Our Orchids

We carry a good selection of species mainly, but always in limited numbers. Plants are imported from Thailand and the Philippines from select nurseries. We are also growing on a number of seedling species from South America. Subscribe to our Newsletter to be sure you hear when these are ready. There are also some interesting articles at the bottom of this page which may be of interest.

We do not split plants into smaller clumps when they arrive, but pot them as they are received into pure sphagnum. We find that the plants settle and acclimatise much quicker in Sphagnum moss, and in fact, for many years this is how I have chosen to grow my plants. I no longer use bark chips as a potting medium. The seedlings especially, do exceptionally well in this.

We have chosen to offer some of the more rare and uncommon species, along with the common, in the hope that we can encourage people to grow them and perhaps dispel the myths about how difficult they are. We are always on hand to assist with culture queries for those who aren’t sure about how to treat a particular species, but rest assured, if we have never grown it and flowered it successfully ourselves over the last 26 years, we will say so. Our cultural tips are based on how we grow them successfully, and not how others do it. It must be remembered though, that culture has to be modified to suit the individual person and plant, like any other nursery we cannot guarantee that if you do it our way you will be successful, but there is no reason why, with a bit of patience, and especially a ‘feel’ for your plant, you can’t modify the culture to suit yourself. With observation and care, there should be few plants you can’t grow and flower.