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 beautiful species from South East Asia that can send out several sprays of flowers in the spring to early summer. Keep dry in the winter season and start to water in the spring for best flower results. The plants for sale are currently...Regular price $85.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This species is a small sized, hot growing, pendant growing epiphyte from Borneo in shady, humid, lowland and swampy riverine forests low down on trees often near or on branches overhanging stream banks at elevations of sealevel to 200 meters that produces highly fragrant...Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Perhaps one of the most beautiful of the Coelogyne with white flowers and a chocolate-red lip, native to the Philippines. Described recently in 2001. Up to 20-inch-long pendulous flower spikes that produce one flower at a time on a zig-zag pattern, extending slightly each...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This is the rare color form of a species native to various regions in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Widespread species like this one are typically easy to grow. This orchid prefers partial sun and warm to hot conditions, and it should be...Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Borneo at elevations of 450 to 610 meters on limestone cliffs near waterfalls on huge mossy trees 20 feet up as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with oblong to obovate leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A lovely little leafless orchid from Thailand, India, and Burma. This unique, easy-to-grow Chiloschista has long-lasting flowers with a vanilla-like fragrance. Plants are seedling size on cork mounts.Regular price $65.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This is the rare yellow flower form of this section Polychilos Phal from Vietnam, Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines. This section of Phalaenopsis reflowers from the same spikes year after year so you do not need to cut the flower...Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A miniature species from the Himalayas, Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. This species is similar to Phal. lobii, but has slightly smaller foliage and flowers with a pink lip. They also have a slight fragrance of burnt matches, with some sweet tones as...Regular price $38.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium primulinum sp. is commonly known as the Primrose Yellow Dendrobium. Found in Assam, Himalayas, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, China and Vietnam, 1 to 2, fragrant flowers that arise from nodes along the leafless canes in spring and needs lots of water and...Regular price $80.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This small to medium sized, hot growing, epiphytic species is found in the Philippines at elevations below 100 meters with an erect or ascending stem enveloped by imbricating leaf sheaths and carrying elliptic, obovate to oblong-elliptic, fleshy, acute or obtuse leaves and likes a...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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These plants are the predominantly white forms of the Philippine species, Phal. equestris, with the occasional light hint of pink in the lip. These orchids are fantastic, given that once the spikes start flowering we have seen them carry on blooming for two years or...Regular price $35.00Regular 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 and established.Regular price $200.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This is the darkest form of the delenatii, sometimes called 'dunkel' or 'vinicolor', known for their darker foliage and nice cherry red pouch color. Once the flowers have been open for several days, they will have a slight scent of rose. The foliage is...Regular price From $200.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Native to China, this amazing species has very tall stems with large green flowers , overlaid with burgundy markings. The tall 18-22" stems take about 6 months to develop once the flower spike begins at the centre of the leaves. The flowers have the...Regular price $195.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This Paph. rothschildianum features award-winning parents and large, beautiful flowers. With a generous leaf span, it's a great addition to any collection. See photos for details. As we have multiple plants, some leaves may have a shorter or longer leaf span.Regular price $275.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A lovely little leafless orchid from Thailand, India, and Burma. This unique, easy-to-grow Chiloschista has long-lasting flowers with a vanilla-like fragrance. Plants for sale are seedlings sold on cork mounts.Regular price $65.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A miniature, epiphytic orchid species that originates from Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Assam, Burma, and the Himalayas. Phalaenopsis parishii alba is the white flowered form of Phalaenopsis parishii. Plants for sale are seedlings sold on cork mounts.Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium smillieae, commonly known as the bottlebrush orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with large, spongy pseudobulbs, thin, bright green leaves which are shed after their first year and crowded flowers in a bottlebrush-like arrangement. The flowers are white, to cream-coloured or pink and the labellum has a shiny, dark green...Regular price $85.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This amazing species from the Philippines has very interesting mottled leaves and delicate pink flowers that will develop fragrance after being open for 10-14 days. The fragrance is in the morning hours and for some reason not all of the schilleriana have fragrance but...Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Native to the Philippines, this species blooms with beautiful yellow flowers with orange stripes and a white centre. This species blooms with a light, floral fragrance. Plants for sale are seedlings in 50mm tubes.Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in the Mentawai Islands of Sumatra on tall trees in riverine forests at elevations up to 100 meters as a small-sized, hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer and fall, carrying slightly fragrant flowers with a scent similar to P violacea. Plants...Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A beautiful species from South East Asia that can send out several sprays of flowers in the spring to early summer. Keep dry in the winter season and start to water in the spring for best flower results. Plant for sale is growing in...Regular price $65.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Brazil at altitudes of 700 to 900 meters as a medium sized, warm growing, epiphytic orchid with ovoid-ellipsoid to clavate pseudobulbs that are enveloped basally by scarious sheaths and carrying a single, apical, ligulate, leathery, rounded at the apex leaf that blooms...Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This medium to large sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial and occasional epiphytic species is found in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala in rainforests at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters with clustered, ellipsoid to ovoid, olive green pseudobulbs carrying up to 5 apical, narrowly...Regular price $110.00Regular priceUnit price per
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