Yesterday’s Sobralia macrantha is a giant orchid with stems approaching 1.5-2m but it is dwarfed by its close cousine, Sobralia leucoxantha, with its 3m long stems ending in these giant creamy flowers. This is one of our orchids that has always been just too big to take out of the greenhouse, but its flowering is […]

There is little to compare with a field of Anacamptis morio (Green Winged Orchid) in early May, and this field near Brewham, Somerset is outstanding. With today’s weather forecast looking wet and windy it was a treat to be taken to see this fantastic field of Cowslips and Green Winged Orchids by a local nature […]

This enormous flowered orchi has always been Issy’s favourite, and it is always an event when it comes into flower. Sobralia macrantha is found from Mexico to Costa Rica where it grows as a terrestrial in leaf litter, and its massive flowers are matched by the plant with thin canes that grow to a height of […]

This very distinct and dramatic cattleya species is cattleya schilleriana. The species has possibly the most restricted natural range of any of the bi-foliate cattleyas (two leaves on each pseudobulb) as it has only been found in the Rio Jucu district of Espirito Santo, and sadly is reported as probably extinct in the wild by […]

One of the star orchids of the greenhouse in early summer is Masdevallia coccinea. Masdevallia coccinea is a very rewarding species and produces masses of large brightly coloured flowers in a range of colours including white, yellow, red and pink. It comes from Colombia and Peru where it grows in cool wet forest up to […]