This is the first time our plant of this remarkable species has flowered and so the first time we have been able to include it on 365 days. Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis is native to lowland forests in New Guinea where it grows as an epiphyte in deep shade. It has several remarkable characteristics including the enormous […]

These delicate looking but long lasting flowers belong to Dendrobium aduncum and are produced over several months. The species comes from the Himalayas and South East Asia where it is found in forests from 300m to 1300m which indicates a tolerance of a range of temperatures, but we grow in in our Warm Asia section. […]

Yesterday I talked about spring flowering orchids but today’s species is summer flowerer. Sobralia macrantha usually unfurls its first gigantic flowers in May (so is a week early this year) and will flowers on and off until the end of July. Sobralia macrantha is found from Mexico to Costa Rica where it grows as a […]

  You may have noticed that we have had a fantastic array of lovely species flowering this spring and we are still in the main flowering period for the orchid collection – A question we are often asked is ‘why do so many species flower in the spring?’ Many of the orchid habitats we have […]

Our greenhouse is once again full of the pungent spicy aroma of this wonderful orchid that flowers in profusion from leafless bulbs every spring. Lycaste aromatica is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an epiphyte of lithophyte in semi-deciduous forest. It uses its powerful scent to attract euglossine bees (perfume gathering […]