We have several planta of Gongora Gratulibunda in flower or in bud this week. This species is great value with long spikes of large flowers produced from medium sized plants. This clobe is orange/yellow with fine red spots but we also have a pure yellow clone (below) and another with large red spots. We grow […]

Our greenhouse is full of a strong spicy scent as our aptly names Lycaste aromatica has burst into flower. Twenty flowers are out already and there are another fifteen buds to open tomorrow – what a gorgeous sight. This free flowering species is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an epiphyte […]

Pleurothallis ruscifolia is a medium sized plant that produces clusters of small yellow flowers several times during the year. Our plant last flowered in January and is again smothered in flowers. This is an orchid we found growing abundantly in cool wet forest in Costa Rica on the Poas volcano at an altitude of around […]

This is another of our giant sobralia species. It grows thin canes about 2m long and in late spring these have large (15cm across) flowers that last about two days. This is a lot of leaves and stems for a couple of days flowers but we are really fond of the species as it has […]

So we have reached day 500! – We hope that you are enjoying our orchids as much as we are. For day 500 we have a wonderful restrepia that we haven’t had a chance to blog before. Restrepia condorensis is a small growing species with long thin flowers in a startling pinky-red and a real […]