I don’t think Masdevallia stroblii has ever been featured on Orchid of the Day.  It has a sweet scent and is native to Ecuador, found in only one valley at 1400 meters above sea level.  It is an epiphyte liking to grow in the crowns of trees where it can get plenty of light.  It […]

Last July we moved our orchid lab from the sixth form building into the main Writhlington building.  Ergonomically the lab is a much better space than the old one as it is positioned beneath the main prep room making multitasking much easier.  Moving our thousands of seedling orchids in jars was not an easy task […]

Happy Christmas to all our orchid friends.  Today I have a lovely Masdevallia in flower which has never been featured on Simon’s Orchid of the Day, so here it is for Christmas Day.   It is a cool growing epiphyte, Masdevallia gilbertoi which is native to Colombian cloud forests and is said to tolerate a minimum […]

The blue Phalaenopsis in all its glory, native to supermarkets all over the country. They can be found in varying shades of blue and sometimes pink. Well actually there is no such thing as a blue Phalaenopsis. These are white orchids that have  been dyed to be unnatural colours.  Here is how it is done.  […]

An orchid is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the second largest family of plants, Orchidacea.  The largest plant family is the daisy.  There are said to be around 28,000 species of orchid in the world and they are found on every continent with the exception of Antarctica.  Orchids are the oldest flowering plant known […]