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UK orchid conservation charity | The Brickell Award 2024 | RHS Gold medal winners 🏆| #🌿Six National Collections of orchids | 📍West Sussex, UK
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Brassia aurantiaca a cool growing species from the wet montane forests of Colombia and Ecuador at 2300m 🌿

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January 18, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Counting down to first Event of 2026. Have you booked yet? Diary date 7 February for a Guided Tour of our 6 National Collections of orchids 🗓️🌿

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January 17, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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More new seedlings - Cymbidium Pistacio Mint 'Geyserland' x Cymbidium Vanguard Donkey '#2' 🌱

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January 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Another new Cymbidium seedling - Cymbidium URG (Sarah Jean x Belgian Therapy) 🌱

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January 16, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Oncidium Oedipus looking radiant in the sunshine. Hybrids usually vary in colour and markings - this is a particularly fine specimen. Markings come from its parent Joe’s Drum 🌿

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January 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Cymbidium Prince Louis kindly donated to us last year enjoying its new home. Thanks to everyone who supports us by donating their orchids 🌿

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January 12, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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Cymbidium Maufant (Red Beauty x Thurso) slowly opening up. The Cymbidiums are just spiking and coming into flower for the 2026 season 🌿

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January 11, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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Oncidium Nichirei Geresto blooming again 🌿

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January 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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On a cold and icy day sharing this from earlier this week. The sunshine just makes the white sparkle - this is Oncidium Sarsonnerie, registered in 2021 by the Eric Young Orchid Foundation. 🌿

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January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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New Cymbidium seedlings coming into flower. This is Cym. Oxnard Cutie with blush pink stripes. 🌱

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January 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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Oncidium Venilia is a remake of an old historic hybrid registered by Charlesworth in 1909. It is a primary cross of cirhhosum and nobile and it is the first flowering of the batch of seedlings we made in 2022. Exciting times 🌱

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January 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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More first flowering today - Anoectochilus formosanus - a jewel orchid growing in our warm house which just a seedling at present but will enjoy seeing this batch flourish. 🌱

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January 6, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Cymbidium URG (Jimmy Durrante x Memoria Stuart Sperber) first flowering with lovely orange hues🧡 🌿

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January 5, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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Dracula verticulosa - another new species for us flowering for the first time. This Colombian species has interesting colourings and grows in the cloud forest at elevations of 1800m. 🌿

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January 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Comparettia x maloi a new species for us coming into bloom. This Ecuadorean natural hybrid is a cross of speciosa and falcata with pretty dark pink blooms. 🌿

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January 3, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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Pleione Barcena in bloom - one of our Winter flowering primary hybrids that form part of the Butterfield collection 🌿

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January 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Wishing all our wonderful orchid and conservation community, and supporters and followers around the world a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR - may it be filled with joy, hope and new beginnings 🌱🌿

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January 1, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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A great day visiting RHS Wisley …and the Orchid House with some splashes of colour. Always a treat 🌿

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December 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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#SevenOnSunday Zygopetalum 🤗 (including a Jumping Jack for a certain someone I can’t find on here… @uk-boothby.bsky.social @wolf71758.bsky.social )
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Have you signed up to our newsletter? 📰 🌱The December issue is nearly ready to go - sign up via website! ✍️

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December 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Last but not least Z is for Zygopetalum Blue Lake 🎉A fragrant genus of 14 species and over 200 hybrids. Thank you all for following and do share any Z’s today!

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December 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Y is for Pleione Yeti one of the hybrids in the Butterfield Collection. Another tricky letter for our collections - do you have any to share today? 🌿

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December 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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X is for Oncidium x andreetteanum a primary natural hybrid of harryanum and praestanoides. X is also often used for natural hybrids …do you have any natural hybrids to share? 🌿

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December 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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As Christmas Eve dawns sending Christmas Greetings to all our orchid friends and supporters around the world. Have a very Happy Christmas from all of us. 🌿

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December 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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W is for Oncidium wyattianum a species from the wet montane cloud forest of Peru. What W orchids do you have to share - any Wilsonaras for example? 🌿

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December 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM