It is definitely Cattleya trianae time in our Warm Americas section with three clones flowering at the moment. This is the more usual colour form with long lasting large flowers. Cattleya trianae is the national flower of Colombia and is endemic to that country. In our greenhouses it always flowers in February and March where […]

We have a lovely array of Gongora species coming into flower this week and one of the larger flowered is this sweetly scented species from Mexico, Guatemala and Belize from 185-850m altitude. We have been to this habitat and found it seasonally dry but wet and warm in the summer. We grow all our Gongoras […]

We have a number of dramatic Brazilian orchid species with bright red and orange flowers. Cattleya harpophylla is a small to medium sized plant with narrow bulbs and leaves that turn red in bright light. This brightly coloured Brazilian species is found as an epiphyte from 500 to 900m. Exploring similar forests we have found […]

We are delighted to have been successful in gaining funding from the World Orchid Congress Committee under Project Seeding in our Joint bid with partners at FAWE School Kigali for FAWE students to work on the conservation of Aerangis verdickii in Rwanda.   This stunning orchid is found as an epiphyte in woodland but the […]

The delicate little flowers of Mediocalcar decoratum are very unlike any other species we grow and it is always lovely when the little orange buds burst each spring. The species comes from Papua New Guinea where it grows in shady forest up to 2500m. Mediocalcar decoratum’s small bell shaped flowers in orange and yellow suggest […]