La Canopée Orchidées

[camille1585]

Last week while visiting my partner's family in Brittany in France I went to La Canopée with my SIL, an hours drive from where they live.

It's a small nursery but jam packed with plants that all look in excellent health, and the greenhouse is clean and tidy. Most on the greenhouse is off limits to customers, but I spent an hour poking around looking for interesting plants for myself and novice grower SIL.

Since they do Lycaste breeding, I got one of their crosses as my first ever Lycaste. I got Lycaste Oratrix a nice yellow primary hybrid (campbellii x xanthocheila)
Second plant I got was Phrag Sorcerer's Apprentice x wallisii.










And just for fun, some photos of the local beaches only 15min from where my in-laws live. The water is a bit cold, but it's peaceful and the beaches quite empty compared to the more touristic south of France. There are some great snorkeling and diving spots around there.