We know that Autumn is here when our stenoglottis species start flowewring. We have two Stenoglottis species that are very similar. The first to flower is Stenoglottis fimbriata which has long spikes of pretty pink flowers which have darker spots and a lip that ends in three long filaments. The leaves form a basal rosette […]

We visited the coastal cloud forests of Brazil (Mata Atlantica in 2000 and again in 2006 and had the privilege of exploring this extraordinarily diverse habitat full of orchids and other plants. Pleurothallis limeae is a Brazilian terrestrial species and we found it growing abundantly around Macae de Cima in Rio State in regrowth forest […]

Our cool Americas section is home to our very diverse Masdevallia collection and several species are comming into flower after a summer of growing lots of new leaves. This is a small sized Masdevallia native to Peru that grows in cool forest around 2300m altitude where it grows as an epiphyte of lithophyte. It has […]

This lovely, small growing, species is native to Papua New Guinea where it grows in wet montane forests from 1500-2500m. We find that the species although small is a relatively fast grower especially if kept well watered and it soon take over its bark mount or escapes from its small pot. The pretty flowers feature […]

Today we have the first flowering of this remarkable deep red flowered Cymbidium species. The plants are native to Borneo and found in Sabah in lowland forests. Cymbidium angustifolium is generally considered a synonym of Cymbidium dayanum which more usually red and white (see our plant flowering last year below)   Cymbidium dayanum has a very […]