It was fantastic to meet so many enthusiastic orchid growers at the show yesterday. We hope that those of you who are new to our website will enjoy following our daily orchid in 365 days of orchids. As you will notice we are on day number 1914 which is more that 5 years of an […]
One orchid we are pleased to feature in our display today is Dendrobium chrsotoxum (above) This wonderful dendrobium has the brightest of golden flowers with a large orange blotch on the lip. The golden flowers of the species always transport me to the remarkable forests of the Bolaven Plateau in Southern Laos. Dendrobium chrysotoxum is […]
Congratulations to the our setup team of students and adult volunteers for a hard days work in the heat of the Kibble Palace to set up a stunning display of orchids ready for this weekends orchid fetival. The organisers have been fantastic and the historic glasshouse is packed with wonderful displays by Orchid Societies from […]
Our display and sales plants are now safely stored at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens ready for today. – we will post details here. One plant that has flowered just in time is Coelogyne velutina with its gorgeous pendulous flower spikes. Coelogyne velutina has a lot in common with other warm growing species with long […]
We have some magnificent miniatures for the journey to Glasgow today, especially our Platystele species. Platystele schmidchenii is native to wet forests from Peru to Colombia from 1000 to 2400m altitude and is rather extraordinary for the enormous amount of flower it produces on upright stems held well clear of the 2cm long leaves. Our […]