Xylobium variegatum is another of our fragrant orchid species with lots of flowers produced on short crowded spikes with appealing creamy spotted flowers with a deep red lip. Xylobium variegatum  is reported as a variable species found from Costa Rica right through South America to Peru, and from warm lowland forests to cool montane forests […]

The genus bulbophyllum is full of intriguing flowers and Bulbophyllum mirum is a good example. This small growing Bulbophyllum species is native to forests in Malaysia and Indonesia where it grows at around 1000m altitude on mossy trees. We love it’s rather ridiculous looking flowers which are determined to be horizontal (very unusual in our […]

This little gem of an orchid is a miniature member of the Vanda family native to the Philippines. The long lasting flowers look like little birds in flight and are large for the size of the plant which is only 8cm across and  in common with most cleisostomas has flowers that open successively along the […]

This morning I spotted delightful; flowers of Bulbophyllum thaiorium The early summer sees lots of bulbophyllum species in flower. 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. Bulbop[hyllum thaiorum is […]

This mass of flowers is the leading bulb of Maxillaria ochroleuca. As well as attractive and floriferous, the species is beautifully fragrant. This rewarding little species is found across South America where it grows both in hot lowland forest and cooler montane forest up to 1800m. The plant shown here grows in our Cool Americas section […]