Another tiny orchid to follow yesterday’s Trisetella cordeliae is this delicate species that grows close to the Trisetellas in our Cool Americas Section. Some of our orchids are not much bigger than the moss that grows around them and Pleurothallis linearifolia is a true miniature species native to Brazil and Northern Argentina where it grows in […]

The star of the greenhouse this morning is a group of our mini-miniature trisetellas. Trisetella cordeliae which is really small both in terms of its leaves – just 10mm long and short spikes with small (but relatively large) attractive hairy pink flowers. The flower spikes produce a succession of flowers over a long period. The […]

We have had such an interesting time exploring the orchids of Sarawak and it is a reminder of other forests we have visited on school expeditions. Oncidium longipes is a Brazilian species and we saw it growing in the forests around Macae de Cima in our school visits to Brazil in 2000 and 2006. It is […]

     We have returned from Borneo to the UK in Autumn – cold mornings and the last few golden leaves on the trees. In the greenhouse, however, the tropical weather continues and we have our autumn flowering species reaching their peak. Octomeria grandiflora is a reliable early November flowerer and all our plants are […]

‘Pulihara bunga orkid’ or ‘Saving Orchids’ is the headline of the Sarawak Tribune on Nov 1st – a great article on the project and its successes. It is wonderful to know that this will be read across the state increasing awareness on orchid and conservation as well as the positive message of school students contributing […]