We have been enjoying traditional Christmas holiday activities including repotting pleione bulbs. Now is a great time to plant the dormant bulbs in fresh compost. We will keep them cool (frost free) and just slightly damp until growth gets going in 4-6 weeks time. Be careful not to damage the flower buds/new growths at the […]

This is our smallest Prosthechea species with pseudobulbs 5cm tall, fine leaves and delicate flowers mostly in pairs. The species is native to South America from Brazil to Colombia where it forms mats on trees in warm forests from 200-1400m altitude. We have tried growing it cool and warm and have found that a shaded […]

Thanks to the wonders of Zoom, orchid project students will be in Hawaii next month. On the morning of Monday January 11th, students will gather early at school for a 7am talk to the Hilo Orchid Society with tours of the greenhouse and lab, tales of shows and expeditions. We are very excited to be […]

For boxing day we have another species new to 365 days. Maxillaria schunkeana is an unusual Brazillian species with almost black flowers. The species is small growing which adds to the appeal and it is native to the forests we know in the Mata Atlanitica from our school visits to Brazil. we find the species […]

Happy Christmas from all of us here at the Orchid Project. We have a wonderful orchid for Christmas Day – Angraecum sesqipedale from Madagascar The large star like flower opens slightly greenish and this fades to a glowing creamy white in the next day or two. This species is commonly known as Darwin’s comet orchid […]