There are always Coelogynes flowering in the school greenhouse and this species always flowers during the summer holiday. This unusual Coelogyne species has a wonderful habit of flowering for several years from each flower spike, a habit it shares with a small number of other species from section prolifera. After flowering the flower spikes take […]

Yesterday’s Pleurothallis gracillima has lots of small flowers but is out flowered by this species from Ecuador which has masses of really tiny flowers that give a great display. The exquisite spikes of tiny pinky brown flowers really need a magnifying glass to be appreciated and really demonstrate the beauty of small flowered orchids. Stelis […]

This is a species we have lots of plants of and this week they are all flowering with masses of little yellow and pink flowers. The species is a great example of a ‘miniature’ orchid that can grow into a specimen. Plants flower well as tiny plants in 3cm pots or mounted but if left […]

This Aerangis species comes from Central Africa where it grows in evergreen forest from 400-1000m. This indicates that the species enjoys warm shaded conditions and so we grow it in Warm Asia with additional shade in the summer. We made the mistake earlier in the year of hanging it in a bright spot with full […]

This tiny member of the Vanda family is just 2cm across and is one of our smallest orchid species. Schoenorchis fragrans comes from the Eastern Himalayas where it grows in warm lowland forest which we know well from visits to Sikkim and Assam. The forest here is semi-deciduous and relatively dry with no moss on […]