Orchid Project followers are always asking about students who have left school and I am delighted to pass on the news that Zoe Barnes has just graduated from Plymouth University with a first in Environmental Sciences. It seems that she spent most of her final year under water (she is now a passionate diver) with […]

Stelis emarginata is a very variable species and we have three very distinct clones. We recently posted our clone ‘big orange’ (below) and today we have our yellow clone As you can see the yellow clone has smaller flowers but longer spikes and both clones are very floriferous. Stelis emarginata is native to Central America […]

We have several show stoppers in the greenhouse this week – what a shame there aren’t any shows. The World Orchid Congress in Taiwan has been rescheduled for the end of April 2021 but it is much to early for us to consider what our involvement will be. This stunning stelis is a small growing […]

Students gave a zoom tour of the greenhouses today for our Sarawak orchid Society and this Stanhopea species was one of the highpoint with its wonderfully fragrant large flowers. Like all our Stanhopea species the flowers are produced on dramatic pendulous spikes that keep the flowers well clear of the leaves and bulbs. The flowers […]

Thanks to the wonders of technology we are able to stay in close contact with our partners in Sarawak. Orchid project students gave a tour of the greenhouses and lab, and we we able to spend lots of time discussing progress in the MRSM propagation lab in Kuching. A massive thank you to SARORSO (Sarawak […]