We are delighted to have lots of our miniature species flowering this week in time for the Christmas orchid festival next Saturday. One of our most reliable miniatures is this tiny vandaceous species from South East Asia and Malaysia so is another of our Sarawak Orchid Species. The species grows in low montane and hill […]
Todays orchid brings back lovely memories of our recent visit to Sarawak where we saw this species growing in lowland forest near the coast at Bako National Park(below) The forest here was quite open but Cleisostoma subulatum was growing low down on tree trunks and lower branches in shade. Cleisostoma is a lovely genus […]
We think that Writhlington and Mendip are the only schools in the uk to have a nose flute orchestra (or is that orchidstra!) inspired by the Penan in Sarawak, year 10 student Ed Jones has started making bamboo nose flutes based on the traditional Penan design. The nose flute orchestra will be playing at the […]
We have been out with the close up lens today to get a good shot of one of our iconic miniatures. Lepanthopsis astrophora has leaves less than 1cm long and relatively long spikes of tiny flowers each of which is a perfect purple star (hence the name). The flowers are long lasting and the […]
Our Christmas Orchid Festival will be a chance to find out everything about our recent trip to Borneo (from the students who took part) as well as a chance to buy the perfect Christmas present, explore the orchid greenhouses and learn how to grow these amazing plants at home. The photo above shows our party […]