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Bulbophyllum
biflorum This well-named plant
produces twin flowers from multiple spikes on new growths. The inch-wide
flowers are 4 to 5in long, white heavily streaked with red, and have a
small, loosely rocking red-purple lip. The 6in tall plants have leathery
leaves and grape-sized pseudobulbs. Medium light, frequent water, warm
temps. Clumps in 4in pots.
$25.00 #4294
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Bulbophyllum
crassipes Reddish-brown foxtails
of miniature flowers with the kind of wonderful scent that flies love! 4in
pots,
$20.00 #2733
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Bulbophyllum
dearei A nice Philippine species
with big, showy yellow flowers with sickle-shaped petals and sepals. 4in
pots,
$30.00 #4961
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Bulbophyllum
elassoglossum 'Jo's Gift' A
Philippine species that blooms from the base of pseudobulbs on a 4in stem.
The single flower has a creamy white, spade-shaped dorsal sepal with purple
spots. Elongated lateral sepals point downward, showing small purple spots
against a creamy white background. The horizontal facing petals and tiny lip
are dark purple. Keep moist in shady conditions and open media. 4in
pots,
$20.00 #6548
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Bulbophyllum
medusae An incredible species
and perennial favorite. Dense clusters of white blooms resemble fireworks
in huge displays with one of the most unusual flowers in the orchid world.
Winter bloomer. 4in pots,
$25.00 #1538
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Bulbophyllum
neilgherrense An Indian species
from the Nilgiri Hills at an altitude of 5500 feet, produces an umbel of 6
to 8 greenish flowers with red markings. Grows best moist in partial shade
and intermediate temps. 4in pots,
$10.00 #4708
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Cirrhopetalum
atropurpureum Black-purple Bulbo.
Intricately composed flower shows chartreuse green on dorsal sepal setting
off the wine-speckled lateral sepals and pinkish-red lip highlighted with
yellow column and a white hood. 4in pots,
$20.00 #5823
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Dendrobium farmeri 'Pink'
Multiple pendant spikes bear sprays
of light pink flowers with egg yolk yellow centers, up to 1½in diameter,
emerge from square-cornered pseudobulbs in late winter to spring. Feed and
water heavily when warm, then drier in winter. Nice blooming size plants in
4in baskets. $25.00 #6267
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Dendrobium hercoglossum
Multiple leafy canes produce clusters of 2 to 8 light lavender, one-inch,
flat, waxy flowers with white throat and very dark spot in the center. A
spring bloomer with 2-8 flowers per raceme emerging from the upper part of
the pseudobulbs. Feed and water heavily in warm seasons, grow slightly drier
in winter. Flowering size plants in 4in baskets,
$25.00 #2005
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Gongora leucochila
An uncommon species found from Mexico to Costa Rica at 600 to 3000ft. In
spring and summer, flowers are borne on a pendant raceme up to 8in with up
to 15 orange and white 2in flowers, each resembling a wasp on the wing.
Limited availability. Plants in 6in baskets,
$25.00 #6904
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Phalaenopsis mannii
A medium-sized species that grows pendulous in dense humid forests at
altitudes of 1500 to 4500ft, from the Indian Himalayas to Vietnam. Best
grown on slabs in a shady area with high humidity. Distinctly drier winter
helps initiate spring blooming. Fragrant, waxy 1½in blooms borne on an 18in
raceme are star-shaped, yellow with mahogany blotching and a white lip with
some pink spotting. Excellent young plants, about a year from blooming, are
well established on treefern mounts.
$15.00 #7045
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Rhyncolaelia digbyana The
plant that gives many hybrid Cattleyas their huge frilled lip. One of
the finest of species orchids! A late spring to summer bloomer with
beautiful 6in waxy, lemon-scented green flowers with a white frilly lip.
Long pseudobulbs have thick, rubbery, blue-gray foliage. Near blooming size
plants in 4in pots, could be mounted or moved to a basket so they can dry
out quickly after watering.
$25.00 #624S
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Rhyncholaelia glauca Scented
flowers up to 5in diameter with narrow, cream to green petals and large,
white waxy lip are produced in spring. Grow in bright light. Near blooming
size plants in 4in pots, could mounted or moved to basket so they can dry
out quickly after watering.
$25.00 #157
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Rhynchostylis gigantea ‘Beauty
Points’ A beautiful plant with
stark white flowers highlighted with a purple lip and bright fuchsia-purple
spotting on petals and sepals. A really outstanding plant with pleasantly
fragrant flowers. We have blooming size plants in 6in baskets, many in spike
as this is written.
$35.00 #6269
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Rhynchostylis gigantea 'Red' An
extremely handsome clone of this beautiful fragrant-flowered species with
solid deep purple-red flowers! Even the plant, which is fan shaped with
leathery, prominently veined leaves, is tinted reddish. Grow bright and
water often. Excellent plants in 6in baskets, blooming size,
$35.00 #3411
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Stanhopea wardii A
beautiful Venezuelan form has 5in creamy yellow flowers with tiny reddish
flecks on the sepals and petals, a large reddish ’eye spot’ on each side
of the hypochile, and a strong spicy or chocolate fragrance. Single, wide
dark green leaves top rounded, deep-green pseudobulbs. Culture is warm to
intermediate, bright and moist, in hanging baskets because its pendant
flowers emerge from the bottom. Very well established plants in 6in
baskets.
$25.00 #1815
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DELIGHTFUL ORCHID HYBRIDS
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Asconopsis Irene Dobkin ‘York’
An intergeneric hybrid of Ascocentrum miniatum and Phalaenopsis
Doris. Lovely apricot-colored flowers are the shape of typical for Phalaenopsis.
Small plants in 4in baskets, filled with coconut fiber.
$20.00 #4723
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Blc. Chia Lin ‘New City’
JPG/96 (Blc. Oconee x
Maitland) Massive dark crimson flowers are excellent, highly color
saturated, with fine shape and size. A fragrant summer and winter bloomer.
Blooming size in 5in pots,
$35.00 #1643
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Blc. Chunyeah 'Tzen Wen' Outstanding
6in fragrant yellow flowers are flat with good heavy substance and form. A
full red lip has yellow areas in the throat. Blooming size in 5in,
$35.00 #5797
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Blc. Gertrude Hauserman x Mem. Tiang (M)
A beautiful large full pink with a broad, full lip with a red disc and
red-striped yellow throat. A classic attention-getter that flies off our
showroom shelves when in bloom! Blooming size in 5in pots,
$30.00 #6241
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Blc. Ladda Delight (M)
A cross of Blc. Ports of Paradise, with its large, waxy, green-yellow
flowers, and Blc. Rattanakosin, with large solid bright-gold flowers,
with wide petals for a very full look. Blooming size in 5in pots,
$30.00 #1034
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Cirrhopetalum
Elizabeth Ann 'Jean' (longissimum
x rothschildianum) A beauty that forms umbels of about 6 flowers with
delicately trailing lateral sepals up to 8in long highlighted with red
stripes on creamy white background and a yellow lip. 4in pots,
$25.00 #4642
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Cirrhopetalum
'Thai Spider' (medusae x
gracillimum) A real beauty with ‘spidery’ flowers, a mass of long,
thin, white lateral sepals (easily 5in) descending from umbel’s pink
center. Grows warm in moist, shaded conditions. 4in pots,
$25.00 #5080
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Dendrobium (farmeri x
densiflorum) x griffithianum A
pink farmeri cross of two large yellow-flowered species yields
stunning results. Beautiful blooming size in 4in baskets,
$25.00 #1223
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Dendrobium densiflorum x
griffithianum Should knock your
socks off in spring, eventually producing up to 100 2in yellow flowers per
raceme! This intermediate to cool grower likes lots of water and fertilizer
during growing season, with a dry bright rest in winter. Blooming size
plants in 4in baskets. $25.00 #5146
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Dendrobium farmeri x
chrysotoxum A cross of a pink
with a yellow flowered species. Expect big clusters of large flowers.
Blooming size plants in 4in baskets,
$25.00 #7029
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Dendrobium lindleyi (aggregatum)
x farmeri Cross of pink farmeri
with yellow flowered lindleyi. Should be nice, from one of the
foremost breeders in Thailand. Needs bright light and drier conditions in
winter. Blooming size in 4in baskets, $25.00
#6616
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Dendrobium Judith Nakayama
‘H&R Supreme’ (Dawn
Marie x Formidible) Exceptional, clean white 4½ to 5in flowers, with
bright yellow lip, look like firm textured Cattleyas! Blooms for two months
or more in late spring, up and down upright, leafy, hirsute canes. Blooming
size plants in 4in pots,
$25.00 #5719
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Paphiopedalum Pinnochio
(moquetteanum x primulinum) Waxy little 2 to 3in chartreuse flowers with
large rounded dorsal sepal, ivory lateral petals with dark spots and a
rosy-pink and white pouch. A sequential bloomer, single spikes have been
known to bloom for over a year. Multi-growth plants create multiple spikes
with a stunning display of flowers and older plants are almost ever
blooming. Grows great under lights or on a windowsill. Our plants are
blooming size, some spiking, in 3in rose pots,
$15.00 #6041
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Vanda Gordon Dillon x Kasem's
Delight Gordon Dillon is a
large-flowered dark blue and Kasem’s Delight is large-flowered
bright fuchsia. Offspring may be anywhere from pink to fuchsia to blue or
purple! Both parents have very large flowers, so offspring of the cross
should be as large. Blooming size plants in 4in baskets,
$35.00 #6676
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Vanda Kasem’s Delight ‘Blue’
Large flowers that should be solid purple/blue. Blooming size plants in 4in
baskets,
$25.00 #6037
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Vanda Kultana Gold x Rasri
Gold This cross of two solid
yellow parents predictably produced offspring with delightful solid yellow
flowers, reaching 3½ in across. Blooming size plants in 4in baskets,
$25.00 #2504
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Vanda Lumpini Red (Kasem’s
Delight x Saladaeng) Large bright fuchsia flowers reach 4in in size.
Blooming size plants in 4in baskets,
$25.00 #6004
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Vanda Rasri Gold x Ascda. Tubtim Velvet
Cross of a solid yellow Vanda with an Ascocenda that is white
on top with dark yellow color on lower half of lateral sepals, creating an
inverted V of yellow. The hybrid should be bright to light yellow on top
portion of flower with darker mustard yellow on bottom. Blooming size plants
in 4in baskets,
$25.00 #4776
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