We have more masdevallia species to end the week, starting with the very aptly named Masdevallia superbiens. Most masdevallias produce one flower per stem but some like M. superbiens produce many flowers on each spike. The remarkable flowers of this species with purple spots on a white ground and orange/yellow tails on each sepal make […]

We are following yesterdays lovely Trichoglottis pusilla with another stunning miniature orchid species. This wonderful small growing species with large flowers a classic hummingbird pollinated orchid with its startling scarlet flowers held clear of the 5cm leaves. This is one of our top ten orchids and always transports me back to the cloud forests of […]

Today we have the first flowering of a seedling of one of our favourite species. Trichoglottis pusilla is a tiny species with a 5cm fan of dark green leaves and small sprays of relatively large flowers with delightful dark red stripes. Trichoglottis pusilla is native to Java where it grows in rain forest from 1000 […]

Our second Masdevallia is Masdevallia calura. The species is endemic to Costa Rica where we have seen it growing and flowering on remnant trees at 1400m (from memory) on a misty volcanic ridge. The photo taken back in 2003 shows the species growing in thick moss on the trunk of a large tree with abundant […]

As January continues cold and bright we have a feast of Masdevallias flowering in the collection and today we bring you one of our real favourites – a small growing species with enormous dramatic flowers. Masdevallia setacea is found from Colombia to Peru and has flowers considerably larger than the plant. Including the long yellow […]