This species is native to the Phillipines and Taiwan where it grows in lowland forest. It has long lasting waxy flowers that appear along the stem at the leaf axils. The plant seems to prefer to grow pendulously and so we grow it both mounted and in baskets. This is a piece from a wonderful […]

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Polystachya is a common genus amongst African orchids and this small growing species comes from the volcanic mountains of Rwanda, Uganda and Zaire (hence its lovely name – it doesn’t come from Vulcan!) It comes from high altitude mossy forest similar to that we found on the upper slopes of Mount Bigugu in Rwanda. This […]

The genus Pholidota is a close relative of Coelogyne and we have seen several species in our travels to the mountain rainforests of the Himalayas and South East Asia. Most pholidota species have small flowers buy make up for it with large numbers of flowers and some lovely scents. Pholidota chinensis has bigger flowers than […]

The tiny but beautiful Phalaenopsis parishii won the popular vote for last week’s orchid of the week. Look out for this week’s vote on Saturday.