Our lovely Angracum elephantinum is in flower again despite having two fat seed pods from 12 months ago. The name Angraecum elephantinum means gigantic angraecum but it is actually one of our smallest Angraecum species. This plant is flowering for the fifth time eight years out of flask and is just 10cm high and 8cm […]

Yesterday evening we had a visit from Keynesham Wildlife group and it was a treat to be able to share our diversity of flowering orchids with them, including this dramatic Odontoglossum species. Odontoglossum hallii-elegans is native to Ecuador and forms a large growing plant with long spikes of 8cm wide flowers. Odontoglossums have now been […]

A second Cattleya to follow yesterday’s Cattleya purpurata is Cattleya warneri. Cattleya warneri is another Brazilian species and like Cattleya purpurata is  a unifoliate cattleya (one leaved). It has very typical cattleya flowers which are large and frilly. The plant is however much smaller that Cattleya purpurata. The species is endemic to Brazil where it […]

Our Warm Americas section is now awash with the flamboyant flowers of our early summer flowering cattleya species including the grand Cattleya purpurata. Cattleya purpurata is the Brazilian national flower and is wonderfully variable. The variety ‘venosa’ describes a range of plants with deeper pink flowers than are usually found (two varieties above) Flowers are […]

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 […]