FLORIDA NATIVE ORCHIDS
6820 2nd Street North
St. Petersburg FL 33702
727/527-2821
Email: bud.spence@knology.net

Website: www.floridanativeorchids.com

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK - Noon-5 P.M. 

CASH OR CHECKS ONLY, PLEASE

Our orchids (or one of our gift certificates), make impressive gifts for friends and family (even yourself!), or as a hostess gift for a party or dinner invite.

 (DRIVING DIRECTIONS: From St. Petersburg: Take I-275 to 54th Avenue North Exit. Go East to 1st Street North. Go Left to 69th Avenue North and then Left to 2nd Street North (at end of block). From Tampa: Take I-275 West across the Howard Franklin Bridge to 4th Street North exit in St. Petersburg. Go South (Left) on 4th Street to 62nd Avenue North, turn Left and then Left on 1st Street North. Go to 69th Avenue North, turn Left and take it to the end of the block (2nd Street North). The nursery is directly in front of you.

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We have a good selection of cattleya-type divisions at our sale price of $7.50 each!

Also - we have vanilla cuttings, and two great bromeliad divisions (one is variegated and blooms at Christmas!)

 Feel free to put your name, phone #, and/or email on a PINK TAG in our greenhouses (on our reserved for hybridizing plants), and we will call or email you when we divide them!

We also have black SHADECLOTH (55% strength and 20 ft. wide) for sale too - so your plants stay nice and cool this summer. Most orchids will bloom very happily under it.
PLASTIC SHEETING is available here, but you must contact us in advance so we can have it ready for you.

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  Summer Is Here!

 That's right, it is officially Summer! We seem to be getting more of the "Summer Pattern", so keep that in mind with your watering schedule. When repotting, put your plants in the shade, misting is fine, but overwatering can be deadly to them, until they get more roots. Slowly adjust them to a little more sun and water as they grow the roots. Be sure to sterilize your clippers when moving from one plant to the next.  Viruses are also deadly to orchids, and they are most often spread by unsterile clippers.  After you have finished repotting each orchid, be sure to add a good quality time-release fertilizer.  We use Nutricote 13-13-13 six-month slow-release, in addition to our regular fertilization schedule.  We like it because it is slow-release and will never burn your orchids. Every time you water, a little is dispersed, with no burning or damage and makes it easy when you are away from the plants for an extended period of time. We also have a full line of supplies for your repotting needs.

Our native and non-native orchids are classics, some old & some new hybrids; also our own crosses are available. These are divisions from our very best plants. Some are not to be found anywhere else! We recommend the Florida native, Encyclia tampense and crosses, to be in everyone's collection. Easy to grow and produces prolific, fragrant sprays. Be sure to see the good selection of Encyclias in the house we built just for them, where the Florida Encyclia species and their hybrids are separated from the South American ones, to help you find what you are looking for. Feel free to tag any plant at our nursery, so when we divide the mother plant, the division will be available to you at a later date (we notify you by email, a phone call or U.S. mail).

Be sure to check out our species when you are here!

We also have many types of other rare and unusual tropical and semi-tropicals, begonias, bromeliads, succulents, cacti and desert rose plants for sale!!! Check them all out when you come by to see us. BE SURE TO SEE OUR PHOTOS on these pages and when you stop by our greenhouses in person, please tell us you saw this website!

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:
We are located twenty minutes southwest of the Tampa International Airport. (Take I-275 to 54th Avenue North Exit. Go East to 1st Street North. Turn Left to 69th Avenue North and then Left to 2nd Street North to the nursery. From TAMPA, take the Gandy (Westbound) to 4th Street North in St. Petersburg, turn Left (South). Go to 62nd Avenue North, turn Left (East). Go East to 1st Street North. Turn Left and go to 69th Avenue North and then Left to 2nd Street North to the nursery.) There is plenty of street parking.

SORRY, WE DO NOT SHIP PLANTS directly from our greenhouses, but there are several professional pack & ship businesses nearby that will provide you with that service, when you take your plants and/or supplies  there.