Unusually our orchid of the day is a species flowering in flask. This is Psygmorchis pusilla (previously called Oncidium pusilla) which is a large flowered miniature twig epiphyte from Central America. The plant here is 3cm high with a 2cm bright yellow flower. This is a species we have seen growing in Guatemala and Belize […]

This is a first appearance in 365 days for one of the smaller growing of our prosthechea species. This species is native to Brazil where it grows in the coastal forests of the Mata Atlantica. We have seen similar species in Brazil clothing the thick lower branches of trees and this species has a spreading […]

We are delighted to have a range of dendrochilum species in our collection and one of the most attractive is this species from Java. Plants grow in montane forests from 700-2000m and so should not be too fussy about temperature. We find the species does best in our Warm Asia section with a minimum of […]

It is definitely Barbosella time in the Greenhouse  with lots of Barbosella australis in flower (see day 610) and now this lovely minature species coming into flower too. Barbosella dusenii is our orchid with the smallest leaves. The leaves are a few mm long and produced on a creeping rhizome with relatively gigantic flowers produced […]

A miniature that people enjoyed finding on our display at the Bristol University Botanic Gardens was this miniature terrestrial. Malaxis kobi is endemic to Java where it is found as a terrestrial in evergreen forests from 900-2100m and so is a species that likes to grow cool, damp and shaded. A terrestrial grows in the […]