So here goes – follow us through a year’s worth of Orchid Species flowering at Writhlington. At the end of each month we will organise a public online vote for orchid of the month – how exciting! This dramatic species, endemic to Venezuela, is known as the Christmas Cattleya and with us flowers bang on […]

What is frosty on the outside and tropical on the inside? – the school greenhouse of course. The Laelia anceps and Laelia gouldianas are looking lovely in Cool Americas as usual for the Christmas holiday. What a shame there isn’t a show at this time of year to share the wonderful orchids that flower at […]

Orchid Christmas is coming up soon – Wednesday 14th December from 6-9pm One treat will be to see this lovely Laelia anceps ‘alba’ – our white Christmas. There will be mince pies, mulled wine, orchids for sale and botanic art to buy. A great evening – do come along.