This wonderful miniature species is new to 365 days. Masdevallia dynastes is a very floriferous species endemic to cloud forests in Ecuador from 1400-2800m altitude. We find the species enjoys a damp spot but not too shady where it then multiplies quickly. The leaves are 4cm long and the 1cm flowers are held clear […]

  For our 800th orchid of the day we have one of our favourites. We have seen this attractive Coelogyne on our travels to Sikkim in the Himalayas and have found it at around 1200m to 1500m altitude, growing both as an epiphyte in trees and as a lithophyte on steep rocky roadside slopes.  Coelogyne […]

Draculas are spectacular relatives of Masdevallia and a genus with many species produce a fantastic show of flowers. Dracula deltoidea that is flowering this week has smaller flowers than most of our other dracula species  but makes up for this in the number of flowers a plant produces. As you can see the flowers are […]

This Gongora species has not featured before on 365 days of orchids but is a really lovely plant with masses of small flowers on long spikes. This plant currently has two spikes 70-80 Cm long and a total of 46 flowers each 2cm across. The flowers are fragrant and seem relatively long lasting (just over […]

I find it hard to believe that we haven’t posted this astonishing Masdevallia before on 365 days. Several Masdevallia species have very bright flowers but M. lucernula must be our brightest species and with its scarlet tubular flowers positively glowing against its dark green leaves. The name means little lantern which a great name to […]