Well done Laura, Issy, Jess and Gareth the display team at the Three Counties Show (Malvern International Orchid Show) I took the photo just before leaving this evening as judging was in progress (so a little dark)  – Our best Malvern display yet I think. The tent is looking fantastic with wonderful plants from all […]

This amazing red relative of Vanda is unfortunately one of the orchid species threatened by the trade in unsustainable wild collection. It is native to the Eastern Himalayas where it grows in warm evergreen forest along rivers from 500 to 1000m. Fortunately like most tropical epiphytic orchids it is easy to grow from seed and […]

Aerides houlletiana is a medium sized species native to South East Asia where it grows in warm lowland forest up to around 1000m. We saw the species in the forests around the edge of the Bolevan Plateau in Southern Laos in open forest where it experience a warm wet summer followed by a cooler winter […]

This terete leaved relative of Cattleya is native to Brazil where it grown in warm open forest in good light. It is relatively slow growing and we find does best mounted where its long lived roots can grip tightly to the bark. We find it dislikes pots or baskets presumably because the roots cannot tolerate prolonged […]

This species is a small growing Masdevallia from Ecuador found at around 1200m altitude. The large flowers are produced on short stems and are remarkable for the purple ‘hairs’ on the lip which give the species its name meaning the burred Masdevallia. The species flowers several times during the year and the flowers are long […]