Does anyone know a good UK supplier?

[crazyblue]

I dont know where most people from this site live but in the UK garden centres only seem to sell phalaenopsis orchids and you very rarely get a decent choice. I think i have only ever seen one paph for sale and that didnt look all that healthy. Does anyone know a good UK website that sells a wider selection of all orchids?

[msh1]

hi there try burnham nurseries they only sell orchids they are in devon a fantastic place

[Celcat]

You can try M & S too, they do sell some cambrias as well. I am lucky here I have got 3 garden centres selling den, zygo, cymbediums and few cambrias too.
If you are keen to buy online, you can try ratcliffe and mcbeans nurseries. I have bought some beautiful orchids from them, but actually at a orchid show.

[kmarch]

Note: Cambria = Oncidium Alliance intergeneric hybrids, usually noids. There's no orchid that actually carries the name Cambria. It's not a generic name.

[Celcat]

I know Kevin...Sorry, I should be more specific.
Here they are very popular in garden centres. Most of the tags will carry the word Cambria when it is not a Paph, a Phal, a Phrag (well for UK market). Odontoglossum and Oncidium are difficult to find outside the specialist growers/nursery.

[crazyblue]

I brought one from M&S not long ago. it seems like most of the garden centres round me have no idea how to care for the orchids they are selling. I recently went to a place that say they have a large selection of orchids- they did but most were half dead. The room they were in was cold enough for me to shiver wearing a thick winter coat so its no suprise that the bargin table in the corner was over flowing with very sick looking orchids.

[tizzycat]

Hi Crazyblue,

This may help: (Mansell and Hatcher are closing down - retiring)

North of England Orchid Society - Nurseries in the UK