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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Paph philippinense alba is a popular long-petaled multifloral Paph species. It can have up to 7 flowers per inflorescence and makes a beautiful display plant. Plant on sale is growing in 80mm pot.Regular price $135.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This species produces small (about the size of a dime) flowers that truly have a monkey face! The flowers are cupped. The yellow sepals are covered with red splotches and are covered in short hairs around the margin. The lip (the monkey's nose) has a...Regular price $125.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Cattleya bowringiana is a lovely fall-blooming species from Central America. The clustered flowers are primarily lavender although there are some impressive albescens and coerulea varieties. .With just ordinary care, the pseudobulbs will reach 10 to 15 inches in height. In the hands of a...Regular price $45.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Paph philippinense is a popular long-petaled multifloral Paph species. It can have up to 7 flowers per inflorescence and makes a beautiful display plant. Plant on sale is very healthy.Regular price $135.00Regular priceUnit price per
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For fans of the funky-flowered types, this one’s for you. Fragrant and distinctive Dendrobium species endemic to New Guinea and surrounding islands. This species is used in the breeding of many a Latouria Den. cross. Plant for sale is growing in 100 mm pot.Regular price $80.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Beautiful yellow green flowers with a white lip that has a dark-green base. Native to Venezuela, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador, these plants will drop most or all of their leaves at maturity right before or when they flower. The wonderful fragrance is like a...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A wonderful compact evergreen Dendrobium cross amongst members of the Latouria section. Flowers are fragrant and long-lasting, and the plants may bloom several times in one year. Latouria Dendrobiums are nice because they can re-flower on the same growths several times, making for a large...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium ternatense (syn. Dendrobium macrophyllum var. ternatense) is a medium-sized, warm-growing epiphytic orchid from Malesia, known for its fragrant, long-lasting flowers with distinctive hairy sepals and veined lips, often in shades of pink, blooming on erect clusters from the apex of its club-shaped canes, making it a popular choice...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Vanda chirayupiniae is a recently described, epiphytic Thai orchid (family Orchidaceae) known for its colorful, long-lasting flowers, typically with yellow-brown or apricot tones and darker tessellated patterns, featuring a distinctly three-lobed lip with keels and small, erect side lobes. This species grows as a...Regular price $80.00Regular 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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Found on Komodo Island of the Lesser Sunda Islands as a large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the late summer and fall on a 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, to 18 flowered inflorescence carrying powerfully sweet-scented flowers....Regular price $80.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Latourea type species native to New Guinea. Large grower to 60 cm, erect spikes of up to 20 blooms. Robust grower. Seedlings in 50mm tubes for sale.Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This medium-sized, epiphytic orchid, often referred to Cattleya aurea, is native specifically to the north of Colombia. It is prized for having larger flowers and a more intense golden coloration than the Costa Rican form of C. dowiana, with highly intricate veining on its...Regular price $39.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium insigne is found in Papua and New Guinea, Queensland Australia and surrounding islands. It grows on trees and on the tips of small branches of mangrove trees at elevations of 0 to 600 meters above sea level. The Splendid Dendrobium blooms at any...Regular price $150.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Papua and New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as a large to giant sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte or lithophyte occuring in riverine forests, coastal forest, swamp forests, beaches and plantations at altitudes of sealevel to 700 meters with clustered, fusiform,...Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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From northeastern Australia and sporadically in New Guinea where it is found in mangroves in hot steamy low lying coastal swamps at elevations of sea-level to 200 meters and is a large to giant sized, hot growing epiphyte with basally swollen, tapering towards the...Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in northern Thailand as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with erect, tufted, obscurely 4 angled, fusiform or clavate, to 32″ [to 80 cm] long stems with each node half covered by a white sheath and carrying 3 to...Regular price $110.00Regular priceUnit price per
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An easy-to-grow, cool to warm-tolerant Southeast Asian species native to Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, China, the eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, and Assam, India. These plants are epiphytes, and prefer a mix with good drainage, such as bark or cork slabs. However, they are fast-growing, and...Regular price $55.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This orchid is found in Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Tibet, Hainan and southern China as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte or occasional lithophyte, on moss covered trunks or branches of trees at altitudes of 1100 to...Regular price $160.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This species is a medium to large sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte,lithophyte or terrestrial found in North East India, Western Himalayan range to Malaysian peninsula. Canes are yellow green and are long, erect or pendulous or arching. Dendrobium fimbriatum is a very fragrant spring-blooming...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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On offer is a beautiful flask of a Clowesetum species. The photo of the flower is for reference only. Each flask contains more than 30 seedlings that are ready for deflasking. The flask is from a high quality producer and a good laboratory.Regular price $150.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium tiongii is a striking epiphytic orchid species native to the Philippines, particularly thriving at elevations between 500 and 1,000 meters in warm, tropical climates. Flowers: Bright yellow, borne in clusters of up to 40 on short inflorescences opposite the leaves Flower Size: Approximately 1.4 cm (0.56...Regular price $100.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Leafless epiphyte from Taiwan, up to a dozen green flowers on arching to pendant spikes. Mounted plants.Regular price $60.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Sumatra, the Andaman Islands and Nicobar islands. Produces glossy, strongly fragrant flowers. Mericlones, 50mm seedlings size for sale.Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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