For the second day running we have a wonderful orchid from Central America. This species is most notable for its powerful fragrance that fills the whole of Warm Americas with its delicious play-doh scent. Prosthechea baccalus is found over a wide range through Central and South America and forms a large plant with 40 cm […]

Coelogyne cristata has proved very popular on our online shop and so today we have added the large flowered pure white clone of the species. Plants are in 1 litre pots and flowered this spring. Over time this clone makes an amazing specimen plant and our biggest plant won lots of awards at the European […]

This grand a robust orchid is one that brings back fond memories of Central America. Our Warm Americas section has five of these plants in flower this week. One of our clones is more compact (above) with 1.5m branched spikes of large flowers with curled petals and sepals, while the other clone (below) has 2 […]

Maxillaria sophronitis has been the most popular purchase from our shop since it opened on April 20th and so it seems a good idea to add plants of our most reliable and easy to grow Maxillaria – Maxillaria preastans (below) The species, from Mexico and Central America, is found between 1500 and 2000m altitude in […]

As we have two of our three Trichoglottis species flowering this week it seems like a good idea to post them on consecutive days. Trichoglottis rosea has a similar growth form to yesterdays Trichoglottis smithii with alternate leaves along a thick stem, its long lasting flowers are very different, as they are produced in profusion, […]