This delightful miniature has a wide distribution through Central and South America as well as the Caribbean Islands. Is found from sea level up to about 1000m and we have seen it on school expeditions to Costa Rica. The species flowers very quickly from seed and is a coloniser of fruit trees and coffee bushes and […]

The Devon Orchid Show has been a wonderful day (as usual) thanks to great team who organise the show. Eleanor, Amalia and Ed are collecting several trophies later for our awards including:  Odontoglossum cristatum – won Best Oncininae species – Oncidinae trophy – Best Species and Best in Show. Vanda ampulaces – Won best Vandae […]

Today we are at the Devon Orchid Show in Budliegh Salterton and Eleanor and Amalia left school at 5.30am to be here in time to put together a lovely display. We have been busy on sales and have lots of awards – more later.

Two of our clones of Myrmecophila tibicinis are on their way to the Devon Orchid Show this morning and I am sure that they will cause quite a stir. The species develops into a really big orchid and the flower spikes are very long . One of our clones is more compact with 1.5m spikes […]

We have some big orchids to feature on our display at the Devon Orchid Society show tomorrow but I am sure there will be a lot of interest in our miniatures like this tiny stelis species. This tiny stelis species is native to Ecuador and Venezuela where is grows as an epiphyte in moss and […]