This is a bi-foliate Cattleya from Eastern Brazil where it grows as a lithophyte on rocks at around 500m altitude. When grown well it has tall bulbs and up to twenty flowers on a spike. To match its habitat it enjoys warm bright conditions and a well drained compost. We find it does best […]

    This unusual cymbidium species is native to the Himalayas where we have seen it growing abundantly in forests above Gangtok (capital of Sikkim) as well as in North Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. It is a medium sized species but a vigorous species and when not in flower can be identified by the large […]

This species is found in Ecuador normally growing in cool damp cloud forests. we grow them in cool america, in a wet and shady place, away from sunlight. They grow up to 2800 to 3300 meters in cloud forests, and also they’re normally  1/2 cm long. the flowers attract a male fungus gnat by mimicking a […]

Here is another orchid that is always in flower. There hasn’t yet been a day in 2017 when we have been without a plant in flower and I am sure that will continue into the new year. As well as continuous flowering the species is special to the Orchid Project as it is a species […]

  This is a terrestrial species with attractive non-resupinate flowers on short spikes from the centre of growths consisting of about three fleshy leaves. Unfortunately this is nothing like the true Malaxis porphyrea which is a terrestrial from arid lands in Mexico and Arizona and only has one leaf along with very small flowers…hmmm we […]