This page updated 6-24-09

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We have more of most items as well as other sizes available in the greenhouse. For multiple quantities of any single species, please contact us for availability.



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 Aerangis biloba
Is a species from Western and Central Africa. The 1½” to 2” pristine white flowers are fragrant and appear on pendant inflorescences. The plants grow in intermediate conditions.
4" Basket, $22

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 Barkeria scandens
is an amazing deciduous species from Mexico. The 1½” to 2” flowers are an intense magenta-red with a white callus on the lip. The flowers are very long lasting.
Mounted on 20" Wood Plaque, $18

Brassavola cordata
is an evening fragrant orchid with clusters of green flowers with white heart-shaped lips. The flowers are similar to those of the more commonly seen Brassavola nodosa; however, they are slightly smaller with more flowers and are more floriferous. This plant is an easy grower and produces multiple new growths that flower simultaneously.
2", $12

Brassavola cordata
is an evening fragrant orchid with clusters of green flowers with white heart-shaped lips. The flowers are similar to those of the more commonly seen Brassavola nodosa; however, they are slightly smaller with more flowers and are more floriferous. This plant is an easy grower and produces multiple new growths that flower simultaneously.
4" basket, $22

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 Brassavola tuberculata
is a Brazilian species that has one-foot tall, pencil-sized psuedobulbs/leaves and produces many green with white lipped flowers in the spring. The flowers are very fragrant at night.
2", BS, four new growths, $14

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 Cattleya bicolor ‘Mendenhall Beta’ (4n) x self
This is a very select form of the species from Brazil. It is a tetraploid and these seedlings have produced very dark green flowers with radiant purple lips. Some flowers have had some copper tones on the edges of the petals. All in all these seedlings could produce wonderful, awesome award-winning plants.
2 1/2", $22

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 Cattleya forbesii 'Equilab' AM/AOS x Self
is a bifoliate species native to Coastal Brazil. It is very easy to grow and bloom. This plant blooms with four to eight 4” flowers.
3", $18

Cattleya gaskelliana var tipo
(‘Maruja’ x ‘Dark’)
is an easy-growing species from Brazil and Venezuela. This species has been used in many modern-day hybrids. There are typically three to five flowers on a stem and this group of seedlings have been bred to have dark colored, well-shaped flowers.
4", New Growth, $28

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 Cattleya intermedia v amethystina ‘Jewell's’
This plant is a division of our field-collected stud plant. Variety amethystina is noted for its very pale near white sepals and petals and a lip with just a slight pink blush. The clone ‘Jewell's’ is a much more compact plant and has larger flowers than the more available variety of amethystina, ‘Aranbeem’ AM/AOS. This clone has never been shown for awards.
4", $35

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 Cattleya intermedia v orlata
is a larger growing form of Cattleya intermedia with large 4”+ flowers that are a light pink with a deep large magenta lip. The flowers are very waxy and long-lasting.
4", $20

Cattleya labiata var semi-alba
(‘Mrs. E. Ashworth’ x Cooksoniae)
Is an easy growing Brazilian species. This particular cross is between two extremely fine semi-alba clones. These seedlings have been very vigorous growers.
3", New Growth, $20

Cattleya lueddemanniana var semi alba
(‘Stanley’s FCC/RHS’ x ‘Cerro Verde AM/AOS’)
is a primary cross between two superior clones of Cattleya lueddemanniana. This particular species likes bright light and likes to be dried out between waterings. We expect these seedlings will be exquisite when blooming.
3", $22

Cattleya loddigesii
is a fairly compact Brazilian bifoliate species. The 4” to 5” fragrant waxy flowers are a pink-magenta. The flower spike usually has two to six flowers. It is an easy grower in intermediate conditions. This plant is a line-bred form of this species using very select parents. The flower picture below is one of our first-bloomed seedlings from this cross, flowers are in excess of 4” and texture is very heavy.
4", New Growth, $28

Cattleya luteola
is an adorable mini-species which reaches only 6 to 10” tall. This species comes from Peru, Ecuador, Brazil and Bolivia. The spikes produce two to five 2” flowers. The flowers are a pale lemon yellow with maroon in the lip. These plants are warm to intermediate growers.
4" Basket, $26

Cattleya maxima
is a species native to Ecuador, Columbia, and Northern Peru. This plant produces large stems of flowers. The long-lasting sweet fragrant flowers are 4 to 5 inches and are purple/magenta with a lip that has a brilliant yellow stripe down the center and is veined in deep purple.
4", $24

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 Cattleya percivaliana ‘Summit’ FCC/AOS
is one of the most famous and highly awarded clones of Cattleya percivaliana. The flowers are a lavender-pink. The velvety ruffled lip is deep magenta with orange in the throat and has a pink picotee. This is a Venezuelan species and blooms around Christmas time.
4", $20

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 Cattleya schillieriana
is a Brazilian species that is famous for its long-lived waxy flowers which are a deep bronze with darker burgundy spots and a contrasting white lip heavily veined and blushed with deep purple. These are compact growing plants and under higher light the foliage can get quite red.
Mounted on 8" custom plaque, $20

Cattleya violacea
(‘H&R’ x ‘H&R Giant’)
is a superb seedling cross of a hard-to-find cattleya species. The clone ‘H&R’ is a very nice flat-flowered dark violacea while ‘H&R Giant’ is an amazingly large flat-flowered although not quite as dark. This should produce outstanding award-quality flowers. Many growers have been intimidated by the culture of this plant but we have had great success with moss kept slightly damp during warmer weather and allowed to dry fully during the cooler winter months.
2", $20

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 Christensonia vietnamica
Is a monotypic genus represented by this one species. The plants are small and grow similar to ascocentrums – fairly high light and warm growing conditions but unlike other vandaceous plants these need damp growing conditions. The green flowers with white lips are produced on spikes much longer than the leaves. The flowers are large compared to the size of the plant.
2", $14

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 Chysis limminghei
is a hard-to-find species from Mexico. The foliage is very similar to that of Lycaste. It is deciduous and after the leaves fall from the pseudobulbs, the plant should be dried out, with just sufficient water to prevent shriveling of the bulbs. Once new leads appear pot into new media and this will promote growth and flowers. The 3” waxy flowers are long-lasting. These plants are intermediate to warm growers.
2 1/2", $16

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 Encyclia alata
is a Central American species with 2” honey colored, VERY FRAGRANT flowers. The two-foot flower spike is branced and the flowers are long-lasting.
5", BS, $22

Encyclia bractescens
is a species native to Central America. The compact growing plant can grow into beautiful specimen size fairly easily. It produces numerous rich mahogany-colored flowers with a pastel pink lip on each spike.
2", $12

Encyclia cordigera
is a species native to Mexico and Central America. The flowers are very fragrant and have chocolate sepals and petals with a large cream-colored lip overlayed with a touch of rose-pink.
4", BS, $22

Encyclia garciana
is a rare species from Central America. The 2” fragrant blooms are a creamy white with heavy veining and spotted a soft rose color. These flowers are extremely long-lasting. This is one of the cockleshell orchids closely related to the Encyclia radiata and cochleata.
4" basket, $22

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 Encyclia hanburyi
This species is from Mexico. The flowers are fragrant and long-lived and are about 1 ½” across with mahogany brown sepals and petals and a bright dark phlox-purple lip. The two-foot spike is lightly branched with up to 35 flowers.
4" Basket, $18

Encyclia microbulbon
is a small species from Central America. The clusters of round marble-like 1” bulbs are topped with pairs of stiff flat 4” leaves. The branched spikes can produce up to 20 two-inch blooms. The fragrant flowers are green with occasional reddish brown veins. The lip is pure white and has red spotting. These are easy growers in intermediate conditions with moderately bright light.
4" basket, $18

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 Encyclia randii
is a species from Brazil. It produces 2 foot spikes with many 2½” flowers. The flowers are dark chocolate brown edged with green and have a white lip accented with a large magenta splash. These flowers are intensely fragrant and this is considered one of the most elegant Brazilian encyclias. Easy to grow!
4" basket, new growth, $22

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 Encyclia tampensis
This Encyclia species is native to Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. The flowers appear on branched inflorescence and have a heavenly fragrance of honey.
Mounted on 8" bark, new growth, BS, $10

Epidendrum calanthum v. alba
is a near-miniature reed stem epidendrum species. The plants are upright and clump nicely to make large specimens. The cute ¾” flowers are a bright white with a fringed lip.
2", BS, $14

Epidendrum falcatum
This Mexican species is closely aligned to Epi parkinsonianum, however, parkinsonianum grows as an epiphyte in trees, whereas falcatum is a lithophyte that forms dense masses on large exposed rock outcrops. The evening fragrant flowers are 3” creamy white with a slight blush. These plants are temperature tolerant. The flower picture is courtesy of Weyman Bussey.
2", $12

Epidendrum stamfordianum
is an attractive species from Central America that produces showy spikes of 1 1/4” fragrant flowers in the spring. These flowers are yellow with red spots and a white lip and have a contrasting lavender column.
4", BS, $26

Gongora flaveola
is a warm to intermediate growing species from Columbia. It has long pendant spikes of 2” open flowers that are fragrant! Very interesting plant!
4" Basket, $18

Gongora quinquenervis
is a unique plant from Central America. This is found growing in fairly humid conditions on the trunk and main branches of trees -- not much more than head height. The 2½” flowers can be produced in numbers of up to 30 per pendulous spike. The flowers are a creamy yellow with dark reddish-brown spots. Quite unusual!
6" Basket, $22

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 Inobulbon munificum ‘Woodlands Beauty’ AM/AOS x self
(formerly listed as a Dendrobium)
is a rare epiphytic orchid from New Caledonia. The 1¾” flowers are displayed on pendant, branched spikes that emerge from the side of the psuedobulb – many times over 100 flowers on a spike! The flowers are typically a cream to olive green and a deep mahogany. The plant is very interesting – the pseudobulbs have a pair of leaves on top with fibrous hair interwoven on the pseudobulbs - VERY UNIQUE! This plant is a warm to intermediate grower and can bloom twice a year. These plants put on quite a show!
3", $22

Laelia lobata ‘Jeni’ AM/AOS
is a species from Brazil. ‘Jeni’ is one of the prettiest lobatas around – the flowers are a pale pink concolor. This is also one of the easier lobata clones to grow.
3", $20

Laelia mantiqueira
is a Brazilian miniature rupicolous species. The star-shaped flowers are rosy lavender and can have 5 to 7 flowers on a spike. These plants are best grown in bright light, good air circulation and need a dryer rest period in the winter.
2", $28

Laelia purpurata
(‘Treasure of Carpinteria’ AM/AOS x ‘Flamenco’ AM/AOS)
is a species cross between two superb forms of the Brazilian national flower. The flowers should be very large and well shaped having pink blushed petals and a large dark lip
2", $12

Laelia tenebrosa ('Fumancini' x ‘Big Lip’)
is an outcross between two very good varieties of tenebrosa. We expect the sepals and petals of the flowers to be coppery colored with a darker venation and a velvety purple lip. The parents had between 8 and 9 inch flowers – these could be huge!
2", $8 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive

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 Maxillaira tenuifolia
is a well known species from Central America and is especially famous for its heavy coconut fragrance. The long lasting 2” brick red flowers are produced several to each newer growth in the late spring and are quite eyecatching when allowed to fountain from a basket.
4" Basket, $22

Neobenthamia gracilis
is a terrestrial orchid from tropical East Africa. It has clusters of showy 1” flowers on top of a tall leafy stem. The fragrant and long-lasting flowers are white with a golden-yellow middle in the lip with a red spot on each side near the base. The plant is very handsome and easy to grow.
3", $16

Oncidium floridanum
is a species from south Florida to Cuba and is rare in today’s collections. This plant has large 3’ sword-shaped upright leaves and many 1 ½” flowers on spikes up to 7’ tall. The flowers are walnut-brown with a bright yellow lip. These plants are terrestrial in nature but can be easily managed in pots in the greenhouse.
4", $22

Oncidium leucochilum
is a species from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. This large plant can have long flower stalks that grow from the new growth. The stalks will have many lightly fragrant flowers. The petals and sepals are yellow to greenish with red-brown blotches. The white lip is quite large and the callus is tinged with purple or yellow.
3", $16

Oncidium maculatum
is a species from Central America. This plant has tall sprays of fragrant flowers. The flowers are mahogany brown and chartruese with a cream lip and are very long-lasting. This species has been used extensively in Oncidium intregeneric breeding.
3", NBS $14

Oncidium microchilum
is a rare species from Mexico and Guatemala. The 1½” flowers are on tall, upright, branching inflorescences, many times over 50 per spike. The long-lasting flowers are an olive-brown to a reddish brown and the white lip is marked with burgundy. The plants grow similar to Oncidium splendidum with 12” stiff semi-mule-ear leaves and a 1” rounded psuedobulb.
3", $22

Oncidium sphacelatum
is a species from Central America that is noted for its branching spikes of flowers – sometimes as tall as 5 feet! The 1½” flowers are chrome yellow with chocolate brown barring on the sepals and petals. When you see this plant in bloom you know why they call oncidiums the dancing ladies – thousands of dancers!!
5", BS, $20

Oncidium splendidum
is a large regal oncidium species native to Guatemala and Honduras. It is one of the mule ear varieties extensively used in hybridizing because of its bold color and large 2+" flowers which are very long lasting. The sepals and petals are rich mahogany with a large vivid golden yellow lip.
4 1/2", $26

Phaius maculatus (syn. Phaius flavus)
is a decidous terrestrial species native to the Indian subcontinent. The pleated foliage is dark green with unusual irregular creamy yellow spots decorating the leaves. The light yellow flowers have brown-fringed lips and are mildly fragrant and long-lasting. These plants are treated like easy-growing houseplants potted in a soiless potting mix. This variety does not require a dormancy. It loses its old leaves shortly after flowering as the new growth is coming.
4", BS, $18

Phalaenopsis mannii v flava
is a rare solid yellow form of the normally barred Phalaenopsis manni. This is a compact to small plant with shorter branched spikes. The flower picture below shows more green, however, the flowers are yellow.
3", $14

Restrepia brachypus
is a miniature species from South America. The flowers emerge behind the leaves and each leaf can bloom multiple times throughout the year. Very intriguing!
2", $14

Rodriguezia venusta
is a species in the Oncidium alliance and is native to Brazil. The free-flowering plant produces flowers that are pristine white with a yellow center and are very fragrant and extremely showy.
Mounted 7" Tree Fern, $14

Schomburgkia splendida
Is a species found in Colombia and Ecuador. The long-lasting waxy flowers are a rich mahogany brown with curled edges and the lips are a showy bright purple. This plant prefers warm, bright conditions and does well mounted or in baskets. When in full bloom the flower stalk looks as though fireworks exploded. Very intriguing!
2 1/2", Two New Growths, $14

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 Sophronitis cernua
is a charming miniature species with many ½” - ¾” fire orange flowers. The anther cap is purple and a nice contrast to the orange flowers. The plant growth is miniature as well with leaves not much over 1” long. This plant is a Spring bloomer and typically blooms with 2-6 flowers per spike and last for several weeks.
Mounted on 5" Bark, BS $22

Stanhopea wardii
is a species from Central America. The flowers produce an exotic fragrance and are very intriguing. The flower spikes emerge basally as new growth matures. Each spike bears several large yellow flowers that are magnificently shaped! They look like an insect! The leaves are a glossy dark-green. This plant grows well in warm to intermediate conditions with moderately bright light, good air movement and should be kept evenly moist.
3", $14

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 Tetramica canaliculata
These plants are from the Caribbean and closely related to Broughtonias. The plants are found growing terrestrially and up through the branches of small shrubs. Mature plants become a tangled specimen similar to Barkerias in growth. The 1” flowers have a large lip and that are displayed on tall spikes.
3", $14

Tolumnia bahamense
is a warm growing species from the Bahamas and Florida. This species was originally found in the Bahamas but is also known to grown in Florida—however it is very rare there now. The fan foliage of the plant has very rigid sword-shaped leaves and the flower spike displays a mass of the beautiful dancing-girl orchids. The plant will grow rapidly to produce a specimen-sized plant.
Mounted on 5" Tree Fern, $10

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 Tolumnia pulchella
This species from Jamaica small equitant plants produce huge sprays of light to dark pink/lavendar flowers. Grows in very bright light and well ventilated conditions.
Mounted on 7" bark, new growth, BS, $10

Tolumnia variegata
is a species from the Carribean. The plant produces ten to twenty long-lasting one-inch white flowers per spike. The plants grow in warm to intermediate temperatures and a moderate amount of light.
Mounted on 6" Tree Fern, $14

Vanilla barbellata
This species is native to Florida, although, extremely rare and may not currently be found in the wild. It is also reported from different locations in the Caribbean. Vines have stubby vestigial leaves that look like bracts, tenacious root systems, and need to get about 20 foot long to be blooming size. It will be sent bareroot with it's roots protected with moss.
Over 50" of vine, $24