This delicate Himalayan species has very long lasting flowers and is in bloom from the end of December until the end of March. It has long thin dark green leaves and small flowers (8cm across) well spaced on long arching flower spikes. We have seen the species growing abundantly in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh […]
This species is one of our most reliable Christmas and New Year orchids. Many of the uni-foliate Cattleya species look superficially similar but we find that one of the clearest distinctions is flowering time. C. percivaliana is also identifiable by the single sheath, the short (15cm) flattened pseudobulbs, and by the rather deep and […]
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Spring is the busiest time for dividing and repotting/ mounting plants in our collection. The Plant of Masdevallia decumana shown in the photo needs dividing and remounting as the cork is deteriorating and the plant would benefit from fresh cork to root to. We start by sterilising scissors (we don’t want to spread and […]
This species is new to our website and is a true miniature with leaves less than 1cm long forming a tight clump and 2mm egg shaped little flowers (the basket shown is 10cm diameter). The species is endemic to Ecuador where it is found from 600-1200m implying a need for the warmer end of […]