Search results

A good example of how a somewhat small plant of purpurata can create a real display. Shown is variety 'Gilbert Rubra' with 9 flowers. -Patrick

A surprisingly well-shaped select seedling out of a selfing of the the fabled Thomas Young orchid firm's stud plant C.mossiae f. Reineckeana 'Young's' Variety -Patrick

Black & Flory's two tone dark lavender equivalent of Bow Bells. (In my opinion) It has a beautiful coloring and it is exceptionally flat and round for an 80 year old hybrid. 15.5 cm NS -Patrick

10.16 cm. NS -Patrick

Now, NEslipper, has me beat for classic whites, but here's a different type. This is good example of what in the cut flower industry was known as a "Royal" or a "Japhet orchid". A bifoliate spices crossed with something from the bow bells line. They were smaller, more waxy and almost pure...

Lc.Nelly Corradi 1958 (Suprême x Manitoba) beautiful intense yellow and mossiae pattern lip, but it refuses to open properly. -Patrick

Anyone ever have more than one flower per sheeth on this cultivar ? -Patrick

I love Hausermann's hybrids, being a cut flower producer they love mossiae as much as I do and crossed it with every big spring hybrid because they knew the offspring would be large, floppy, lavender, fragrant and spectacular. Shown is Lc.Time-Life 1972 (mossiae x Irene Finney) 69.53% mossiae...

One of Yamamoto's late 1990's hybrids that you can find clones of in European grocery stores from time to time. The so called "Nolbelie type dendrobium". -Patrick

One of the Dixon hybrids from 1930 Laeliocattleyanthe Molly Tyler won at a raffle yesterday at our OS meeting. Original division with CyMV and ORSV and no color break. And for terry😁 Cattleya Molly Tyler (1930) -Patrick

I like this clone of King Of Taiwan because it has less yellow in the lip. Dose anyone know what the deal is with named cultivars of this hybrid? I see a lot of variation and almost all are meri-clones but I see no cultivars. -Patrick

This one is always hard to photograph because you look at it and it seems it's not quite open all the way the next minute the blooms have collapsed and there gone until next year. I don't know how William Green from My Green Pets got his sepals so long this year. Maybe I don't have enough...

Blc.Lawless Zauberflötte 'Pal.mer Orchids' (Hawaiian Lighting x Chyoung Guu Chaffinch) every one knows the famous clone 'Palmer's Apricot' I think this one is nicer with little flareing on the petals. -Patrick

It was purchased as a selfing of trianaei 'Jungle Feather' but I'm not so sure. And yes it ends with an i -Patrick

My favorite typical anceps 'Charlotte' it has little dark purple flareing on the lateral lobes. -Patrick

With a name like Jillian Lee 'Hal' I thought it was a seedling and that it would look like the famous clone Rlc.Jesie Lee 'Hawaii' and you could imagine how shocked I was when it bloomed! -Patrick

An Ex-schomburgkia hybrid that could use a repot. It has a beautiful fragrance and somewhat short spikes for a splenda hybrid. -Patrick

Where should I go to find out what crosses have already been made? I tried the RHS register but they have no record of some crosses I know that have been done. As an example C.Duvalliana (lueddemnniana x purpurata) no record. -Patrick

Dose anyone know a good place to get affordable cattleya spices seedlings/meri-clones in the US ? -Patrick