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The Writhlington Orchid Project

The Writhlington School Orchid Project combines horticulture, science and conservation. Pupils raise orchids from seed and are working on conservation projects in the Himalayas, South Africa, South East Asia and Central America. Follow their story on this blog.

Favourite orchids

Posted by The Writhlington Orchid Project on 02 Oct 2009 at 10:39 AM

 This is one of our real favourites. Coelogyne cristata comes from the Himalayas and we grow this plant cool with a minimum of 10 degrees C. The recent trip to Sikkim found this species growing at about 1500m in monsoon forest. It flowers for us in March and April.

 

 

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