This is possibly our most atmospheric section, dripping with roots and Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides). The section has a minimum temperature of 12C and is where we grow our plants from the mountains of South and Central America. Our aim is to make it feel as much like the amazing cloud forests of Brazil and […]

How is this for flamboyance to cheer everyone up. Cattleya schroderae has enormous pale pink flowers with an orange/yellow disc on the lip and a particularly frilly look. I measured the flowers yesterday and the one at the front here was 25cm wide – wow! The species is another from Colombia, and it grows in […]

Warm Americas is our lowland forest from South and Central America. Home to our Cattleyas such as the Cattleya trianae I showed being divided earlier and this wonderful Cattleya intermedia ‘coerulea’ native to Brazil – I will feature all our Cattleya intermedias next month when more of the varieties have flowered. This section is our […]

Spring is a busy time in the greenhouse and a good time to divide large plants to give them fresh compost and room to grow. Our big plant of Cattleya trianae is definitely ready for fresh compost and freedom from the ferns that have invaded its basket. Using sterile secateurs (flame them on a gas […]

I promised another Brazilian species today so here is one of my personal favourites Miltonia cuneata. This handsome species is another we have seen flowering in Brazil where it grows in colonies on tall trees in wet evergreen forests at around 1100m altitude. (Species flowering in habitat below) Our plants are just coming into flower […]