Another April regular in our collection is Abdominea minimiflora. Minimiflora means ‘tiny flowered’ and this species lives up to its name. The species is found in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines and grows as an epiphyte (on trees) or a lithophyte (on rocks) in hot lowland rainforest. This is habitat that we have explored extensively […]

Dendrobium is a wonderful genus with so many remarkable species. One of the more dramatic species Dendrobium harveyanum. This wonderful dendrobium is native to Southern China and South East Asia where it grows as an epiphyte at around 1100-1700m in seasonally dry forest. Dendrobium harveyanum is semi deciduous and flowers from new and old pseudobulbs […]

Our fourth Vanda in a row is Vanda pumila, a small growing species with very long lasting fragrant waxy flowers. We have seen Vanda pumila in Sikkim, growing on roadside trees at around 300-500m altitude alongside Vanda ampulacea. It grows in exposed positions in good light and survives the dry season (winter) with its thick […]

We are continuing our Vanda theme with our third Vanda species in a row. Vanda coerulescens (meaning blueish Vanda) a charming miniature Vanda with really unusual purple and white, long lasting, flowers on very long flower spikes for the size of the plant. Vanda coerulescens is native to dryish monsoon forests in the Western Himalayas […]

Our second Vanda in a row is a delightful miniature. Our largest plant (above) is now 12cm tall and has a mass of flowers opening on a 5cm spike. Vanda christonsoniana is native to Vietnam where it grows in seasonally dry forest from sea level to 700m altitude. We have explored similar habitat in Laos […]