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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A miniature native to Myanmar and Thailand. This is a cross between two of our best plants and should produce yellow flowers with purple lips. The purple tones in the lips can vary. Truly an easy to grow species that can flower in a...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Grammatophyllum wallisii sp. is native to the Philippines. This form has flower spikes that are erect and not arching, with flowers to about 10 cm across. A large thick caned species, this species grows well in warm conditions, Grammatophyllum plants can also grow well...Regular price $300.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Grammatophyllum speciosum var flava is a yellow form of the world's largest orchid, the tiger orchid or the sugar cane orchid, as a result of the perceived resemblance of its foliage to that of sugar cane. A rare form of this species originates from Borneo, The...Regular price $300.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Epidendrum porpax is a small growing miniature.This species is native to Colombia and Venezuela where it grows in pine forests, usually on the sides of trees in dense clumps or mats. This orchid can be identified by its 3" long stems covered in alternating,...Regular price $80.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This easy-to-grow orchid produces 6' long flower spikes that carry 50-100+ 1", lightly fragrant bright yellow flowers with maroon markings. On offer the orchid is growing in 50 mm tube.Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This species is naturally found in the cloud forests of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. A beautiful species with 3-inch flowers that have a lip striped in violet-blue. There is the fragrance of hyacinths and the flowers last 1-2 months. Keep moist, allowing the mix to...Regular price $140.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This species is naturally found in the cloud forests of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. A beautiful species with 3-inch flowers that have a lip striped in violet-blue. There is the fragrance of hyacinths and the flowers last 1-2 months. Keep moist, allowing the mix to...Regular price $120.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Stanhopea tigrina is a cool to warm growing, Mexican, medium sized, epiphytic species found at elevations of 600 to 1700 meters with ovoid, slightly compressed, dark green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, plicate, elliptic, petiolate, dark green leaf that blooms on a pendulous, 2...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This is an attractive epiphytic orchid endemic to Southeast Asia and the Himalayas. It produces pendant racemes with many neat little flowers. It’s easy to grow in intermediate to warm conditions and intermediate light. Plants are seedlings in 50mm tubes.Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Papua and New Guinea and the Philippines as an epiphyte at elevations over 350 meters occuring on tree trunks as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with rather broad, strongly compressed, ancipitous stems carrying several, leathery, 2 ranked, at right...Regular price $24.90Regular priceUnit price per
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Common Name: Linden's Vanda [Belgian Botanist 1800's] Found in southern Mindanao within the Philippines at elevations of sea level to 500 meters as a small to giant sized, hot growing epiphyte. Seedlings in 50mm tubes.Regular price $19.90Regular priceUnit price per
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Aerides houlletiana orchid is native to Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in evergreen, semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sea level to 700 meters in partial shade. This variety is truly a show winner and easy to grow. This species produces...Regular price $24.90Regular priceUnit price per
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A small to medium sized, cool to hot growing, monopodial epiphyte from pennisular Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and northeastern Thailand in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 1300 meters with a erect stem carrying 8, oblong-ligulate, rigid, thick, olive green...Regular price $60.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A medium sized, warm to hot growing monopodial epiphyte that is found in Vietnam and Thailand in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sealevel to 700 meters with elongated stems carrying alternate, oblong to elliptic, apically unequally bilobed,...Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Common Name: The False Lamellate Dendrobium Flower Size: 1.5 to 2 cm Found in Sabah Borneo in lowland and hill forests at elevations around 700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm, erect becoming pendent growing epiphtye with simple, erect becoming pendent, clavate, terete basally,...Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Native to: Cuba and Jamaica. Schomburgkia lyonsii is found growing on exposed rocks in dry upland forests and valleys from sea level to 800 meters in elevation.Plant Size: Large. The erect pseudobulbs of Schomburgkia lyonsii are tall and cylidrical to tappered and have two or three leaves.Flower Size: 1.5 inches (3.75...Regular price $125.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium moschatum, the musky-smelling dendrobium, is a species of orchid. It is native to the Himalayas (northern and eastern India, northern Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Yunnan), and Indochina (Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia). A whiskey-bottle flask containing about 40+ seedlings. Ready to be deflasked. The...Regular price $160.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, southern China and Vietnam to the south on deciduous trees in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 700 meters, as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing...Regular price $140.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium lamellatum is found only in Java and is a miniature to small sized, warm-growing species with extremely flat green “canes” and broad, thin leaves that are clustered towards the apex. D. lamellatum blooms in the winter, late spring and summer producing few to several lemon yellow...Regular price $180.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Native to India, this is one of the best examples of this species around. Named for Walter Rothschild of Tring Park, England, 'Red Chimney' is perhaps the best there is with its First Class Certificate award from the AOS. A whiskey-bottle flask containing about 40+...Regular price $180.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dracula woolwardiae is found in Ecuador as a small to medium, cool growing epiphyte in dense forests on the western slopes of the Andes mountains. It`s hairy and uniquely patterned flowers are quite the delight. On offer the orchid is flowering size, not usually...Regular price $110.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan China in highland primary cloud forests in shallow, sandy soils among sandstone rocks often in the shade of low bushes at elevations of 1000 to 2600 meters as a large to giant sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial...Regular price $150.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Cymbidium mastersii is native to Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. It is found growing on trees and rocks in evergreen montane forests at elevations of 900 to 2400 meters above sea level. It is a large sized, warm to cold...Regular price $135.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in southeastern Brazil as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte and or lithophyte with conic-ovaid, dark green, longitudinally rugose, pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, lpicate, erect, coriaceous, acute, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, channeled, petiolate base leaf that blooms in...Regular price $45.00Regular priceUnit price per
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