Simon Pugh-Jones
Teacher in charge of the Writhlington Orchid Project
Teacher in charge of the Writhlington Orchid Project
Vote here for your favourite from April’s five orchids of the week. We have a choice between three dendrobiums, the miniature macroclinium and an epidendrum. Voting ends at the end of the week.
We have a miniature winner of orchid of the week in week 17 – the delightful species Macroclinium chasei
This small growing Masdevallia species is found in Venzuela, Guyana and northern Brazil where it grows as an epiphyte in moist forest at around 1800m altitude. The leaves are about 5cm long and over time it forms a tight clump which then produces a profusion of relatively large and rather elegant white flowers. It is […]
This is another of our monster orchid species. It grows thin canes about 2m long and in late spring these have large (15cm across) flowers that last about two days. This is a lot of leaves and stems for a couple of days flowers but we are really fond of the species as it has […]
Vote here for your favourite orchid from the seven species featured this week.