Family-owned Fort Pierce orchid business still growing after 65 years

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — A family-owned business in Fort Pierce has been growing orchids in the same spot for 65 years, and the couple behind it is still very much hands-on.

Odom’s Orchids Inc is owned and operated by John Odom, 79, and his wife Louise, 83. Together, they run one of the largest orchid operations in the United States, shipping plants to customers nationwide.

What began as a single orchid gift more than six decades ago has grown into an operation producing hundreds of thousands of plants…

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