Here is the first Cattleya coccinea flower of the winter and it opened on Christmas Eve just in time to wish everyone a happy Christmas.

Amazing news from the Writhlington Lab – the mycorrhiza isolated by Chloe, Emily and Rosie have survived cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen. The three who have based their research work on methods used at Kew are testing protocols to store orchid mycorrhiza in liquid nitrogen and then ‘bring them back to life’ on recovery media. Three […]

Don’t miss this Year’s big orchid event. Our Christmas orchid festival will include displays from societies from across the South West and sales from Burnham Nurseries and the Orchid Project. The show is open from 10am until 4pm. The photo shows our students from Peasedown getting ready for the show and clearly dreaming of a […]