National Collections of Orchids in the UK

The best way to conserve any orchid - or indeed any species of plant or animal - is in its undisturbed natural habitat.  But, with habitat destruction as the greatest conservation threat, other approaches have a vital role to play in any realistic conservation strategy.  One of these is the development and maintenance of specialist collections in cultivation, usually under the auspices of nationally organised schemes.  Such collections, normally concentrating on single genera, not only play a valuable part in conservation (e.g. as a "captive" seed source) but also provide a very useful research resource.

In the UK, the National Plant Collection scheme of The National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens fulfills this role admirably.  It is the main conservation vehicle of the NCCPG, whose declared mission is to conserve, grow, propagate, document and make available the amazing resource of garden plants which exists in the UK.  Under the NCCPG scheme individuals and organisations undertake to document, develop and preserve a comprehensive collection of one group of plants in trust for the future.

Currently 19 National Collections of Orchids are recognised.  Significantly, virtually all are the creations of private individuals - amateur growers with no scientific training and no links to commercial horticulture, just a passionate interest in orchids - who have developed a frequently unrivalled knowledge and understanding of their specialities.

The National Collections, with contact details for their creaters/holders, are . . .

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Anguloa, Lycaste  &  Ida

Dr Henry Oakeley
77 Copers Cope Road
Beckenham
Kent  BR3 1NR

Tel.

0208 658 0358

Fax

0208 658 0359

Email

Barkeria

J de Maaker
Medlar Cottage
Polvarth Road
St Mawes
Truro
Cornwall  TR2 5AY

Tel.

01326 270725

Fax

01326 270725

Email

Bletilla

R G & A Evenden
25 Penway Drive
Pinchbeck
Spalding
Lincolnshire  PE11 3PJ

Tel.

01775 767857

Fax

01775 713878

Catasetineae

Max Hopkinson
5 Golf Road
Radcliffe-on-Trent
Nottingham  NG12 2GA

Tel.

0115 912 3095

Fax

0115 933 3460

Email

Cattleya spp.   -  2 collections

1.

R J Elliot
Dalehurst
Horsegrove Avenue
Ticehurst
Sussex  TN5 7DE

Tel.

01580 200475

2.

Dr M Perera
c/o NCCPG
The Stable Courtyard
RHS Garden
Wisley
Surrey  GU23 6QP

Tel.

01483 211465  (NCCPG)

Fax

01483 212404  (NCCPG)

Email

Dendrobium

The Curator


D. chryseum
©  Graham Smith

Glasgow Botanic Garden
Glasgow  G12 0UE
Scotland

Tel.

0141 334 2422

Fax

0141 339 6964

Dracula

Mary Smallman
10 Willoughby Close
Helpringham
Sleaford
Lindolnshire  NG34 0RX

Tel.

01529 421 521

Email

Masdevallia

Don Smallman
10 Willoughby Close
Helpringham
Sleaford
Lindolnshire  NG34 0RX

Tel.

01529 421 521

Email

Maxillaria spp.

Dr M McIllmurray
125 Orchard Avenue
Shirley
Croydon
Surrey  CR0 7NL

Tel.

0208 654 5941

Email

Paphiopedilum   -  2 collections


P. delenatii
©  Geoffrey Hands

1.

Geoffrey Hands
117b Salisbury Road
Burton
Christchurch
Dorset

Tel.

01202 480529

Email

 Web Site

http://www.users.waitrose.com/~orchids

2.

Dr M Perera
c/o NCCPG
The Stable Courtyard
RHS Garden
Wisley
Surrey  GU23 6QP

Tel.

01483 211465  (NCCPG)

Fax

01483 212404  (NCCPG)

Email

Pleione

Ian Butterfield
Butterfields Nursey
Harvest Hill
Bourne End
Buckinghamshire  SL8 5JJ

Tel.

01628 525455

Pleurothallidinae  spp.

Steve & Frances Manning
25a Forest Road
Tarporley
Cheshire  CW6 0HX

Tel.

01829 732323

Email

Note
Part of this Collection is held at Chester Zoo

Contact . . .   

M Sparrow

Tel.

01244 650236

Fax

01244 371273

Restrepia spp.

Colin Howe
2 Longworthy
Newbury Road
Hermitage
Berkshire  RG 18 9TB

Tel.

01635 200721

Email

 Web Site

http://www.restrepia.co.uk

Stanhopea

R J Hartley
Foxdale
Mill Lane
Wetley Rocks
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire  ST9 0BN

Tel.

01782 550313

Fax

01782 550 845

Email

 Web Site

http://www.geocities.com/foxdaleorchidsuk/


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