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113 Best Orchids for Scottish Borders | 2026 Guide

The 113 best orchids to grow in Scottish Borders. Ideal climate: 9.4°C, 82.1% humidity.

🌡️ 9.4°C
💧 82.1%

113 Orchids for Scottish Borders

Showing 1-36 of 113

Helleborine
1
★ 100%

Helleborine

Epipactis

Hard 💧 4 days 🌡️ 15°C - 30°C
Green-winged orchid
2
★ 100%

Green-winged orchid

Anacamptis morio

Hard 💧 14 days 🌡️ 15°C - 30°C
Green Fleshy Tree Orchid
3
★ 96%

Green Fleshy Tree Orchid

Drymoanthus adversus

Hard 💧 5 days 🌡️ 5°C - 25°C
Creeping lady's-tresses
4
★ 96%

Creeping lady's-tresses

Goodyera repens

Hard 💧 4 days 🌡️ 5°C - 22°C
Chinese Ground Orchid
5
★ 95%

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

Easy 💧 4 days 🌡️ 5°C - 29°C
Snow Queen Orchid
6
★ 95%

Snow Queen Orchid

Coelogyne cristata

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 6°C - 24°C
Blue Vanda
7
★ 94%

Blue Vanda

Vanda coerulescens

Hard 💧 3 days 🌡️ 7°C - 35°C
Blue Vanda Orchid
8
★ 94%

Blue Vanda Orchid

Vanda coerulea

Hard 💧 4 days 🌡️ 7°C - 29°C
Beautiful Sobralia
9
★ 93%

Beautiful Sobralia

Sobralia decora

Medium 💧 4 days 🌡️ 9°C - 22°C
Pine-pink Orchid
10
★ 86%

Pine-pink Orchid

Bletia purpurea

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ -4°C - 35°C
Heath Spotted Orchid
11
★ 86%

Heath Spotted Orchid

Dactylorhiza maculata

Hard 💧 5 days 🌡️ -15°C - 25°C
Flying Duck Orchid
12
★ 84%

Flying Duck Orchid

Caleana major

Hard 💧 10 days 🌡️ 5°C - 25°C
Queen Victoria's Dendrobium
13
★ 83%

Queen Victoria's Dendrobium

Dendrobium victoriae-reginae

Medium 💧 4 days 🌡️ 10°C - 25°C
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14
★ 83%

Hyacinth Orchid

Dipodium squamatum

Hard 🌡️ 10°C - 25°C
Hooded Orchid
15
★ 83%

Hooded Orchid

Dendrobium aphyllum

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 5°C - 35°C
Greater Butterfly-orchid
16
★ 82%

Greater Butterfly-orchid

Platanthera chlorantha

Hard 💧 7 days 🌡️ -15°C - 28°C
Grasshopper orchid
17
★ 82%

Grasshopper orchid

Lycaste locusta

Hard 💧 4 days 🌡️ 7°C - 27°C
Rosy Tinted Laelia
18
★ 80%

Rosy Tinted Laelia

Laelia rubescens

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 9°C - 32°C
Wittig's Cattleya
19
★ 77%

Wittig's Cattleya

Cattleya wittigiana

Hard 💧 3 days 🌡️ 12°C - 28°C
Small Spider-orchid
20
★ 76%

Small Spider-orchid

Caladenia parva

Hard 💧 10 days 🌡️ 15°C - 25°C
Early-purple orchid
21
★ 76%

Early-purple orchid

Orchis mascula

Hard 💧 10 days 🌡️ -15°C - 25°C
Easter Cattleya
22
★ 75%

Easter Cattleya

Cattleya intermedia

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 12.7°C - 35°C
Maroonhood
23
★ 75%

Maroonhood

Pterostylis pedunculata

Hard 💧 5 days 🌡️ 3°C - 25°C
Vanilla Orchid
24
★ 74%

Vanilla Orchid

Vanilla planifolia

Hard 💧 6 days 🌡️ 13°C - 32°C
Terete Vanda
25
★ 74%

Terete Vanda

Papilionanthe teres

Hard 💧 1 days 🌡️ 13°C - 32°C
Lady of the Night
26
★ 74%

Lady of the Night

Brassavola nodosa

Medium 💧 4 days 🌡️ 13°C - 32°C
Devon's Cymbidium
27
★ 73%

Devon's Cymbidium

Cymbidium devonianum

Hard 💧 3 days 🌡️ 7°C - 24°C
Pink Rock Orchid
28
★ 73%

Pink Rock Orchid

Dendrobium kingianum

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 5°C - 35°C
Indian Boat Orchid
29
★ 72%

Indian Boat Orchid

Cymbidium aloifolium

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 7°C - 25°C
Sekkoku Orchid
30
★ 72%

Sekkoku Orchid

Dendrobium moniliforme

Medium 💧 4 days 🌡️ 7°C - 25°C
Jamieson's Epidendrum
31
★ 71%

Jamieson's Epidendrum

Epidendrum jamiesonis

Medium 💧 5 days 🌡️ 10°C - 24°C
Fringed Star Orchid
32
★ 71%

Fringed Star Orchid

Epidendrum ciliare

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 10°C - 32°C
Beach Crucifix Orchid
33
★ 71%

Beach Crucifix Orchid

Epidendrum fulgens

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 10°C - 32°C
Govenia
34
★ 71%

Govenia

Govenia

Hard 💧 6 days 🌡️ 10°C - 24°C
Dendrobium Orchid (genus)
35
★ 71%

Dendrobium Orchid (genus)

Dendrobium

Medium 💧 7 days 🌡️ 10°C - 35°C
Spider Orchid
36
★ 71%

Spider Orchid

Brassia arachnoidea

Medium 💧 4 days 🌡️ 10°C - 27°C

Ideal Orchids for Scottish Borders's Climate

Scottish Borders has an average temperature of 9.4°C and humidity of 82.1%, conditions that directly influence which orchids best adapt to the local environment.

How to Grow Orchids in Scottish Borders

To successfully grow orchids in Scottish Borders, consider that the average temperature of 9.4°C and humidity of 82.1% create a specific microclimate. High humidity favors tropical species, but requires attention to ventilation to prevent fungal issues.

Advantages of Choosing Adapted Orchids

Orchids adapted to Scottish Borders's climate show greater resistance, healthy growth, and less need for interventions.