We can tell that summer is definitely here – Renathera imshootiana is flowering again high in the roof of our Warm Americas section. This extraordinary red flowered orchid is one of our tallest specimens at over 2m tall and it is a real pleasure to take it down from the roof of Warm Asia to […]

It seems sad that there are now students in to enjoy the a face to face with our Monkey Faced Dracula – but at least I can share it on the internet 🙂 and as the species has the wonderful habit of flowering several times on a flower spike and so it will still be […]

Last week we added some giant orchid species to the shop, but this weekend we are adding divisions of several of our specimen miniatures. We are particularly fond on these diminutive plants that add so much to our collection. These are all plants that we have been growing for at least ten years at Writhlington, […]

We are fortunate to have several small growing Vanda species at the orchid project and Vanda testacea is a real little charmer with a span of 30cm and relatively long upright spikes of pretty 2cm flowers. Vanda testacea is native to The Himalayas from Nepal to Mayanmar and also from Sri Lanka where it is […]

  The early summer sees lots of bulbophyllum species in flower (see Bulbophyllum purpurascens on Monday’s post). Bulbophyllum species add real interest and diversity to any collection and this small growing species from South East Asia with masses of deep red flowers on a miniature plant is a real stunner. The species is reported from […]