This week the greenhouse has become a very fragrant place thanks to this wonderfully fragrant orchid, with its delicious play-doh scent. We have several plants, spread around both our Warm Americas and Cool Americas sections, and although the flowers are not the largest or brightest, your nose tells you when you are close to a […]

We have another Bulbophyllum species today (lucky us) – Although closely related to yesterday’s Bulbophyllum guttulatum the flower of Bulbophyllum collettii is very different with the lateral sepals elongated into a long tube like structure at the bottom of each flower. Bulbophyllum collettii is native to forests from India to Northern Thailand. Its intricate flowers […]

One of our most floriferous orchids is this delightful, compact, Bulbophyllum species. Bulbophyllum guttulatum flowers over a long period from early summer through to the autumn. Bulbophyllum guttulatum is found from the Himalayas across to Vietnam in evergreen monsoon forest from 800 to 2000m. Its 2cm flowers have wonderful spotting (well worth zooming in on […]

It is a treat to see this dramatic masdevallias flowering again. Masdevallia lappifera of one of our most robust and reliable Masdevallias. The large flowers are produced on short stems and are remarkable for the purple ‘hairs’ on the lip which give the species its name meaning the burred Masdevallia. The flowers are very long […]

Coelogyne fragrans is a gorgeous species, native to Papua New Guinea with large flowers produced over a long time. It is reported in montane forests from 100 to 2000m which suggests it can thrive in a wide range of temperatures but with us it definitely prefers it cool and we find that plants do best […]