Oncidium sphaculatum is an impresive species with dense branched spikes 2m long and over 100 yellow and brown flowers. I am surprised to find that we have never included this iconic species in 365 days of orchids and today we are puting that right. We firtst found the species in the wild in lowland Guatemala […]

I am getting carried away with yet another masdevallia today. This wonderful small growing Masdevallia flowers on and off throughout the year. It is possibly a natural hybrid and is found in Colombian cloud forest. One parent is probably Masdevallia filaria that it grows amongst but the other possible parent is a mystery – hence […]

  Since we opened our online shop a number of gardeners new to growing orchid species have been asking about growing plants indoors. It would be lovely if people sent photographs and short descriptions of their current methods and I can share them here. For starters I have my Coelogyne windowsill – it is the […]

This is the third masdevallia species in three days reflecting the diversity of the genus in our collection and our own interest in the plants. masdevallia infracta is an interesting  masdevallia species and one that holds a special place in our hearts from the time of our first overseas expedition in 2000 to Brazil. Masdevallia […]

Today we are transported to the forested slopes of the Poaz volcano in Costa Rica by this lovely Pleurothallis species. Pleurothallis ruscifolia is a medium sized plant that produces clusters of small creamy yellow flowers several times during the year.We found the species growing abundantly in cool wet forest in Costa Rica on the Poas […]