McBean's Orchids

McBean's Orchids British orchid growers Founded in 1879 in Cooksbridge, just north of Lewes East Sussex, McBean's is the UK's oldest orchid nursery.

With 140 years' experience growing and breeding the very finest cymbidiums and cool growing oncidiums, and have been recognised at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show over 70 times for the quality of our plants. You can follow us on Instagram as well at for pictures and updates. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcbeans_orchids/

28/02/2026
Oncidium Alexandrae or Crispum, the collectors favourite 🤍Discovered by Theodor Hartweg while in the Andes back in the 1...
07/02/2026

Oncidium Alexandrae or Crispum, the collectors favourite 🤍

Discovered by Theodor Hartweg while in the Andes back in the 1840 while collecting plants for the ‘Horticultural Society of London’.
1: Big Boy x Sorel Point
2: Crispum x Cristor
3: Stephanie ‘Superb’
4: Crispum ‘LYOTH Princess’
5: Stephanie ‘Ellie’

What a difference a little sunshine makes, though some would prefer going to a walkie. Come & see us, so many lovely cym...
04/02/2026

What a difference a little sunshine makes, though some would prefer going to a walkie.
Come & see us, so many lovely cymbidiums in flower 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

The Strathdon family, the last picture is Cymbidium Strathdon x Peter Pan & has the most incredible scent
02/02/2026

The Strathdon family, the last picture is Cymbidium Strathdon x Peter Pan & has the most incredible scent

A handful of lime green CymbidiumsLoch torridon x goldrun Loch Rosail Lucense x Kurun x fanfarePuppy Love x UltimatumLam...
31/01/2026

A handful of lime green Cymbidiums
Loch torridon x goldrun
Loch Rosail
Lucense x Kurun x fanfare
Puppy Love x Ultimatum
Lambkin ‘littl rascal’

Hard know where to look for flowers, full fat cymbidium season, so starting with a few big old Pinks 1. Loch Maree 2. Lo...
28/01/2026

Hard know where to look for flowers, full fat cymbidium season, so starting with a few big old Pinks
1. Loch Maree
2. Loch Leven
3. Gaddon Loch
4. Ben Venue
5. Gonzo

The splendid Dendrobiums speciosum 🪴
25/01/2026

The splendid Dendrobiums speciosum 🪴

Thank you everyone for your fantastic support this Christmas  & this year, I think we’re pretty much done with packing &...
19/12/2025

Thank you everyone for your fantastic support this Christmas & this year, I think we’re pretty much done with packing & wrapping & the temperatures look like they are dropping next week.
A very merry Christmas to you all & a happy new year, come & see us in 2026 💝🎄🎉 🌸

Gorgeous Oncidium Ingmar ‘Lyoth Royale’’. It’s always hard to resist taking the flower spikes off the oncidiums at this ...
16/10/2025

Gorgeous Oncidium Ingmar ‘Lyoth Royale’’.
It’s always hard to resist taking the flower spikes off the oncidiums at this time of year, trying to wait a little longer to get better, brighter flowers in the new year, but this one had such a grand name I had to see what it looks like.❤️💜🩷

Come & learn kokedama, the Japanese art of growing plants in a moss ball, our next course has places available on Friday...
11/09/2025

Come & learn kokedama, the Japanese art of growing plants in a moss ball, our next course has places available on Friday 19th September 2025, we kick off at 10.30am & is a lot of fun.

Click on the link in our bio for details 🌳

Still some places left next week on Thursday 21st August. Come & learn Kokedama, the Japanese art of growing plants in a...
11/08/2025

Still some places left next week on Thursday 21st August. Come & learn Kokedama, the Japanese art of growing plants in a moss ball, particularly well suited to varieties of orchids.
Starts at 10.30, link in bio for more info ☀️

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Resting Oak Hill, Cooksbridge
Lewes
BN84PR

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