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C. intermedia var. orlata 'Enid' x C. intermedia var. orlata ‘Superelative Thing'

This seed came from Greg Allikas in Florida, these are his two best ‘orlata’ forms mated together. Light pink petals and sepals with bright red lips. These are a very nice color variant of this species that bloom in March.

C. jenmanii var. coerulea x sib

The seed also came from Greg Allikas. Coerulea varieties of Cattleya species are uncommon and much sought after. Here we have a selfing of one of Greg’s finest blue C. jenmanii. These are very limited.

C. schroderae 'SVO' AM/AOS x self

C. schroderae is a wonderful species; it carries 3-4 flowers in shades of light pink, with a beautiful orange lip. Here we have selfed our best plant with the largest flowers ever awarded by the AOS.

L. purpurata 'Tipo' AM/AOS x self

The cultivar ‘Tipo’ AM/AOS is the plant selfed by Stewarts Orchids that resulted in the spectacular L. purpurata ‘Mary Jo’ FCC/AOS. Here we have selfed it again, expect superior progeny.

C. lueddemanniana 'Jim Elmore' AM/AOS x C. lueddemanniana ‘Arthur Chadwick' AM/AOS

Both ‘Jim Elmore’ and ‘Arthur Chadwick’ are of fine quality. They both have light lavender flowers with darker full lips. I believe this is the first time these two superb luddemanniana’s have been combined. Expect some very fine progeny out of these.

C. schroderae 'SVOII' HCC/AOS x C. schroderae ‘SVO' AM/AOS

C. schroderae is a wonderful species; it carries 3-4 flowers in shades of light pink, with a beautiful orange lip. Here we have sib crossed our two best plants together.

L. purpurata var. aco 'SVO' x L. purpurata var. venosa striata '7 flwr'

Two very nice color forms of purpurata combined. We are expecting a higher than average flower count as both parents carry many blooms.

C. mossiae var. coerulea 'SVO' x C. mossiae var. coerulea 'Good Lip'

Two superb coerulea forms crossed together. C. mossiae blooms for Mother’s Day. Don’t miss out on these, they will be very nice.

C. aclandiae var. coerulea 'Blue Sky' HCC/AOS x C. aclandiae 'Gulfglade' AM/AOS

The aclandiae v. coerulea is considered very rare with its dark blue lip. We’ve crossed it back to its mother ‘Gulfglade’ with one of the largest flowers seen in C. aclandiae. Although a few may be in the coerulea shades I expect most to be typical in color. Both parents are vigorous growers and the progeny are growing well, ready to be mounted.

Prs. cochleata 'Lazaro' x Prs. cochleata

This former Encyclia species is commonly called the cockle shell orchid. It has spikes of upside down flowers that are spidery green with a black and green striped lip. The spikes bloom sequentially for many months! Easy and vigorous growers.

C. labiata var. rubra 'Schuller's' x C. labiata var. rubra 'Fertigo' SM/JOGA, AM/AVO

The rubra variety C. labiata has much darker purple flowers than the type species. This is a pairing of 2 fine varieties. These are strong growing seedlings with a purple cast to the leaves indicating the rubra form.

C. lueddemanniana var. coerulea 'Kathleen' x C. lueddemanniana var. coerulea 'Francisco'

Good coerulea luddemanniana are very expensive, here we have combined two excellent cultivars. These are growing beautifully with good vigor. The ‘Francisco’ cultivar is one of the best from the new line breeding out of Venezuela. I have purchased many imported seedling of these coerulea forms for a lot more $’s each…..