This is a small flowered species from the Himalayas and South East Asia which has a branching habit that eventually produces a profusion of flowers. Our larger plant shown here is reaching the point where it is flower most of the time and adds real interest to Warm Asia – especially if you are carrying […]

At yesterday’s Devon show it was great to have so many fragrant orchids on our display. One of them was this lovely species which fills the whole of Warm Americas with its delicious play-doh scent. The species is found over a wide range through Central and South America and forms a large plant with 40 cm […]

Hi from Ruby, Naiya, and Amalia at the Devon orchid show, We arrived here at 7:00 this morning and set up the display with some of our orchids. It is all of our first time setting up a display at a show and we learned different ways of presenting orchids while we set up.   After […]

We have another scented species today. This Maxillaria species has flowers with long curling petals and a strong pleasant fragrance. The flowers are produced in profusion from last year’s pseudobulb each on individual stems. Looking at photos online this is a variable species which reflects its wide range across South America (Eastern Brazil to Venezuela, […]

This is the first flowering for us of a delicate Prosthechea species native to Venezuela (as the name would suggest) as well as Colombia and Ecuador. It is reported to grow in wet lowlnd forests and so we are growing it in Warm Americas (Min 16C) at bench level where it will stay damper than […]