This unusual orchid is one of the few bright orange members of the Oncidium family and like its relative Cochlioda noezliana is hummingbird pollinated. It has petals and sepals that form a tube for the feeding bird by only opening at their ends. The species is native to cool cloud forests of Colombia, Ecuador and […]

This large flowered orchid is another from Colombia where it grows in lower montane forest. It is similar to Cattleya trianae but has fewer larger flowers and different shaped pseudobulbs. With us the species flowers reliably during March and early April and is always startlingly lovely – if a bit over the top 🙂 We grow […]

We have been delighted to feature several Stelis species on 365 days. Although nearly all have rather small flowers they are bourn in profusion and give a lovely display. This is Stelis comes from cloud forest in Ecuador and its delicate white flowers open and close as with the humidity in the greenhouse – they […]

Our Lab propagation team were out on tour this weekend running propagation workshops at the Science Week Science Fair at St Mary’s School, Timsbury. Ben, Joe, Ruby and Eleanor worked really hard to train up primary pupils to re-plate their own orchid seedling into a test tube to take home and grow. The picture above […]

Pleurothallis grobyi is both one of the most enchanting and one of the most confusing little orchids we have come across. The photo here shows a yellow form which is flowering at the moment and has longer thinner leaves. This form originates from Ecuador but the species is recorded from as far North as Mexico and […]