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There are few houses that aren't home to an Orchid. But with 28,000 species, distributed in about 763 genera, the world of Orchidaceae goes far beyond Phalaenopsis and Cymbidium.
This week we're joined by Cambridge University Botanic Garden Glasshouse Team Leader Luigi Leoni, and Orchid expert Phil Gould, to see some of the plants wowing the crowds at the moment and share amazing stories behind them. Plus their FLOMO*s for not only the Botanic Garden, but private collections at home.
FLOMO = FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out
PLANT LIST
Strongylodon macrobotrys
Coelia bella
Polystachya tsaratananae
Cattleya
Laelia
Vanda
Dendrobium
Miltonia
Cymbidium iridioides
Cymbidium tracyanum
Angraecum sesquipedale
Bulbophyllum saltatorium var. albociliatum
Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis
Stapelia gigantea
Erythronium 'Joanna'
Calanthe striata
Dendrobium speciosum
Cypripedioideae
Myrmecophila tibicinis
Neomoorea wallisii syn N. irrorata
Laelia anceps
Laelia anceps var veitchiana
Coelogyne
Coelogyne cristata
Coelogyne nitida
Phalaenopsis lowii
Schoenorchis fragrans
Ludisia discolor
Phalaenopsis gigantea
Coryanthes macrantha
Phalaenopsis schilleriana
Phalaenopsis stuartiana
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There are few houses that aren't home to an Orchid. But with 28,000 species, distributed in about 763 genera, the world of Orchidaceae goes far beyond Phalaenopsis and Cymbidium.
This week we're joined by Cambridge University Botanic Garden Glasshouse Team Leader Luigi Leoni, and Orchid expert Phil Gould, to see some of the plants wowing the crowds at the moment and share amazing stories behind them. Plus their FLOMO*s for not only the Botanic Garden, but private collections at home.
FLOMO = FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out
PLANT LIST
Strongylodon macrobotrys
Coelia bella
Polystachya tsaratananae
Cattleya
Laelia
Vanda
Dendrobium
Miltonia
Cymbidium iridioides
Cymbidium tracyanum
Angraecum sesquipedale
Bulbophyllum saltatorium var. albociliatum
Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis
Stapelia gigantea
Erythronium 'Joanna'
Calanthe striata
Dendrobium speciosum
Cypripedioideae
Myrmecophila tibicinis
Neomoorea wallisii syn N. irrorata
Laelia anceps
Laelia anceps var veitchiana
Coelogyne
Coelogyne cristata
Coelogyne nitida
Phalaenopsis lowii
Schoenorchis fragrans
Ludisia discolor
Phalaenopsis gigantea
Coryanthes macrantha
Phalaenopsis schilleriana
Phalaenopsis stuartiana
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