This beautiful species is endemic to Colombia where it grows in cloud forest above 2000m. Authorities describe the species as producing 30cm spikes with up to seven flowers but our clone produces graceful arching spikes to 70cm with up to twelve flowers. Leading bulbs produce a number of spikes and give a fantastic display of […]

There are a number of orchids that combine brown and pink in their flowers and one of our favourites is this Mexican species. This is a strong growing species found in open forests between 1000m and 1400m altitude. The species description gives the spike length as 30-60cm but our plant usually manages at least 1m […]

This large flowered bulbophyllum species is a real star of the Warm Asia section and will be in flower now fro several months. This epiphytic Bulbophyllum is endemic to the island of Sulawesi, part of the Indonesian islands. It produces a number of sequential flowers throughout the summer on a long upright flower spike. The […]

We have a number of miniatures flowering and one of the most unusual is this miniature Angraecum with 5mm flowers and little stems less than a centimetre across. This is one of the species we have seen in Rwanda growing in wet forest at 1500m. The species has a wide distribution right across tropical Africa […]

It has been another successful day at APOC with MRSM students sharing their knowledge and skills with visitors from Brunei, Sabah,Peninsular Malaysia, Papua, Australia , New Zealand and the UK.