Here are pictures and information about some of Andy’s plants that are currently or have recently been in flower. The Epidendrum medusae was purchased during the spring as a small plant and then mounted on bark which it has really taken to with roots wrapped...
My Vandas have done amazingly well this summer. My four blue based ones have all flowered with big blue (and white) blooms. The unnamed blue one was a going cheap and had the remnants of a flower spike. It is deep purple in reality but my camera likes blue given the...
I hope everyone has been enjoying the lovely summer weather! Great though it has been I am getting fed up carting water around both in the garden and the allotment. My orchids too have found it hard at times and haven’t enjoyed the hot bright conditions. They...
The British Orchid Council has just published the results of the Covid19 online Congress it organised to coincide with the Malvern International Orchid Show that unfortunately had to be cancelled. There were approximately 400 entries in total, some from as far...
Andy has sent over some great photos of the plants that he had in flower between mid May and mid June. Once again some unusual and superbly grown plants! A note from Andy on how to keep the Psychopsis alive! “The Psychopsis do have a bit of a reputation. Not...
Here are photos of two more of Bill Haldane’s plants. I know that he stands the pot containing the Coelogyne in a washing up bowl which always contains water. The plant has responded to this and flowers prolifically and is now probably in a bigger outer...