Just 10 minutes until Green Planet – look our for the orchids (near the start we are told) 🙂

This lovely Dendrobium species produces lots of flower sprays each with between twenty and thirty beautiful purple and white flowers. This lovely orchid is native to the Philippines where it is reported as growing on mossy limestone cliffs at an altitude of 1400m. It grows strong vertical canes that in a mature plant can reach […]

We have another floriferous Pleurothallis species today, similar to yesterday’s Pleurothallis restrepiodes in growth but with thousands of golden flowers. We are massive fans of the diverse genus Pleurothallis and some of the species produce massive amounts of flower. This species is one we have yet to positively identify (i will add a close up […]

  January is a time to enjoy the massed deep red flowers of Pleurothallis restrepioides. We find the species very easy to grow and flower as it is happy with temperatures down to 5C (in our temperate section) as well as warmer temperatures in Cool Americas(min 12C) or even Warm Americas (Min 15C). We keep […]

  Today we have another small flowered orchid. The delicate little flowers of Mediocalcar decoratum are very unlike any other species we grow and it is always lovely when the little orange buds burst each winter. The species comes from Papua New Guinea where it grows in shady forest up to 2500m. Mediocalcar decoratum’s small […]