Octomeria densiflora iis a species we have had in our collection for twenty years and always a delight when it flowers. This is a beautiful species native to the Mata Atlantica cool cloud forests of Brazil and a species we found near Macae de Cima on our expeditions in 2001 and 2006 at around 1300m […]
Our moist reliable maxillaria is this species from Mexico and Central America found between 1500 and 2000m altitude in humid evergreen forest and we find that it grows well both cool in Cool Americas (min 12C) and warm in Warm Americas (min 15C) as long as it is kept well watered throughout the year. Single […]
The greenhouse is once again filled with a profusion of flowers on our many plants of Barbosella australis. This species is a real miniature with 5mm leaves along a creeping rhizome and relatively large flowers single produced in profusion. Barbosella australis is native to Southern Brazil (australis means ‘southern’ and doesn’t refer to Australia […]
One of the highlights of a cool greenhouse in the summer is Vanda falcata. This is a cool growing orchid from Japan with very fragrant flowers. We grow our plants in Cool Asia in baskets where we keep them wet in the summer and damp in the winter. For us the species flowers from […]
This is a small growing species from the Mata Atlantica, Brazil with 1cm long leaves that hug the bark it grows on and unusual dark purple flowers with just a tiny opening for the pollinating ant to enter the flower. Until this year we have always grown it in a shady spot in our Cool […]