Happy bank holiday Monday. Today we have a species that is new to 365 days of orchids. Coelogyne mossiae is a species from Southern India where it is found as an epiphyte or lithophyte in subtropical forests from 2300-2700m so this is a cool growing orchid. We find that Coelogyne mossiae is a tough orchid […]

  To complete our week of May flowering orchids that we have seen on our expeditions we have this lovely little Bulbophyllum. 631259 Bulbophyllum purpurascens is a relatively common species in Sarawak and we came across the species in several reserves in Borneo. It has just opened its flowers in the greenhouse this morning and […]

For the forth day running we feature an orchid we have had the pleasure of seeing growing in its natural habitat. We have two distinct clones of this lovely orchid, Coelogyne nitida ‘limoniana’ (above) with a very light yellow blotch on the lip, and the more common variety with a golden yellow blotch (below) This […]

We have reached the end of a challenging term at school especially for Year 11s and Year 13s who have been sitting assessments for teacher assessed grades. It has been a busy term in the lab and we have just added a few more flasks to our online shop. There will be more orchids for […]

This exquisite and delightfully fragrant species is another that we have come across in our orchid travels. We have seen Aerides odorata in Borneo and the Himalayas showing the extensive natural range of the species. In Borneo we found the species flowering at the foot of Mount Pueh (below) where a pale yellow and pink […]