This species is found in the wild in Mexico, Guatemala and El  Salvador in dryish oak forest from 1200m to about 2000m. We grow it with a minimum temperature of 15 degrees C mounted on a cork slab in our Warm Americas section. The natural habitat indicates it could be grown cool (down to about […]

   This floriferous masdevallis is native to Central America and we have seen it in Costa Rica growing on the trunks and lower branches of trees in dense forest at 1200m on the slopes of the Poas Volcano (see photo below) The photo shows the mossy trunk that was covered in Masdevallias. The temperatures here […]

   We gave a brief view of this species earlier in the week as it was one of our awarded plants at the Malvern Show. Here is some proper detail on one of our favourite old plants. This terete leaved relative of Cattleya is native to Brazil where it grows in warm open forest in […]

Yet another vandaceous species today, and one we have seen on semi-deciduous trees in the warm valleys of Sikkim up to around 1000m. The species actually has a very wide distribution from India through South East Asia to Malaysia and the Philippines. In its Sikkim habitat it experiences warm dry winters and hot wet summers […]

We had a great weekend here at Malvern thanks to the efforts of our great volunteers and all our orchid growing friends that make the show so special. Here is the Saturday team looking very happy after a long day in the tent. Summarising some of the awards: Aerides odorata won the trophy for best trade […]