We have lots of small plants of this lovely little Masdevallia coming into flower this week. The species is endemic to Costa Rica where we have seen it growing and flowering on remnant trees at 1400m (from memory) on a misty volcanic ridge. The photo taken back in 2003 shows the species growing in thick […]

This is a wonderfully floriferous masdevallia and more than once a year produces a mass of its spidery yellow flowers. The species is a small one and this specimen is growing in a 10cm basket. The species is native to wet forests in Ecuador and Colombia where it is found from 500 to 2100m altitude, […]

This wonderful deep red flowered Pleurothallis produces very long spikes of long lasting flowers. The natural habitat of the species is damp forests and cloud forests from Mexico to Panama between 700m and 2400m altitude. This broad natural range supports our observation that this is an adaptable and accommodating plant to grow. We do find […]

This little dendrobium goes unnoticed for much of the year with its thin terete leaves and stems, but then demands attention with these lovely non-resupinate (upside down) flowers. The plant flowered in the summer and has a fresh flush of flowers now for the autumn.   Dendrobium striolatum is endemic to Australia where it is […]

A real treat every autumn is this appropriately named Cymbidium (it is very elegant). Cymbidium elegans is native to the Himalayas where we have seen it growing abundantly in forests above Gangtok (capital of Sikkim) as well as in North Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Unfortunately we have always visited the Himalayas in the spring (great […]