Richard Detrich’s Boquete, Panama Weblog

I promised you some pictures of some less “showy” wild orchids. These three happened to be blooming now on the trees around our house.

On the other side of the mountain up in Cero Punta there is a world famous orchid farm named Dracula. It is named after a famous night blooming orchid that grows locally. At Dracula they not only propagate Panamanian orchids but they go all over Central and Latin America rescuing orchids and propagating orchids which are endanged, eventually returning mature endangered plants to their native habitats. At Dracula, depending on the season, you can see many of the more “showy” orchids in bloom.