Another orchid species that is always in flower in the greenhouse is Epidendrum radicans. This is a very unruly plant that grows long canes up to 2m long with terminal flower spikes that continue to produce flowers for more than a year. We have seen the species growing in Costa Rica in wet secondary forest […]

The Eden Project have just added a lovely piece to their website about Jess and Charlotte spending time at Eden this summer. Have a look at at the page here

This small flowered Bulbophyllum species is native to South East Asia and Malaysia. It is a member of the oxysepela section of Bulbophyllum where flowers are unusually produced from the rhizome between the small pseudobulbs. The small flowers are produced in profusion giving a very attractive plant. The plant grows high in evergreen trees at […]

Another mini miniature species is Pleurothallis sonderana. The species is endemic to Southern Brazil where it grows as an epiphyte in cool moist forest. We find Pleurothallis sonderana is a vigorous plant that forms a great little specimen and can be easily propagated by division. We always grow the species mounted and the plant shown has […]

This relatively large flowered stelis species is found in cool mossy forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru as an epiphyte or lithophyte from 1200 to 3000m altitude. This is the ninth stelis species we have included in 365 days reflecting both the diversity of the genus (there are around 500 stelis species) and the large number […]