Orchids are exotic plants with complex flowers that are often bizarrely shaped and that occur worldwide, many of the cultivated tropical varieties of which are kept as hothouse plants as in these ones at Wisley.

Within the huge cathedral-like Wisely Glasshouse is their Orchid House a space that is home to their collection of over 3,000 orchids. The one above is in the genus of Spathoglottis or purple orchids. This species is called Dendrobium Moschatum Griff I think?

Above is another Spathoglottis or purple orchid in the collection though this time I am unsure of which of the approximately 50 species it is of this genus.

The orchid above is from the genus called Cymbidium, commonly known as boat orchids, again I am unsure of the exact species.

The one above is an Oncidium which is a genus of about 370 species of orchid. The common name for orchids in this genus is Dancing Lady Orchids.

Cymbidiums are bold, colourful orchids that produce spires of exotic blooms like the one above.

Finally, I couldn't resist a quick snap of the artificial waterfall in the Moist Temperate Zone with its subtropical cloud forest atmosphere. In this environment is where a superzoom like my OM System M.Zuiko ED 12-100mm f4 IS Pro (24-200mm crop factor equivalent) comes into its own. Giving reach for tele-zoom close-ups of the flowers and wide angles for environmental scenes like the waterfall and all without having to change lenses in the hot and humid environments of the glasshouse.