Whilst watering my greenhouse today I noticed my Masdevallia nidifica was flowering.  I don’t think this orchid ever featured on Simon’s Orchid of the Day so I thought I would add this cute little Masdevallia. Masdevallia nidifica can be found growing wild in Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru in cloud forests between 450 […]

This week has been all about repotting and splitting plants to sell in our Etsy shop and on our sales tables at shows. Hunting through the benches in our Cool Americas section came up with  a bountiful supply of Masdevallia orchids, all of which have now been repotted. I didn’t realise we had quite so […]

Periodically we have to flush through our watering system to prevent the bacteria causing Legionnaires disease.  Legionnaires disease is waterborne and harmful to humans. It causes a pneumonia like lung infection.  It is caused by inhaling bacteria infected water droplets.  I thought it was a good time to flush the system today as it is […]

One of my greenhouses, although situated under trees, has been shaded all summer with green net.  It is now time to remove this to give my plants a boost of light before the darker winter days.  My other greenhouse gets plenty of south facing light and I will leave the shading a little longer. The […]

Our second day at the Bee and Pollination Festival and here are some more of our display orchids.  Below is Stenoglottis fimbriata, from South Africa.  It is pollinated by butterflies.  Stenoglottis grows on riverbanks where, in the wet season, it has lovely green, spotty leaves and beautiful pink flowers.  In the dry season the leaves […]