This is our greenhouse-7,500 sq feet devoted to Vanda's, orchid species, and select rare tropical plants. We are located in south Miami-Dade at the corner of sw 232 st. and sw 157 ave. and are open by appointment.  We began growing orchids around 1990 in Dallas, Texas, when we received a vanda  hybrid as a gift from Susana's mother  in Miami, Florida. We planted  the vanda in potting soil 

and tried our best to kill it. We took it out of the pot when we thought it was dead, only to be told they needed no soil, so we revived it and that same plant today blooms non-stop. We were hooked, and we started to try growing different orchids, most with some success. We joined the local orchid societies in Fort Worth and Dallas and we learned more and more, only to end up wanting to know more. We started buying compots, then flasks. Soon we decided we had better start a business or we would soon go broke trying to keep up with our desire to grow one of everything. 

  We started Tropicals of Texas in Dallas in 1993 in a small 14' x 20' glass greenhouse in our backyard. That was soon full, so we decided to build a 20' x 30' hoop house to house the warm growing orchids and grew only Phalaenopsis in the glass house. We were doing regional AOS shows every weekend as well as working full time jobs, but the passion with orchids kept us going. Then came the offer of a lifetime and we sold everything we had in Texas and made the move to Florida.

  After 8 months working with someone else in Miami, we decided to go off on our own and Miller's Tropicals was born in November of 1998. Today we grow a wide variety of orchids and tropical plants on our 5 acre avocado grove. We have our own lab on premises and we are propagating many rare and unusual species, as well as a few primary hybrids and Vandas. We also grow a wide variety of rare palms, aroids of all types, and many ferns-please stop by if you are in the area and visit our little corner of the world.