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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Description: Pendent epiphyte, with 1 or rarely 2 or more branching shoots, often suspended by one or a few of the numerous, tangled, aerial roots; stems 1–35 cm long. Leaves narrow-elliptic to ovate or obovate to oblong, 3–10 cm long, 3.5–16 mm wide, green to...Regular price $55.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dryadella simula is a charming super-mini orchid that produces clumps of foliage with tiny monkey-faced flowers hiding among the leaves. This is native to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. This is a cool growing species that has short stems and blossoms...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Restrepia wageneri is a species of orchid endemic to northwestern Venezuela. The lateral sepals are fused into a large synsepal, with a small labellum on top of it. The lateral petals often resemble antennae, and usually have a small bulge at their tips. The narrow...Regular price $65.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Bulbophyllum sanguineopunctatum is a species of Bulbophyllum found in Asia. Keep plant in warm temperatures. Keep moist in summer seasons and do not allow mix to dry, in winter keep the mix slight dry and reduce watering. Keep good air movement to avoid fungal growth....Regular price $75.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Bulbophyllum longissimum is found in Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo and Malaysia at lower elevations as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with conical, sheathed pseudobulbs carrying a solitary, apical, oblong, coriaceous, subsessile leaf that blooms in the spring on a erect or pendant,...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Rothschild’s Bulbophyllum is a miniature orchid found in southern Yunnan Province of China, northeastern India, Assam and Myanmar. Bulbophyllum rothschildianum grows hot to cool in moderate to low and should be grown in a pot or basket (as opposed to mounted). Flowers occur in...Regular price $55.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Bulbophyllum cruentum is a species of Bulbophyllum found in Asia. Plants are found in Papua, New Guinea and Irian Jaya. Keep plant in warm temperatures. Keep moist in summer seasons and do not allow mix to dry, in winter keep the mix slight dry and reduce watering....Regular price $135.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, southern China and the the Philippines in broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests and primary montane forests at elevations of 50 to 1200 meters on trees along streams as a large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte. Water and fertilizer...Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Origin: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.Synonym: Epidendrum brassavolae, Encyclia brassavolae, Panarica brassavolae.Temperature: 15°-24°CWater: Water + mist regularlyHumidity: 60-80%.Flowers: Produces spikes with 4 to 14 waxy flowers. The flowers remind of the Brassavola genus.Flowering season: Spring, summerFlowering time: 4 to 6 weeksFragrance:...Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium linguiforme, commonly known as the thumbnail orchid, tick orchid[2] or tongue orchid,[3] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It grows on trees or on rocks, with wiry, prostrate stems, prostrate, fleshy leaves and spikes of...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This is a rarely seen species from South America, not available all the time. Plants bloom from summer to winter with a single 2 cm wide flower. Keep plant in shade to moderate lighting. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant...Regular price $60.00Regular priceUnit price per
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On offer the orchid is having a flower spike on it. Probably we will send the plant bareroot to reduce the weight and the postage as it is growing in gravels now unless special request are made. Sending bareroot doesn't affect the plant condition....Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Bifrenaria harrisoniae is native to Brazil, around Rio De Janeiro. These plants grow on almost vertical, rocky cliffs, facing east, at a height of 200-800 m. They are exposed to strong winds and full sun. Their roots are buried in rock cracks where there is...Regular price $45.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Plant blooms in the fall with a single 5 cm wide flower. Plant is found in wet montane forests of Peru at elevations around 2000 meters. Plant can be grown in a fine bark medium, full sphagnum moss, or mounted on treefern or cork. Grow in...Regular price $75.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This is a large to giant sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial on steep embankments or rarely an epiphyte low on trees in pastures at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters with erect, cane-like, strigose stems carrying variable, papery, plicate, basally clasping, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate...Regular price $65.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This miniature sized, cool growing species is endemic to the Philippines on mossy tree trunks at the edges of montane cloud forests at elevations around 1200 to 2000 meters with dark green, wrinkled pseudobulbs that at times can be curved and carrying a single,...Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Sedirea japonica, known as 'Nagoran' in Japan, can be found in sub-tropical regions of southern Japan and Korea. This is a miniature growing species with a Phalaenopsis-like leaf habit. The flowers have a strong citrus scent, reminiscent of lemons.Regular price $110.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This beautiful species is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador. It is a spring bloomer and has the fragrance of cinnamon. On offer healthy and flowering size orchid, ready to flower in the season. Only one available.Regular price $145.00Regular priceUnit price per
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It is a miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphytic species, which can reach up to 18 cm in height, with clustered, ovate to oblong, laterally compressed pseudobulbs, which have 2.0-2.5 cm long, partially enveloped by several, imbricating, dry, scarious sheaths and carrying 1...Regular price $45.00Regular priceUnit price per
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On offer a very healthy and flowering size orchid,only one available at this time.. Found in Tamaulipas, Puebla, Vera Cruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas states of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua on trees and rocks in humid montnae forests at elevations of 1100...Regular price $145.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Vanda coerulea orchid is a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing, monopodial epiphyte, which can reach 75-150 cm long and 50 cm wide, with very stout stems carrying coriaceous, ligulate, distichous, conduplicate, obliquely tridentate apically leaves. The leaves are 8-25 cm long...Regular price $55.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Perreiraara Rhynchorides Bangkok Sunset is a monopodial epiphyte orchid hybrid having beautiful colours of an exotic sunset. The colour is a unique blend of amber, yellow, peachy coluors with a light pink lavander lip. Flowers are displayed on a thin spike of about 15-20 cm...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Vanda coerulea naturally occurs at the southern flanks of the Himalaya, at an altitude approximately 1400 metres. This specific species has grown to be so rare in nature. This Orchid grows and blooms easily in a living room. This plant flowers excessively. This plant requires living room...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Vanda tricolor orchid blooms on an axillary, erect to suberect, 2 to 3" (5 to 7 cm) long, shorter than the leaves, 6-9 flowered inflorescence with large, fragrant flowers occurring in the fall and winter. The flowers are 5.0-7.5 cm in diameter, they are waxy, durable,...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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