Question – Why should you visit the Writhlington Greenhouses in the middle of the night? Answer – To enjoy the intoxicating scent of the wonderful orchid. (actually, there is plenty of scent in the day time too) Angraecum magdalenae from the mountains of central Madagascar is one of our most rewarding orchid species. The […]
We are now well into our summer flowering species and this is a reliable small growing member of the vanda family. There seems to be little known about this species which is native to the Philippines and in common with most cleisostomas has flowers that open successively along the flower spike. The long lasting flowers […]
The weather is warm and flowers are filling the meadows, hedges and wild places – so do go out and enjoy them. The common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) here is on Cley Hill in Wiltshire. The orchids on the chalk are rather reduced this year as a result of the very dry spring and summer […]
Another lovely prosthecheas flowering today is Prosthechea prismatocarpa. This wonderful species from Central America is a large growing member of the cattleya family that produces long spikes of dramatic flowers. The flowers are butterfly pollinated with the pink section of the lip the perfect shape for a large butterfly to grab hold of. We […]
It is a sunny morning at the Greenhouse and the air is already heavy with the sweet scent of this beautiful Central American orchid species. We have seen Prosthechea radiata growing abundantly in the hot lowland forests of Guatemala and Belize and the best place we have found to see it in the wild is […]