For Christmas Eve we have this lovely star like African species seems very appropriate.   Aerangis biloba is the Aerangis we find the easiest to succeed with. It is a species from Central and West Africa where it grows in deep shade in woodland up to 700m altitude. The large leaves are a deep green […]

We have another intriguing bublophyllum species today. Bulbbophyllum nitidum is a small growing species with large dramatic flowers and is new to 365 days of orchids. The red and white striped flowers are 7cm across with the sepals held out straight. The lip is a sharp point 3cm long. The small plants produce several flowers […]

December in the school greenhouse is always dominated by Laelia gouldiana and its close relative Laelia anceps. Our specimen plant of Laelia gouldiana is now in full flower (below) with seven of the ten spikes fully out. As you can see the flower spikes are around 1m long with 6-10 large flamboyant flowers. We have […]

There are some orchid flowers that we eagerly anticipate weeks before the bud open and Masdvellia decumana is one of them. The delicious large spotted flowers are larger than the plant and must be one of our most dramatic species. We have a few clones flowering and so today is the day to pollinate flowers […]

This miniature member of the Oncidium family is new to 365 days and once again shows the astonishing diversity of orchids. This is the first flowering of seedlings of the species which has terete leaves 4cm long and long thin flower spikes that hold the 2cm bright scarlet, humming bird pollinated flowers well clear of […]