A highlight of the British Orchid Congress and show is the British Orchid Congress – Science and Conservation Symposium that includes lectures exploring a wide range of orchid research. Speakers include a number of early career scientists and the event is expected to generate some lively debate!  The Congress runs from Friday 2nd November to Sunday […]

Today we hosted a visit from a group of educationalists and scientists from Malaysia, and students were able to share both their knowledge of orchids and their experiences of the orchid project. The Malaysian delegation including Dr Ratna Roshida Ab Razak, Dr Tuan Noriati, and Tengku Auvaroza were keen to find out about the Orchid […]

Unusually our orchid of the day is a species flowering in flask. This is Psygmorchis pusilla (previously called Oncidium pusilla) which is a large flowered miniature twig epiphyte from Central America. The plant here is 3cm high with a 2cm bright yellow flower. This is a species we have seen growing in Guatemala and Belize […]

This is a first appearance in 365 days for one of the smaller growing of our prosthechea species. This species is native to Brazil where it grows in the coastal forests of the Mata Atlantica. We have seen similar species in Brazil clothing the thick lower branches of trees and this species has a spreading […]

We are delighted to have a range of dendrochilum species in our collection and one of the most attractive is this species from Java. Plants grow in montane forests from 700-2000m and so should not be too fussy about temperature. We find the species does best in our Warm Asia section with a minimum of […]