Pleurothallis pellucida is native to Ecuador where it grows it scrub forest at around 3000m where it will experience cool misty conditions. We find that the species is a rewarding and straight forward species is kept well watered and shaded in the summer. The species in notable for its elegant stems and leaves to about […]

The world will be pleased to know that the orchid science and propagation skills developed with the orchid project are being put to good use as I lead the Mass Testing programme at Mendip Studio School – Stay safe and keep negative 🙂

No diverse week of orchids would be complete without a bulbophyllum and this species is a real crowd pleaser. Bulbophyllum stormii is native to Malaysia and is found from 1000-2000m altitude and we find that it enjoys warm shady conditions in our Warm Asia section (min 17C) Flowers are 4cm across and very large relative […]

England enters a new full lockdown today but our orchids seem oblivious and rather than hiding away are flamboyantly showing off their flowers – a real tonic in tough times. Saying that, todays orchid is grown more for its attractive leaves than its flowers. Most of the orchids we grow at school are epiphytes (grow […]

We have another Cattleya today but unlike yesterday’s miniature Cattleya percivaliana is a large and flamboyant species Many of the uni-foliate (one leaved) Cattleya species look superficially similar but we find that one of the clearest distinctions is flowering time, and this species always flowers at the turning of the year. C. percivaliana is also […]