shows and lectures (See Orchid Events). Our offerings focus on Paphiopedilums and Phragmipediums.

Our Goal:
Woodstream Orchids has made excellence in customer service our goal. We make every attempt to deliver well-grown, pest-free plants, as quickly as possible. By carefully controlling our overhead and managing in-house and contract production, we strive to provide reasonable pricing and deliver a feeling of value to each customer.

Recycled Shipping Material:
Some of you have called or written expressing opinions (mostly positive) about our use of "Previously-Owned" cartons and styrofoam peanuts. We strongly believe that using recycled materials is the right thing to do for the environment, and by doing so we keep our overhead as low as possible. Consequently, we do not add on large packing and handling charges.

UPCOMING ORCHID EVENTS

VISIT US AT THESE UPCOMING ORCHID SHOWS AND EVENTS