This miniature Bulbophyllum has unusual flowers with a remarkably long banana shaped creamy white lip. It is native to New Guinea where it is reported at 700m altitude. We have seen similar miniature bulbophyllums in Laos and their habit is to spread so that they cover the trunk and lower branches of their host trees. […]

Our Aerides odorata is just coming to the end of its flowering and its place is being taken by plants of Aerides houlettiana. Aerides houlletiana is a medium sized species native to South East Asia where it grows in warm lowland forest up to around 1000m. We saw the species in the forests around the […]

Trichotosia ferox is a very large growing species from Malaysia (Previously called Eria ferox) from lowland forest that grows long stems several metres long that keep growing and flowering for several years. Our plant (above) now has ten older stems from 1.5-4m long and still growing as well as four new growths. The species is […]

This species which used to be known as Odontoglossum citrosmum is native to cool oak pine forests in Mexico from 1400 to 2200m where is experiences warm wet summers and cool dry winters. We find that plants do best in baskets that allow for their pendulous flower spikes and hanging plants in the roof of […]

We know that the summer has arrived when our stanhopeas start to flower and we have buds swelling on several species. Stanhopea insignis is endemic to Brazil where it grows in warm lowland forests up to 500m and, like all stanhopeas, has large waxy fragrant flowers which only last a few days but are well […]