Orchid Special with Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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