I spotted an Elephant Hawk Moth in my garden this week which reminds me of the fantastic diversity of moths found in tropical orchid habitats. We have seen some terrific moths in the South America and tropical Asia and lots of our orchid species are evolved for moth pollination. One common characteristic is flowers restricting […]

We have a new species for 365 days this morning with this intense red flowered masdevallia. Masdevallia barlaeana is found from Colombia to Peru at high altitude (2200-3100m) as a lithophyte on rocky slopes – a similar habitat as that of Masdevallia veitchiana. The species is smaller growing and smaller flowered than its close relative […]

We have lots of wonderful miniature orchids and some of the stars are out Macroclinium species.  This species is a true mini-miniature with a fan shaped plant 3cm high and relatively large 1cm flowers in groups on short spikes. Macroclinium lineare is found in warm mossy forests in Costa Rica and Panama at around 700-1400m. This […]

We are delighted that we will be working with our friends at Plimsoll Productions on a major new wildlife film that will feature our South American orchids in exciting time lapse. We took the first plants over to Aardman Studios in Bristol today to discuss plans and plant care ahead of time lapse filming which […]

Just three weeks ago we were in Sarawak and we are now working hard to plan the details of our next trip there in October. It is therefore very appropriate that Phalaenopsis bellina, Sarawak’s state flower, is blooming here. The plant shown is growing at home where it is filling my dining room with its […]