We have had a wonderful day at the Devon Show. We would like to thank the organisers from the Devon orchid Society, Sara and the team at Burnham Nurseries, all our orchid friends for making the day enjoyable and, most of all, the wonderful Writhlington/Mendip team made up of students Ed, Kate and Izzy (with […]

Hi, Kate and Izzy here. We are at the Devon Show and this is Writhlington’s display. we have been having a great day and here are some of the amazing flowers we have seen… This is Phragmipedium Cardinale ‘Sophie’. It won best in show today! This is Writhlington’s Dendrobium Victoria Reginae and it won the […]

Hi Izzy I’m at the Devon orchid show with the Writhlington School and I think this orchid is the best and so do the judges as this Vanda coerulea won best in show. We are selling plants and Kate has made a lovely display which we will show you soon.

We are filling the van this morning for an orchid event in Devon including lovely plants like Stanhopea graveolens (below) and this lovely dendrochilum species. Dendrochilum filiformne is one of our smaller Dendrochilum species and in common with most of the genus it produces a pendant spike of delicate little fragrant flowers. The species is […]

This spectacular orchid stands 80cm tall with its long spikes heavy with large deep red flowers. The natural habitat of Pleurothallis tuerkheimii is damp forests and cloud forests from Mexico to Panama between 700m and 2400m altitude. This broad natural range supports our observation that this is an adaptable and accommodating plant to grow and […]