This must be one of our weirdest orchid species. Bulbophyllum is a small growing Bulbophyllum with a remarkable flower spike consisting of many small black flowers which each produce three thin dangly tassels which are attached to the end of each sepal and sway too and fro in the slightest breeze. This species is […]

This delicate and graceful species is a national flower of Myanmar and has features in traditional songs and literature as well as in buddhist traditions. We first came across the species when asked to grow it from seed by a local Buddhist centre where they grew the species in the traditional way on coir matting. […]

Tiny orchids can often be the most impressive and this stunning miniature is a good example. The plant here is about 10cm across and for the next month of two will be a cloud of relatively large yellow flowers. Pleurothallis grobyi is a species recorded from as far North as Mexico and as far south […]

At the beginning of the month the world around the greenhouse was surrounded by deep snow but today the only snow white on show is this lovely Cattleya species in our Warm Americas section. Cattleya loddigesii is a bifoliate (two leaved) cattleya species from Brazil. The species grows near the Atlantic coast of Brail from […]

This is the first time we have featured this dramatic cool growing Mexican species. As you can see from the photo above the species produces very long branched spikes(this one is 2.5m long)with large flowers spread quite sparsely. The delicious sulfur yellow lip is really striking and has lead to this species being used successfully […]