One of the plants we have sent to the BBC for the Green Planet series is this wonderful large growing species from Ecuador. (Another South American country ticked off our list for South Americas Week) This species is native to warm forests and we have seen similar Acinetia species in Costa Rica growing as massive […]

Another busy day in the school greenhouse included dividing Coelogyne cristata, sending more plants to the BBC film team for the forthcoming Green Planet series and finding plants to restock our online shop

Our second South American orchid is named after the South American country it comes from (though it is actually found in Venezuela, Guyana, Fr Guinea, Surinam and northern Brazil). It was pointed out to me by one of my students today that not everyone knows the geography of South America and so thanks to Google […]

It is Monday and this week’s orchid these is ‘South American Week’ so we will find you seven orchids in flower in the Greenhouses that come from the diverse rainforests of this wonderful continent. A good place to start is Brazil and this handsome species is one that we have seen flowering in in Eastern […]

Today I have shaded my cool greenhouse. I like my orchids to get a boost from spring sunshine but April is the month that I cover the roof and south end of my own greenhouse in 50% shade net. You will see that the sides of the greenhouse are permanently shaded by withy fence panels […]