Welcome to Our Orchid Website!

Hi there!  This is Michael Straley the owner/grower for 473Orchids.  I was a grower in the US for a number of years in commercial nurseries and garden centers.  Our business here opened in 2019 and has been expanding ever since.

We are located on Mt Hartman Dr, Lance aux Epines in Grenada, just above the Secret Harbor Marina, and we would be thrilled to have you as a customer.  

Directions - www.473orchids.com/directions if you'd like to know how to find us!
We're on WhatsApp and also available via phone - (473) 536-8638.

We pride ourselves on GROWING our orchids here in Grenada, providing them with daily high-quality care, and providing our customers and friends with useful, real information on successfully growing these lovely plants. 

You may have heard some of the folk tales people believe and tell about what you must do to grow orchids, how difficult they are, etc. This is nonsense - we have cut through the fairy tales and misinformation.  We will help you to be easily successful!  If you will follow our specific instructions, you should be successful - please note that we do not do things the same as many other people do, but our approach works and makes your growing dependable, successful,  and easier to count on. 

No magic, secrets!

We love how many of our clients purchase from year to year and bring a new set of friends to visit with us. Please do send us pictures of your success.

We encourage people to write in to our Facebook page (473Orchids) to send us pictures of the plants they have previously purchased to show us the growth and beautiful flowers!

We primarily grow Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Cattleya Orchids and have a selection of Vanda, Cymbidium,  and Adenium (Desert Roses) as well.  We also grow a few potted foliage plants and a very large number of sprays of orchid flowers for the various Flower Arrangers in Grenada.  We do not make arrangements here, but we probably sell our orchids stems to people you may contact who do.

So come visit us and also review the orchids we have for sale.  You will enjoy your visit to us in Lance aux Epines.   Bring a friend - or even a whole busload of them!  They will thank you for that. So will we!

We suggest that you may want to call us before coming to ensure someone is here to help you - we are a small organization, and when I am out someplace like Ace Hardware, we do not want you waiting around for us to come back.

We are open 7 days a week and usually available from 7AM - 7Pm although it gets pretty dark outside after 6PM (bring a flashlight or your phone if it has one).  

We will be happy to help you with your growing questions or concerns - please however do NOT bring your sick plants in to see us - we can do a lot with you through video calls. 

 If you do want to send us pictures about your concern, please do the following:

      Let us know specifically what your concern is,

     Send us a picture of the top of the leaf

     And of the underside of the same leaf - it is important that is the same leaf
     
     Also include in your picture where the leaf comes out of the main body of the plant - a lot of critters hang out there.

Please take your pictures in good light with a camera with reasonable quality - if it is out of focus, our ability to help you is challenged.

We would certainly appreciate it if you would recommend us to friends and family - bring them with you if they'd like to come.  We would be pleased to meet them.

Although we grow many types of flowers, fruits, and vegetables here - we only sell orchids and a few other plants - we are not a garden center.  

If you have suggestions on how to make this page more useful please let us know.

Thank you sincerely for your interest - Michael