We have had this lovely small growing species in our collection for 28 years and each year it delivers these lovely clusters of pink flowers that last from February through to early April. We feel that this is an orchid no one should be without. It is a strong growing little plant that flowers at […]

  This knock out orchid is stealing the show again in the School Greenhouse. Seeing this orchid flowering reminds me of our wonderful trips to Africa where this species is appropriately known as the Leopard Orchid. Ansellia africana, the Leopard Orchid, is found right across tropical Africa from South Africa in the South, where we […]

The next few months are the ideal time to de-flask orchid seedlings. The extra spring light and warmth will encourage plants to put out fresh roots and establish before the real heat of the summer. Here is the way that we de-flask seedlings and get them growing in the greenhouse. The starting place is of […]

Some botanists are hopeless in selecting names and beautiful orchids like this small growing Pleurothallis species end up with uninspiring names that don’t do them justice. Pleurothallis pallida is endemic to Panama where it grows in warm wet forest making it more heat tolerant than some of our smaller pleurothallids. Attractive sprays of pale pink […]

  We always have at least one Bulbophyllum species in flower and Bulbophyllum picturatum always flowers in February. Bulbophyllum is an extraordinary genus and we have seen bulbophyllum species in our trips to: Sarawak – where bulbophyllum purpurescens is a common orchid in lowland forest (image below in wet forest) Rwanda where we found Bulbophyllum […]