Orchid Species
Pure Botanical Heritage: Natural Orchid Species
Explore our collection of true orchid species—nature's original masterpieces, unchanged by hybridization. These are the wild orchids that inspired centuries of botanical exploration and continue to captivate serious collectors with their authentic beauty and fascinating natural history.
Why Species Orchids Matter:
- Botanical Authenticity: Pure species as they exist in nature, not human-created hybrids
- Conservation Value: Many species face habitat loss in the wild, making cultivation important for preservation
- Discovery Stories: Each species has a unique tale of botanical exploration and discovery
- Natural Adaptation: Evolved over millennia to thrive in specific ecosystems, from cloud forests to tropical lowlands
- Genetic Foundation: These are the parent plants behind many popular hybrid orchids
Natural Habitats & Origins: Our species orchids represent diverse ecosystems from around the world—misty mountain slopes in the Andes, humid rainforests of Southeast Asia, cool cloud forests of Central America, and rocky outcrops of Madagascar. Understanding their natural habitat helps recreate ideal growing conditions at home.
For the Serious Collector: Species orchids appeal to growers who appreciate botanical accuracy, natural diversity, and the challenge of cultivating plants true to their wild origins. Many species offer unique characteristics rarely found in mass-produced hybrids, including distinctive fragrances, unusual flower forms, and specific blooming patterns tied to seasonal changes.
Growing Considerations: Species orchids range from beginner-friendly to advanced difficulty levels. Each variety includes information about its natural habitat, which guides care requirements including temperature ranges, humidity levels, and light preferences. Some species are more forgiving than their hybrid descendants, while others require precise conditions.
Perfect for: Collectors building reference collections, enthusiasts interested in orchid evolution and taxonomy, growers seeking authentic botanical specimens, and those who value the heritage and story behind each plant.
Pure Botanical Heritage: Natural Orchid Species
Explore our collection of true orchid species—nature's original masterpieces, unchanged by hybridization. These are the wild orchids that inspired centuries of botanical exploration and continue to captivate serious collectors with their authentic beauty and fascinating natural history.
Why Species Orchids Matter:
- Botanical Authenticity: Pure species as they exist in nature, not human-created hybrids
- Conservation Value: Many species face habitat loss in the wild, making cultivation important for preservation
- Discovery Stories: Each species has a unique tale of botanical exploration and discovery
- Natural Adaptation: Evolved over millennia to thrive in specific ecosystems, from...
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Found only in Madagascar at elevations of 400 to 1200 meters growing among rocks in seasonally dry evergreen forests [morning dew is the main source of water for part of the year] as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or semilithophytic vandanaceous...Regular price $170.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A miniature species from Southeast Brazil that can be found as far inland as Bolivia and Paraguay. Overall best grown on cork slabs with good humidity and daily watering. Tolerant of a wide range of temperatures. Water less when cool (under 60 degrees F)...Regular price $90.00Regular priceUnit price per
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It is a miniature to small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte, which reaching a height of 10-20 cm. Lindley's Dendrobium blooms in the winter and spring with fragrant flowers on an axillary, 5 to 15 flowered, often pendant raceme that arise from nodes...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Schomburgkia lueddemanniana sp. is a species native to southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies & Venezuela. Schomburgkia genus is now renamed Myrmecophila. The name Myrmecophila is a derivative of the word myrmecophile and refers to the symbiotic relationship with colonies of ants that are usually found living in the...Regular price $185.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Fragrant Aerides species that blooms in floriferous sprays of yellow flowers with a white lip. Flowers are waxy and substantive with a sweet, lemony scent. The plant on offer is seedling size and supplied in a 50mm tube.Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Cycnoches barthiorum is a complex flower with many different colours, including shades of rose, burgundy, green and white. The flowers are full-shaped, and the lips look like white spiders. It is a floriferous species, and plants commonly bloom with two or three inflorescences carrying...Regular price $90.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in northern Peru and Brazil as a small-sized, hot to warm growing, caespitose epiphyte of wet montane forests at elevations of 400 to 800 meters. Produces showy, fleshy, chocolate-scented flowers arising from near the apex of the newly matured, leafy pseudobulb. The plants...Regular price $80.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Native to Southeast Asia, Dendrobium secundum is also known as the "Toothbrush Orchid" for the fact that all of its flowers appear on the same side of the stem, much like the bristles of a toothbrush.This semi-pendulous, cane-like species is found in dry lowland...Regular price $135.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This warm growing species comes from lower elevation forests in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador and has a warm wet season and a short dry season. There are several color forms with red, a pure album form and a green form. This fabulous green form...Regular price $110.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This is a wonderful Vanda species native to India. Semi-terete leaves make for a smaller stature than most strap-leafed vandas. The flowers have a wonderful contrast with tan/brown petals and sepals and a purple lip. Smells like s'mores! Humidity: 55% – 85%Temperature Range: Winter (12.8-25°C) |...Regular price $120.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Native to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. This plant is tolerant of cool to warm temperatures, making it an easy variety to grow overall. Beautiful indigo and white flowers with a sweet fragrance. Plants for sale are seedlings in 50mm tubes.Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per
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. pot.Found in Papua and New Guinea as a medium to large sized, cool growing epiphyte on moss-covered trees in cool mist forests at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters in high light with stems carrying 2 to 3 apical, elliptic, bluish-green, erect or...Regular price $90.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Vanda sanderiana is a species of orchid. It is commonly called Waling-waling in the Philippines and is also called Sander's Vanda, after Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, a noted orchidologist. The orchid is considered to be the "Queen of Philippine flowers" and is worshiped as...Regular price $115.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This is a large Sumatran species with strap-form, shiny leaves that blooms in the summer producing white flowers with pink venation that emit a smoky scent. Vanda foetida – Found in southern Sumatra. Large sized epiphyte with an erect stem carrying many strap-shaped, fleshy, tough, shiny...Regular price $130.00Regular priceUnit price per
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The rare "Holy Ghost" orchid from Panama! This species blooms with outstanding 2 to 3 foot fall spikes decorated with round, 1.5" cup-shaped flowers with a perfect dove in the center. To add to their appeal, these flowers also emit a strong fragrance. The...Regular price $260.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A pack of wonderful Dendrobium species that contains 3x 50mm tubes. The pack contains: 1x Dendrobium secundum 1 x Dendrobium shiraishii 1x Dendrobium spectabile A wonderful pack for Dendrobium lovers at a special price! Healthy seedlings for sale.Regular price $105.00Regular priceUnit price per
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The native range of this species is Sulawesi. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. The leaves are strap shaped, decurved and are arranged alternately along the stem. The apical leaf tip is unequally bilobed. The long-lasting...Regular price $80.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A species with a wide distribution in nature from East to Southeast Asia. Naive to Hainan China, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Lovely pink to purple flowers that have a nice sweet fragrance. Shorter lived at about 3 to 4...Regular price $45.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Native to Southeast Asia, Dendrobium secundum is also known as the "Toothbrush Orchid" for the fact that all of its flowers appear on the same side of the stem, much like the bristles of a toothbrush.This semi-pendulous, cane-like species is found in dry lowland...Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in western New Guinea at elevations around 500 to 1500 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphyte, terrestrial or lithophyte with greenish brown, clustered, grooved stems that are swollen in the apical part carrying, 2 to 4, apical, leathery, rounded apically, dark...Regular price $45.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A spectacular, medium to large sized, hot growing epiphyte in primary rainforests, mangrove swamps and moss forests as well as an occasional lithophyte on rocks from Papua & New Guinea and the Solomon Islands at elevations of 300 to 2000 meters although it is...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium Moniliforme Rashatsubame is a “choseiran” characterised by textured green leaves edged with a thin picotee of cream color. D. moniliforme is a temperate species that does well in cold to hot temperatures. As with nearly all dendrobiums, Dendrobium moniliforme Rashatsubame wants to dry...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an elongate [for the genus] stem carrying a few oblanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, pale green leaves that blooms on a racemose to paniculate, terete peduncle, flattened rachis, 3.6 to 16.8 [9 to 42 cm] long, inflorescence with...Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Grammatophyllum orchids can take bright sun, The flowers are amazing too. The flowers are generally up to 4.5 cm wide, held in racemes of up to 150 blooms. G. scriptum is native to south east Asia and is found in low-lying coastal areas. Plant...Regular price $100.00Regular priceUnit price per
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