Hot desires and Cambria Orchids in a cold climate.

"Baby its cold outside"

Cambria is a commercial name for intergeneric hybrids among the following genera of orchids, belonging to the Orchidaceae family,Epidendroideae subfamily, Cymbidieaetribe, Oncidiinae subtribe.


Today, I have been beavering away in the Cabine preparing paintings and prints for our good friends in Kent and New York.  I have had to dodge the frequent downpours by dashing between the house and the Cabine. "It's meant to be Spring for heavens sake! - Where's the sun"?  Last night we could hear and see the thunder and lightning as it moved along the coastline. This morning it's very very grey, cold and wet.


As a consequence of this extended  period of exceptionally inclement weather, nothing much is growing in the garden. It looks very drab indeed!  Good job Toot has 'green fingers' and with the help of our overworked condensing gas-boiler, she has provided our own 'pots on the windowsill' of 'tropical rain-forest'. 


Some of her orchids are now several years old and bloom two or three times a year.  On a dull day like today, we are both cheered by the beauty of these flowers and the many wild birds that visit our garden bird table foraging for food; but we are really looking forward to some desiccating sunshine and a sizzling summer sitting on our Suffolk seashore!