Most of our Cymbidium species are cool growing and flower in the winter months but this species reliably flowers at the end of August. Cymbidium dayanum is a very graceful warm growing Cymbidium native to lowland forests from Sikkim in the west to Japan in the east and south through South East Asia to the […]

This dramatic orchid species is native to Brazil where it is found as an epiphyte on trees or lithophyte on rocks near the atlantic coast or inland in damp forests up to around 1200m. It is reported as restricted to rocks near water in dryer areas. We grow plants in baskets of course bark but […]

A miniature orchid that has had a lot of interest at the Bee and Pollination festival is Pleurothallis sonderana. The species is endemic to Southern Brazil where it grows as an epiphyte in cool moist forest. We find Pleurothallis sonderana is a vigorous plant that forms a great little specimen and can be easily propagated […]

We have had a busy weekend in Bristol at the Bee and Pollination day. A wonderful display was set up on Saturday by Issy and Rosie and with Ed today and our wonderful parent helpers Gareth, Adam and Agnes and volunteer Zoe we have spent two days making new friends and talking orchids and their […]

Today we do have a bee pollinated orchid for the Bee and Pollination Festival This dramatic Coelogyne flowers reliably in August but as you can see the flower spikes are very long and pendulous making this not the easiest plant to transport for display. However, it is worth the effort. The species is native to […]