For many years, Carter and Holmes Orchids has been the premier source for orchids of every variety. We invite you to search our on line catalog for your orchid and supply needs and to visit our extensive orchid care section.

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Featured Items New! Summer 2013 Catalog Download! Take advantage of this digital preview and get your order in now while supplies last! Page through this digital version just like you would the traditional paper catalog. Every page includes healthy virus free plants at new lower prices! Most items are linked to our website shopping cart, so just click the description or associated photo to view it online and place your order. You can order with confidence because we have been selling quality plants since 1947, and because we guarantee safe delivery and your satisfaction. Download our Summer 2013 Catalog

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Spring 2013 Catalog is Here! -- Monday, February 18 2013
Page through this digital version just like you would the traditional paper catalog. Every page includes healthy virus free plants at new lower prices. Most items are linked to our website shopping cart, so just click the description or associated photo to view it online and place your order.

You can order with confidence because we have been selling quality plants since 1947, and because we guarantee safe delivery and your satisfaction.

Download Our Spring 2013 Catalog

Our Holiday 2012 Catalog Is Ready!! -- Monday, November 12 2012
Get your order in now while supplies last. There are great never before offered items for your collection and great gift ideas, too.

Page through this digital version just like you would the traditional paper catalog.

Most items are linked to our website shopping cart, so just click the description or associated photo to view it online and place your order.
We ship year round and guarantee safe delivery of most orchid orders.

Our packing charge is $2.50 per box. Our shipping charge for most orchid orders of nine or fewer plants is $10.00 to $15.00, and we do not charge for shipping most orchid orders of ten or more plants. Please see the "Terms" in our new catalog and in the shopping area of our website for more information.

Contact us if you have any questions at orchids@carterandholmes.com or toll-free at (800) 873-7086.

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About Us

Bill Carter and Owen Holmes began selling orchids as cut flowers in the years following World War II when corsage flowers were in great demand for Valentine's Day, Easter, and Mother's Day. As lifestyles became less formal in the 1960's and the demand for cut flowers decreased, we began producing orchids for home growing.

We started hybridizing orchids in the 1950's and developed our own modern laboratory for seed and tissue culture in the 1970's. Our hybridizing program has resulted in worldwide recognition for Carter & Holmes as a source for outstanding orchids - in particular, art-shade cattleyas. Today, we ship orchid plants of many genera to hobbyists and commercial growers throughout the United States and to many countries around the world.

If you have received an award on one of our plants, please let us know about it.

We welcome visitors to our 18 greenhouses Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you cannot visit us in person, we hope you will telephone, write or e-mail your questions about our orchids, pricing or other matters.

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PO Box 668
629 Mendenhall Rd.
Newberry, SC 29108

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