Nurseries and Retailers
- Akerne Orchids of Belgium offer a very good mail-order service.
- Azienda Agricola Nardotto e
Capello in Italy, highly recommended by several subscribers, who usually refer to them as
"The Italian Nursery". Reasonable
charges for shipping to UK. Credit card payment accepted online.
- Botanical Orchids, the Dutch nursery recommended by Geoff for species.
- Burnham Nurseries in Devon offer a mail-order service and the nursery and show house, Orchid Paradise, are open 7days a week all year.
- Ecuagenera have an extensive plant list and also organize orchid hunting trips in Ecuador.
- Floralia Orchids, Brazil
- Hardy Orchids grow and sell a wide range of hardy orchids, many suitable for the UK garden.
- Laurence Hobbs Orchids Ltd. - a variety of species & hybrids, also agent for Carter & Holmes. Address: Bailiff's Cottage Nursery, Hophurst Lane, Crawley Down, West Sussex RH10 4LN
- Heritage Orchids specializing in Pleione, Cypripedium and Hardy Orchids.
- McBean's Orchids McBean's Orchids - Cymbidium, Odontoglossum and Zygopetalum specialists.
- Mae Tang Orchids offer a selection of orchid plants, many grown in their own nursery in Thailand, also holidays in Vietnam and Thailand designed specifically for orchid enthusiasts.
- Orchid Alchemy - UK company supplying seedlings from ethically sourced seed and also divisions of their own stock. Tropical and temperate orchids. Recommended.
- Orchis Floriculturing Inc - Taiwan nursery, often visit larger shows
in Europe, including RHS London Show on occasions.
- Orchids by Peter White stock a wide selection by mail order and will also take plants to the many shows they attend. See also their Sundries site for a good range of products.
- Ratcliffe Orchids situated near Winchester, carry a wide range of orchids with particular emphasis on Paphiopedilums and also are the home of Orchid Sundries. Mail order. Visitors to the nursery by appointment only, except on Open Days.
- Royden Orchids - wide range of South and Central American species, specializing in Pleurothallid and alliance. Mail order and shows only. Agent for Ecuagenera CIA Itda.
Address: Perks Lane, Prestwood, Bucks, HP16 0JD Tel: 10494 863224 Fax: 01494 868160
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