A miniature orchid that has had a lot of interest at the Bee and Pollination festival is Pleurothallis sonderana. The species is endemic to Southern Brazil where it grows as an epiphyte in cool moist forest. We find Pleurothallis sonderana is a vigorous plant that forms a great little specimen and can be easily propagated […]

We have had a busy weekend in Bristol at the Bee and Pollination day. A wonderful display was set up on Saturday by Issy and Rosie and with Ed today and our wonderful parent helpers Gareth, Adam and Agnes and volunteer Zoe we have spent two days making new friends and talking orchids and their […]

Today we do have a bee pollinated orchid for the Bee and Pollination Festival This dramatic Coelogyne flowers reliably in August but as you can see the flower spikes are very long and pendulous making this not the easiest plant to transport for display. However, it is worth the effort. The species is native to […]

For all of those looking for information on our show and tickets for the Bristish Orchid Show and Congress we have a summary here: Public Day Tickets – £5 on Saturday 3rd November and Sunday 4th November – Please pay on the door (no advance tickets) Preview Evening and Buffet  £20 – Friday 2nd November […]

  This is one of our smaller Dendrochilum species that in common with most of the genus produces a pendant spike of delicate little fragrant flowers. The species is native to the Philippines where it grows from 660-2250m altitude. We find that our plant does best cool and damp in our Cool Americas section (yes […]