This weekend’s sunlight really enhances the vibrant colours of our Masdevallia veitchianas that are flowering again. The flowers look orange and red but this coplour is actually made from the flowers combination of a yellow ground and tiny raised pink warts – a clever trick. This species is endemic to Peru where it grows between […]

Our copies of the new book ‘World Orchid Collections 2020’ has arrived and the Orchid Project authors, Chloe, Tallis and Jess have been enjoying reading their chapter in print. We hope to have some books available soon for those who want to read more about our project and the other 30 orchid collections from around […]

Tiny but perfectly formed – Platystele consorbrina is a very special orchid. I was delighted to read the recent feedback from one of our online customers;  “Such a sweet little plant, but wasn’t sure what the long fine hair like spike was till I got a magnifying glass. It was the flower stem and the […]

We are all up and running again thanks to Daniel Groves who created this site with Luke Barnes back in 2008 – Daniel is now 28 and 10 years after leaving school has not yet managed to escape from the Orchid Project. Which all goes to show that the Orchid Project’s  philosophy of ‘If you […]

Some orchids take me straight back to the remote forests that they inhabit, and Prosthechea brassavolae transports me to the mountains of Costa Rica and the 2005 school expedition to the forests of Poas Volcano. This is an impressive species, and one of our real favourites, with 40cm bulbs topped with two 50cm leaves, and […]