We have had the pleasure of coming across several Polystachya species during our expeditions to Rwanda and South Africa. Polystachya bella clearly shows the characteristic non-resupinate (upside down) flowers of the genus and produces long sprays of hairy golden flowers from the top of the most recent pseudobulb. The species is native to the Kenya […]
We have sorted our sales plants for Paris and the species we are selling are shown below. They look lovely in their sales trays and we are looking forward to setting up our sales tables in Paris Genus Species Angraecum didieri Barbosella australis Barbosella dusenii Barkeria whartonia Bilbophyllum Elizabeth Ann Bulbophyllum eberhardti Bulbophyllum falcatum […]
Today we are continuing to get plants ready for the European Orchid Congress in Paris and it looks as if this species might be one that books a spot in the van. This large flowered dramatic Dendrobium is native to the Eastern Himalayas from Assam through China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. We find it does […]
 This is an orchid no one should be without. It is a strong growing little plant that produces long lasting pink flowers at the ends of short canes each spring and over time it becomes a large tangle of roots and stems like the plant held by the Temperate team in the photo. The […]
We are now less than two weeks from arriving in Paris for the European Orchid Congress and Exhibition and the team at the Orchid Project are getting very excited. In part our excitement is due to the way that several of our really monster orchids have decided that they fancy a trip to Paris and […]