This lovely Phalaenopsis species is native to the Philippines where it is found in warm evergreen forests at around 500m altitude. As a result it appreciates a shaded spot in our warm Asia section where it produces its long lived flower spikes that flowers for many years The spikes also produce Keikis (small plants) that […]

Another first flowering seedling for today’s orchid of the day. This is Podangis dactylocras, a small fan shaped species widespread across tropical Africa from Angola in the south to Sierra Leone in the West and Tanzania in the East. The moth pollinated flowers are white (a common character in African orchids) and produced on short […]

It is wonderful to be able to take students on visits again and last week Applied Science students from Mendip Studio School and Writhlington School spent the day at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The high point was a chance to meet and interview scientist Jonathan Kendon, and learn about his conservation work in the […]

The orchid group of Year 10 students at the Mendip Studio School have been working with our partners at the Bristol Aquarium by selecting and researching orchid to add the the permanent orchid displays at the Aquarium. The top photograph shows students with horticulturalist Anna Lim and their orchids on arrival. After an hour and […]

We have several warm growing Coelogyne species with long pendulous spikes of attractive flowers but Coelogyne tomentosa has the benefit of flowering  several times throughout the year and our large plant of Coelogyne tomentosa is in flower more often than it is not. This coelogyne species is native to Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Java where […]