Yesterday was a rather exciting day at Writhlington – an inset day! We are still amazed at the amount of work you can get done in the labs without those annoying lessons getting in the way! This inset was, however, to be unlike any preceding it. We turned the classroom into a workshop and set […]
At Writhlington school we always feel that spring has arrived when our plants of Coelogyne cristata start to flower. Matt isn’t the tallest member of greenhouse club but he still shows the scale of this magnificent plant. Coelogyne cristata featured as one of our favourite orchids in an earlier blog and I am sure you […]
As many of you will be aware, we’re moving to our brand new greenhouses very soon. March 2nd to be precise! We’re all very excited and, through all our excitement, are somehow managing to organise things in preparation. I say ‘we’… what I really mean is the greenhouse team. My Lab team, myself included, have […]
Orchid seed is the key to everything we do at the Writhlington Orchid Project. It is from orchid seed that we get the plants that we sell to make money for our trips. It is also these seeds that will grow up to make up our collection that is taken to shows. I mentioned seed […]
Aren’t bananas great! Slightly off topic I know, but a fact worth noting all the same! Who would have thought that one, such humble fruit would poses so many practical uses in the modern day world, and particularly to us orchid growers! For today’s post I have assembled the top three uses for bananas at […]