This delightful little orchid is one we have been working on correctly identifying and we are now more confident that we have the name correct. We given the plant many years ago without a valid name, and we have been calling it Cleisostoma crassifolia as it has a lot in common with cleisostomas. We find […]

This wonderful species from Central America is a large growing member of the cattleya family that produces long spikes of dramatic flowers. The flowers are butterfly pollinated with the pink section of the lip the perfect shape for a large butterfly to grab hold of. We have seen this species growing in Costa Rica where […]

  In 2017 this wonderful plant won Best in Show at the RHS London Orchid show. I am delighted that we now have small plants available at the shop.   The species is native to the Himalayas and we have seen some wonderful specimen plants flowering in the forests of Sikkim at around 2000m altitude […]

There arer many wonderful miniature members of the Vanda family and this on (previously known as Acosentrum christonsonianum) is a real treasure. Vanda christonsoniana is native to Vietnam where it grows in seasonally dry forest from sea level to 700m altitude. We have explored similar habitat in Laos and this forest is deciduous and semi-deciduous […]

Maxillaria praestans always reminds me of summer shows we have enjoyed in the past – Hampton Court Flower Show, Malvern International Orchid Show and the Bristol University Bee and Pollination event. What ever the show, people are fascinated by the very black lip on this dramatic orchid. We happily describe Maxillaria preastans as our moist […]