Orchids in Bloom

Also known as Masdevallia chaetostoma , this small plant is also from Ecuador.  The plant is 6 cm tall, the flower spikes 15 cm and the tiny...

This rather odd plant is from Ecuador and has 10 cm cane-like growths with soft leaves.  The flowers come several at a time at the end of th...

This is another high-altitude species from New Guinea in the Oxyglossum section of Dendrobium .  Like most of the other plants in the secti...

Sophronitis acuensis is a species from Brazil, as are all the species in the genus.  It is now reclassified as Cattleya , but by any name i...

Dendrobium seranicum is a high-altitude species from New Guinea that loves cool temperatures, high light and lots of water and humidity.  I...

Sigmatostalix uncinata is a recently described species from Ecuador.  It is related to Oncidium and has the same growth habit, a single le...

Mediocalcar decoratum is a tiny plant that rambles, each new growth coming at the top of the last growth.  The growths are interesting, too...