Here is another London favourite. Like yesterday’s Cymbidium devonianum, this Coelogyne species is very pendulous in its flowering making it a lovely thing to look at but a real challenge to get to shows in one piece. Coelogyne velutina has a lot in common with other warm growing species with long pendulous flower stems […]

 Ophrys lyciensis This Easter we are in South West Turkey for a relaxing holiday after a busy term – a holiday that may include some of the regions wonderful orchid species. I will keep you posted on what we find. Today has been a relaxing day around Dalyan which included a walk to the site […]

Another plant that was very admired at London was this gorgeous Cymbidium species. Cymbidium devonianum is a beautiful smaller growing species with wide leathery leaves and pendulous spikes of densely packed spikes of green and pink flowers. In Sikkim we have found this species growing in heavy shade, low in trees and usually in pockets […]

We had two clones on Calanthe vestita on our London Display. This species is a terrestrial found across South East Asia, form sea level up to 1000m, and requires a really dry winter rest after the leaves have turned brown and dropped. We put plants up on the electrical control box in the classroom section […]

Here is a photograph taken on Wednesday of our London Show Dusplay from the balcony above. The plants are now all safely back at school and happy after a good soaking with rain water. i am really proud of the student and adult team that put together our most successful London Show ever. I have […]