A highlight of the summer months of June, July and August, is the flowering of our Barkeria spectabilis plants. This is one species that always attracts attention from visitors and it is a regular winner of competitions we host for orchid os the year etc. This species is found in the wild in Mexico, Guatemala […]

We have been asked again about growing mounted plants so here is a reminder of how we fix an orchid to cork bark. First we get our kit together – a plant to split (in this case Bulbophyllum stormii), cork bark (which we import from Portugal) thin and thick wire, sterile scissors (flamed or meths) […]

It is a great idea to research your orchids and Izzy in Dorset has produced this excellent report on her orchid ‘Pleurothallis tubatus’ – If you feel inspired to do some research yourself I am very happy to post it here for others to enjoy. Pleurothallis tubatus ` big orange ‘ Dr Simon Pugh Jones […]

Regulars will know that we have several odd little bulbophyllum species – but we think that this is the oddest. Bulbophyllum physomentrum is totally unique with a strange balloon like appendage dangling between the tiny flowers. Students have studied the three sided ‘balloon’ and it appears to be a modified flower with the inflated part […]

We are pleased to offer Colombia’s national flower – Cattleya trianae (in Colombia Flor de Mayo) on our shop. Many orchids are national flowers and we are also offering Dendrobium nobile – state flower os Sikkim and one of our favourite species.