Another lovely prosthecheas flowering today is Prosthechea prismatocarpa. This wonderful species from Central America is a large growing member of the cattleya family that produces long spikes of dramatic flowers. The flowers are butterfly pollinated with the pink section of the lip the perfect shape for a large butterfly to grab hold of. We […]

It is a sunny morning at the Greenhouse and the air is already heavy with the sweet scent of this beautiful Central American orchid species. We have seen Prosthechea radiata growing abundantly in the hot lowland forests of Guatemala and Belize and the best place we have found to see it in the wild is […]

Another Bulbophyllum species today and a very different flower from yesterday’s Bulbophyllum guttulatum. Bulbophyllum stenobulbon is found through South East Asia and as far west as Assam. It produces masses of quite small flowers from the base of new and old pseudobulbs and so gives a lovely display. It is reported to grow as a […]

Do zoom in on the wonderful spots on this lovely little species. This is a very free flowering and rewarding Bulbophyllum found from the Himalayas across to Vietnam in evergreen monsoon forest from 800 to 2000m. We know this habitat well from our travels in Sikkim with its warm wet summers. The winters are dryer […]

This beautiful orchid is another start from the Malvern Show. Aerides crassifolia is found in open warm forest in South East Asia and is a species we have seed growing in Loas at around 900m on large trees in good light. The flowers are large and spread out for an Aerides species and the leaves […]