At last weekends Devon show it was great to have so many fragrant orchids on our display (including the sweet and lovely Bifrenaria harrisoniae and the stinky Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis). One of the other fragrant plants was this lovely species which fills the whole of Warm Americas with its delicious play-doh scent. Prosthechea baccalus is found over […]
A plant that caused a lot of interest at the Devon show was this little species. Pleurothallis amparoana is native to wet montane forest in Costa Rica and Panama from 1200 to 1800m altitude and is unusual in the extremely furry flowers. We grow the species with most of our Pleurothallids in Cool Americas and […]
A successful day at the Devon Orchid Show
This delightful miniature has a wide distribution through Central and South America as well as the Caribbean Islands. Is found from sea level up to about 1000m and we have seen it on school expeditions to Costa Rica. The species flowers very quickly from seed and is a coloniser of fruit trees and coffee bushes and […]
The Devon Orchid Show has been a wonderful day (as usual) thanks to great team who organise the show. Eleanor, Amalia and Ed are collecting several trophies later for our awards including: Odontoglossum cristatum – won Best Oncininae species – Oncidinae trophy – Best Species and Best in Show. Vanda ampulaces – Won best Vandae […]