Two Glasshouses at RHS Wisley – one large & tropical; one small, for all things alpine

Abutilon Souvenir de Bonn

Canna Orange Punch

Abutilon

Canna Orange Punch

Cannas massed

Hedychium gardnerianum

Canna Phasion

Canna Phasion

Canna Richard Wallace

Canna Orange Punch

Canna leopoldii

Brugmansia Grand Marnier

Abutilon Ashford Gem

Hibiscus

Coffea arabica

Hibiscus rosa sinsneis

Brassia rex

Odontioda charlesworthii

Paphiopedilum spicerianum

Stenoglottis longifolia

Phragmipedium Jersey gx Mont Millais

Prosthechea cochleata AGM

Brassia rex

x Vuyllstekeara Yokara Perfection

Prosthechea chondylobulbon

x Odontioda Marcris gx

Paphiopedium King Arthur

Paphiopedium King Arthur

Brassia rex

The Glasshouse at RHS Wisley

I think in blogging circles, this day of the week is known as Wordless Wednesday. Well, so much for that! By way of the briefest explanations, the galleries, above and below, are filled with images from my visit last week to RHS Wisley – but since the weather then and now has been pretty much the same, bright sun, blue skies, and given these plants are by way of protected by their glass enclosures, I could have cheated and said I took them today.

What I shan’t (also not do/do) is add anything more. Wordless Wednesday is my watchword. That, and the fact that I know very little about the orchids pictured and not a great deal about the Alpines on show – despite the Alpine Houses here and at Kew, being on my regular radar with frequent visits. It’s a learning curve and I’m on the lower slopes.

I hope you enjoy the images in any event.

A very few gems from the Alpine House at RHS Wisley

Oxalis lobata

Petrocosma Purple Puzzle

Colchicum peloponnesiacum

Oxalis melanostricta

Petrocosma Purple Puzzle

Colchicum peleponnesiacum

Oxalis pulchella var tomentosa

Merendera montana

Zephyranthes smallii

Merendera montana

Bukiniczia cabulica

Merendera montana

Oxalis melanosctricta

Merendera montana