Today we feature another of our award winners at last weekend’s show . Vanda falcata  is a cool growing orchid from Japan with very fragrant flowers and we grow our plants in Cool Asia in baskets where we keep them wet in the summer and damp in the winter. For us the species flowers from […]

Yesterday I mentioned that this little beauty won 2nd Pleurothallis here at the Malvern Show. Pleurothallis sarracenia is a small growing species from the Mata Atlantica, Brazil with 1cm long leaves that hug the bark it grows on, and unusual dark purple flowers with just a tiny opening for the pollinating ant to enter the […]

Lots of p[eople have been asking for plant details on our display so here are the award winners 1st Laeliniae – Cattleya purpurata ‘venosa’ 1st Dendrobium – Dendrobium victoria regina 1st Phalaenopsis – Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi and 2nd Phalaenopsis – Phalaenopsis equestris 1st Pleurothallis – Scaphosepalum verrucosum, 2nd Pleurothallis – Pleurothallis sarracenia, Merit – Pleurothallis fulgens […]

Pupils are celebrating winning ‘Best Trade Display’ at this year’s Malvern International Orchid Show. Congratulations to the ex-students who put together the wonderful display and all the students, staff and volunteers responsible for growing the plants. Todays show team from Years 7, 9 and 12 have done a wonderful job presenting our orchids to the […]

We are on our way to the malvern show in the school mini bus (more photos later) but had time to water the greenhouse and find the dramatic flowers of Dracula bella to greet us. We have a number of Dracula species in the school collection but this is the plant with the largest and […]