The Mathers Foundation
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UK orchid conservation charity | The Brickell Award 2024 | RHS Gold medal winners 🏆| #🌿Six National Collections of orchids | 📍West Sussex, UK
Stanhopea frymirei ‘Hermitage Ignita’ won an Award of Merit from the RHS Orchid Expert Group on Saturday. The flowers of this genus only last a day or so but a mature plant can have successive spikes to enjoy 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Anguloa Elisabeth Eyles with pale lemon blooms. This is part of the Oakeley National Collection of Anguloa with many starting to bloom this summer 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Stanhopea graveolens ‘Hermitage Imperialis’ won an Award of Merit from the RHS Orchid Expert Group 🎉. This was donated by the Hartley’s and is part of our National Collection. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Angreacum dideri in bloom with delicate white flowers. This species is found in Madagascar in humid evergreen forests and is growing in our warm house 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Stanhopea ruckeri xanthina with delightful flowers with a tinge of green 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Bulbophyllum auratum in flower. Lots of tiny pink blooms on this species growing in our warm house. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Cirrhaea fuscolutea flowering for the first time - this warm growing Brazilian species was donated by the Hartley’s and has cascades of petite yellow blooms. Quite spectacular! 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
One of our new seedlings Oncidium Hermitage Red Diamond (naevium x deburghgraeveanum) 🌱 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Bulbophyllum weberi with delicate pink is a species found in 🇵🇭 at elevations of 120 to 1500m on rocks and trees. Named after a collector in the 1900s. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Masdevallia Gypsy in bloom - just a pop of colour after the heatwave 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Angulocaste Joiceyi showing sunshine yellow blooms. This is part of our National Collection donated by the Hartley’s 🌱 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Cyrtorchis praetermissa flowering for the first time in the nursery. Cascade of small white flowers from this fragrant species that grows from Uganda to South Africa as an epiphyte 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Miltoniopsis Jersey in blooms with large bright pink and white flowers. This hybrid was made by the Eric Young Orchid Foundation who are experts at hybridizing and breeding Miltoniopsis 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Miltonidium URG (spectabilis alba x nobile) with pure white flowers. This arrived as a seedling in 2020 from Colombia and this year will have 3 spikes - right is first flowering! 🌱 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Oncidium strictum is a species pollinated by hummingbirds - beautiful petite pink flowers in cascades 💕🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Stanhopea Rosy Glow in flower - lots more hybrids and species in bud 🌱 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
A beautiful orchid labelled as Coelogyne pandurata in flower as part of the Hoare collection donated last year. This species from SE Asia has stunning green blooms and a black lip. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Otoglossum chiriquense with 2 spikes this year. Exotic and fragrant this is a real summer treat. This one arrived over 6 years from Burnham Nurseries and is getting bigger each year! 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Bulbophyllum claptonense in flower with stunning colours 🍁🧡. This species is found in Borneo at elevations of 800 to 1000m. #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Stanhopea season continues - this is Stanhopea Emily Bush - which is a primary hybrid registered by Dick Hartley between tigrina var nigroviolacea and embreii. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Miltoniopsis Roc Aumont has Mps roezlii, vexillaria and a tiny touch of phalaenopsis in its ancestry 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Delighted to add a new special Cymbidium to our National Collection. This one was kindly donated to us yesterday and had been grown for over 30 years and is a huge specimen. It will be cared for and treasured. Thanks so much 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Miltoniopsis Blueana, a primary hybrid of vexilliara and roezlii 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
More Oncidium NaevNoez a primary summer flowering red hybrid. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Oncidium altisssimum is reputedly one of the earliest orchids cultivated at RBG Kew - common name is ‘popcorn orchid’. In flower with yellow and brown petite show of blooms. It is found in the Caribbean islands at 200m. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
A beautiful cool growing species Oncidium astranthum. The petals are pale lime-green and the lip has a deep yellow waterfall marking. Found in 🇪🇨 and 🇵🇪 in seasonally wet cloud forests at 2400 to 3000m elevation. #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Stanhopea Dick’s Trick with more blooms. Whilst the individual blooms only last a few days large mature plants have multiple which means this one has enjoyed a long flowering season. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Oncidium gardneri is one of our varied species - this comes from the Southern States of 🇧🇷 and grows at 100 to 1200m in the Atlantic rainforest. Fragrant with brown and yellow blooms. 💛 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
