Our restrepias are looking magnificent at the moment and Restrepia contorta stands out with a heavy flower count for the size of plants. This species is native to South America from Venezuela to Peru growing in cloud forests from 1300 to 3200m altitude. It produces wider but shorter flowers than many restrepia species and like many species […]

  This weekend is a pink weekend with this charismatic Central American species to follow Cattleya maxima. This Barkeria is found in from Mexico to Costa Rica in warm deciduous forest where it experiences a distinct dry season. It responds to the dry habitat by producing a mass of roots and growing tall canes rapidly […]

Another amazing Cattleya species today. Cattleya maxima is native to South america from Venezuela down to Peru. It grows in forests from sea level up to 1500m making it an accommodating and straight forward species to grow. We find in enjoys baskets hung high in Warm Americas and keep it watered throughout the year. We […]

Today was a full on orchid day with our visitors from the Eden Project, Hettie and Nicky, coming to learn more about orchids and their propagation. The Orchid Project Team ran a range of workshop sessions – greenpod seed sowing (above photo) re-plating in-vitro, mounting plants, orchid care and an orchid treasure hunt. The team […]

This is a beautiful species native to the Mata Atlantica cloud forests of Brazil and a species we found near Macae de Cima on our expeditions in 2001 and 2006 at around 1300m altitude. The flowers are small but are produced in profusion. The grey-green thick leaves are also very attractive. All of our plants […]