We are already preparing for next years Wisley Show.  Last week was all about repotting our Cymbidium Sweetheart orchids, a popular purchase with our customers at the London Show.   Our new mathematics teacher, Rob Myers, joined us at orchid club and enjoyed learning how to pot Cymbidiums. Thank you to Mat for doing such a […]

“Well you remember that total eclipse of the sun” Today, whilst watering, I came across a “Strange and interesting plant” It’s an Audrey 2 as seen in The Little Shop of Horrors. Well no not really, it’s actual name is Bifrenaria harrisoniae, from Brazil.  It is cool growing orchid that likes plenty of light, good […]

May I wish everyone a belated Happy Easter and what unexpected sunny, blue skies we have had here above the Writhlington greenhouses.  Our Cool Asia section is a symphony in white with Dendrobium delicatum, jonesii, and speciosum, Coelogyne cristata, holochila and stricta.  The greenhouse is beautifully perfumed too thanks to our three Dendrobium delicatum orchids. […]

After yesterdays wind and hail, today was a warm and sunny, Sunday morning, in the greenhouse.  Our temperate section is filled with lovely Cymbidium flowers at the moment.  This one is a hybrid that was donated a couple of years ago and this is the first flowering at Writhlington. It is a cross between Yai […]

Here is my Coelogyne confusa flowering.  We do not have seem to have a specimen growing in the Writhlington greenhouses so I thought I would show mine.  Coelogyne confusa is native to the Philippines growing between 900 meters and 1300 meters.  It is an epiphyte and is known as the confused Coelogyne because it is […]