General Info

Welcome to the Clown Alley Orchids web site. Clown Alley Orchids is the Stubbings family business started in 1996 near Chicago. In September 2008 we should have celebrated our third anniversary in our new location in Pasadena, Texas. Instead we evacuated from Hurricane Ike which struck home and business on September 13, 2008. See photo story. Our greenhouse space is much larger (see photo of greenhouse). We also have a photo of Sandy and John at the ceremony. This facility will allow us to better serve you by having a much broader selection to choose from. We also now have a true retail shop. We have one employee, Salvador Ortiz. John is the chief grower and hybridizer. He has been growing orchids for 30 years and concentrates his hybrid work in Cattleya, Phalaenopsis and Galeandra. We have resumed our breeding program in Texas and have some of our seedlings available for sale. Sandy helps with sales, marketing, and bookkeeping, She is in charge of the retail shop. Our daughter Beth Moses used to help out with watering when we are away at shows. Her husband Mike also assisted with some construction and loans us tools. Now they have moved, we hope temporarily, to Florida with the space program. Our son Chuck is the inspiration for the name of the business. He was a professional clown and circus performer (including a stint with Ringling Brothers) and an actor. He also has become a firefighter and paramedic. He has moved to California where he now is a fireman with the Huntington Beach fire department. His wife Kelly designed the logo used on the stationary and signage. We attend many shows and fairs each year exhibiting and selling orchids suitable for the south. John also gives lectures or presentations throughout the country and the world to various orchid and botanical or garden groups. Click speaker to see details about the speaker. These talks are either about growing orchids more effectively or about a genera or group of orchid genera. 7. To support the business by contributing to the American Orchid Society through active participation in committee work and the judging system. 8. To support the business by contributing to the International Phalaenopsis Alliance through participation in IPA events. 9. To support the business by contributing to the Houston Orchid Society through active participation and as an officer. 10. To support the business by providing education to the public regarding orchids and their culture.