We have reached the end of a challenging term at school especially for Year 11s and Year 13s who have been sitting assessments for teacher assessed grades. It has been a busy term in the lab and we have just added a few more flasks to our online shop. There will be more orchids for […]

This exquisite and delightfully fragrant species is another that we have come across in our orchid travels. We have seen Aerides odorata in Borneo and the Himalayas showing the extensive natural range of the species. In Borneo we found the species flowering at the foot of Mount Pueh (below) where a pale yellow and pink […]

Continuing this weeks theme of orchids we have seen in the wild we have Schoenorchis gemmata, a small flowered but floriferous species We have seen the species in Sikkim at around 1000m altitude but it is reported from 450m to 2500m. We found it growing in evergreen forest where it receives some moisture during the […]

As regulars will know, we are very fond of orchids we have come across in their native habitat during our school expeditions, an we have lots of those species coming into flower this week. Pleurothallis sclerophyla is a wonderful Brazilian species that produces masses of 2cm wide creamy yellow flowers. If you look closely at […]

This delightful little masdevallia is in flower on and off throughout the year but is always at its peak in May and June. It is possibly a natural hybrid and is found in Colombian cloud forest. One parent is probably Masdevallia filaria that it grows amongst but the other possible parent is a mystery – […]