Kimberly Mellenthin, Founder
Kimberly Mellenthin founded Orchid Cleaning Service in 2011.
About Us
Orchid Cleaning Service is a family-rooted business that has spent more than a decade making homes and offices across Central Florida look and feel their best. We treat every appointment with the same care, whether it's a family kitchen or a lobby full of clients.
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Our Story
What started in 2011 as a small operation in Lakeland has grown into a trusted team serving over 750 properties every month, from single-family homes to commercial offices. Through every job, our standard hasn't changed: be on time, be thorough, be the people you'd trust in your own home.
Our Work
A few real examples of what a thorough Orchid clean looks like, from our customers' own homes and properties.
Our People
A family business is only as good as the people running it. Here's who leads Orchid Cleaning Service, and why they take your home and your business personally.
Kimberly Mellenthin founded Orchid Cleaning Service in 2011.
Joey leads Orchid Cleaning Service and is as likely to be found on a boom lift cleaning second-story windows as behind a desk. Before cleaning, Joey pitched six seasons in the New York Yankees' minor-league system after they drafted him in 2011 out of Bedford High School in New Hampshire. He worked his way up from the Gulf Coast League through the Charleston RiverDogs and the Tampa Yankees, and in 2015 he posted a 2.20 ERA at Charleston, the best mark of any pitcher in the Yankees' farm system that year. That's where he learned that consistency and showing up on time are what separate good from great. He carried that into real estate, where he managed rental housing and built and operated a six-property short-term rental portfolio in the Tampa Bay area that held a 4.8-star guest rating before he sold it in 2023. That hospitality background is why Orchid obsesses over the details most cleaners skip: Joey runs the company to a hotel standard, not a shortcut one. Every cleaner is W-2 employed, background-checked before working unsupervised in a customer's space, and put through a documented onboarding and supervised training period.
Beverly built and runs Orchid's commercial division, which today serves 80+ active business accounts across Polk County: offices, medical suites, warehouses, churches, and multi-site property managers. She handles the parts commercial clients care about most: reliable recurring scheduling, consistent crews who learn your building, and invoicing that matches the contract. When a property manager needs a same-week turnaround or a build-out cleaned before a grand opening, Beverly is the one who makes it happen.
Orchid is part of the community it cleans for: we're members of four local chambers of commerce, were named 2025 Rookie Business of the Year by the Greater Mulberry Chamber, and regularly donate cleaning services to local churches and nonprofits including the Church of the One and the Pagliarulo Family Foundation.
Why Orchid
A few of the things our customers tell us they love most about working with us.
Every cleaner on our team is background-checked, insured, and trained to our standards before stepping into a customer's space.
We use eco-friendly, non-toxic solutions by default and happily switch to your preferred chemicals if you have favorites.
Recurring or one-time, weekly or monthly: when we book a slot, we keep it. No mystery and no excuses.