We start the week with the really spectacular sight of our largest Dendrobium densiflorum in full flower. Dendrobium densiflorum has to be one of the most dramatic orchids we grow, and we have been fortunate to see it flowering its natural habitat too. In Sikkim the species grows at around 1000m where it lives as […]

This very floriferous orchid is the larger of our Capanemia species, but still a miniature, with 4cm terete leaves and six cm spikes packed with pretty pink and yellow flowers. Capanemia superflua is native to south east Brazil and northern Argenitina where it grows as a epiphyte amongst moss on twigs and branches, and it […]

This dramatic Phalaenopsis species is native to Malaysia. The species has been used heavily in the breeding of long lasting colourful hybrids and you can see why. The species produces flowers successively on a spike over many years and so this could appear anywhere in our 365 days but today it is looking particularly lovely. […]

The long lasting flowers of Cattleya mendelii are amongst the largest of any species we grow at 15cm across. This magnificent Cattleya species is native to Colombia where it grows at around 1000m as a lithophyte on exposed rocks. We find it to be a straight forward species to grow in our Warm America section […]

A regular highlight of the summer is the flowering of our Barkeria spectabilis plants. This is one species that always attracts attention from visitors with its large delicate butterfly pollinated flowers. This species is found in the wild in Mexico, Guatemala and El  Salvador in dryish oak forest from 1200m to about 2000m. We grow it […]