Category Orchids

Commonly called Pansy Orchids, Miltoniopsis are from South America where they grow at altitudes in rainforest areas. Popular for the fragrant long lasting flowers, they are easy to grow indoors as long as you can protect them from both hot…

An intergeneric hybrid, and regarded as one of the best red orchids Burrageara Nelly Isler ‘Swiss Beauty’ not only produces large slightly fragrant flowers it can also flower twice a year and is easy to grow. This is thought to…

Bratonia (x Bratonia) are an intergeneric hybrid between Brassia and Miltonia orchid species. Sometimes labelled incorrectly as x Miltassia. Long lasting flowers and some amazing colours make this an orchid group well worth seeking out. Hybrids like these differ around…

Lycaste are an interesting group of orchids with both deciduous and evergreen types in the one genus. With around 30 species, and flower colours from white though to yellows, pinks and near purple they have a lot to offer. Flowers…

Which clean white flowers Coelogyne cristata is an epiphytic orchid from the foothills of the Himalayas into Vietnam. The flowers are a beautiful white, ruffled petals with yellow markings. This a free flowering fragrant orchid that is relatively easy care…

Bulbophyllum bicolor is lithophytic, sometimes epiphytic orchid found on rocky cliff faces in Hong Kong, Vietnam and South East China. First identified in the early 1800s, it grows naturally in moss and leaf litter in these rocky areas usually near…

An easy care and reliable plant Laelia orchids are from Mexico and South America. The flowers are star shaped hence the common name of ‘Star Orchid’ Brilliant colours are a trademark and they vary from there creamy white of L.anceps…

A genus with around 200 species, Coelogyne Orchids are from the warm climates of south east Asia, but ranging from India and China through to New Guinea these orchids are a favourite with collectors. Many are large flowered and many…

With over 2000 Bulbophyllum orchids are one of the largest genus of orchids, many weird and wonderful species both epiphytic and lithophytic. Many species come from Thailand and Vietnam, some from Africa, South America and Australia. This wide range of…

A species orchid, Phalaenopsis equestris deserves a little more recognition than it gets. Originally found in Taiwan parts of China and the Phillipines this is an epiphytic plant that is easy to grow. It is not the ease of growing…

An orchid with a few names, Pleione formosana is also known as the ‘Windowsill Orchid’, ‘the ‘Peacock Orchid, and the ‘Taiwan Orchid’. Whatever you call it, Pleione formosana is an easy care orchid that grows well in the garden as…

A group of fairly hardy terrestrial (ground-dwelling) Orchids Dactylorhiza species such as Dactylorhiza fuchsii and D. maculata provide a colourful addition to the garden in spring. Dozens of species for the collector, however it is the hybrids that are mainly…