Spring is definitely here in the Writhlington Orchid Houses with a fantastic diversity of species bursting into flower. One of the more unusual species is this one. Pleurothallis lynniana is endemic to Ecuador and we find it grows well in deep shade on a north facing wall in our Cool Americas section. We grow the […]

In March 2018 this lovely plant won Grand Champion of Europe at the European Orchid Show and this year it looks as if it will be even better with seven spikes flowering and six more in bud.  Grand Champion in Paris Odontoglossum cristatum is native to Ecuador and Colombia where it is found in cloud […]

This gorgeous species is another species we have seen flowering in Brazil where it grows in colonies on tall trees in wet evergreen forests at around 1100m altitude. (Species flowering in habitat below) This is a division of a plant we raised from a seedling many years ago and it has proved to be a […]

Many of the twenty five Stelis species we grow at Writhlington produce their flowers in real profusion and Stelis brunnea is a good example to show just how rewarding these small flowered species from South and Central America are. This species comes from cloud forests in Ecuador and its delicate white flowers open and close […]

In this article I will look at our Warm Americas section, home to some of our most iconic orchids. On our six school expeditions to the Americas we have had a chance to explore warm lowland forests as well as cool montane forests. In particular we have explored the lowland forests of Belize and Guatemala […]