This large flowered Maxillaria is native to southe America and found from Venezuela to Ecuador as an epiphyte in forest from 800-1800m. We find that it enjoys the conditions of cool damp and shade in Cool Americas although we move it onto a shelf when in flower so that the flowers stay in pristine condition […]

this is the most delicate of Encyclias. It comes from Central America and we have seen it in Belize a few miles inland from Belize city. Encyclias are Laelineae and so related to Cattleyas and Laelias and tend to have roundish pseudobulbs and thick stiff leaves. Encyclia bractescens is something of an exception with thin […]

  This Brazillian pluerothallis produces a dramatic display when its long spike of spidery flower pretty much hide the leaves of the plant in early summer. We have seen the species flowering in Brazil where we found it growing abundantly of mountain ridges at around 1200m in cloud forest. This photograph of the species near […]

Vote here for your favourite orchid from this week’s species. The winner of orchid of the week for week 20 was Dendrobium aphyllum. Thanks again for all of those who voted.  

This seems to be a week of fragrant orchids and this one is one of our most scented species with a fragrance of sweet play-doh. In fact the scent is rather too much if we need to take the plant to show in a van so it is a good idea to open the windows. […]