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2024-2025 Sunset Valley Orchids
Australian Dendrobium
Australian Dendrobiums, also known as Aussie Dens, are popular orchids that are native to Australia. These hybrids are prized for their hardiness and ability to thrive in a range of climates, including hot summers with temperatures ranging from 75 to 95+ degrees Fahrenheit and cool winters with temperatures of 40 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit at night. They are also known for their fragrant flowers and ability to re-bloom from old pseudobulbs, which can lead to impressive floral displays. Some Aussie Dens have been known to produce up to 15 inflorescences from a single pseudobulb over a period of five years.
Sunset Valley Orchids is a leading hybridizer of Aussie Dens in the United States, with a superior collection of breeding stock that has been carefully acquired over many years. We focus on developing plants that are quick to flower in a range of eye catching colors and shapes. Customers who have grown Aussie Dens from Sunset Valley Orchids have reported success in a variety of climates across the United States, thanks to the hardiness and adaptability of these orchids. Plants are known for their vigor, quickly forming beautiful specimens that will stand out in any collection.
SVO 10651 NEW
(Den. To Shay XOXO 'SVO' x Den. Aussie Jester 'Jester')
Talk about great flower color, this is “next level” Aussie native breeding. The flowers of To Shay XOXO (Den. Aussie Parade x Den. Allyn Star) have an excellent shape, bright red color and bold red markings. The Aussie Jester (Autumn x Jesmond Sparkler) are also bright yellow with bold red marking and have great shape. Looking for lots of bright yellow and red, starry shapes on quick easy to bloom plants.
3” pots $18
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SVO 10720 NEW
Den. Willette Klausner Super Nova (Den. Regal Gillieston 'SVO' x Den. Aussie Parade 'Carrot Splash' AM/AOS)
Regal Gillieston (Peewee x Regal Affair) is an excellent parent. It has a superb-plant habit and bears beautiful star-shaped light-yellow flowers with a blush of red and a solid red lip! Aussie Parade (Aussie Ira x Star of Gold) has an almost orange flower with red bars and spots. The starry shape shows the influence of tetragonum in its ancestry. This is a favorite cross of ours, these are quick growing and fast to bloom. The starry yellow and red flowers are very attractive. These plants will start to bloom in 3” pots, stay nice and compact maturing at 10” tall. This is such a good cross also listed as SVO 11723
3” pots $18
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SVO 10721 NEW
(Den. Burgundy Bride 'Claret Ice' x Den. Faye Roshan 'SVO')
I can hardly believe I did not take a photo of Burgundy Bride (Den. Burgundy Cream x Den. Rutherford Blushing Bride). Its flowers are quite large, in light pink with dark rose markings and a solid rose lip, it's flower shape favoring the Den. kingianum ancestry.
Faye Roshan (Australian Rhubarb Pie x Cobber) has white flowers with bold purple markings and a purple lip. This cross has considerable breeding influence from Den. kingianum will have the classic 'Kingi' flower shape dark with a light-based color with dark purple markings and purple lips. Very easy to bloom and grow.
3” pots $18
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SVO 10722 NEW
(Den. Gillieston Jazz 'Steven' x Den. Faye Roshan 'SVO')
Gillieston Jazz (Den. Peewee x Den. Zip) has the best deep purple-red flowers, this color in Australia is called "beet root" - an amazing color, the plant is also very compact and free flowering. Faye Roshan (Australian Rhubarb Pie x Cobber) is a robust growing plant it blooms with many white flowers with bold purple markings. This pairing will produce sturdy stems holding 6-7 attractive, mostly purple flowers and dark purple lips. The plants are good growers and will become excellent specimen plants. These plants will stay nice and compact maturing at 10” tall.
3” pots $18
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SVO 10723 NEW
Den. Willette Klausner Super Nova (Den. Regal Gillieston 'SVO' x Den. Aussie Parade 'Carrot Splash' AM/AOS)
Regal Gillieston (Peewee x Regal Affair) is an excellent parent. It has a superb-plant habit and bears beautiful star-shaped light-yellow flowers with a blush of red and a solid red lip! Aussie Parade (Aussie Ira x Star of Gold) has an almost orange flower with red bars and spots. The starry shape shows the influence of tetragonum in its ancestry. This is a favorite cross of ours, these are quick growing and fast to bloom. The starry yellow and red flowers are very attractive. These plants will start to bloom in 3” pots, stay nice and compact maturing at 10” tall. This is such a good cross also listed as SVO 10720
3” pots $18
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SVO 10724 NEW
(Den. Gillieston Jazz 'Steven' x Den. Murray's Rhubarb 'Red Stripes')
Gillieston Jazz (Den. Peewee x Den. Zip) has the best deep purple-red flowers, this color in Australia is referred to as "beet root" - an amazing color, the plant is also very compact and free flowering. Murray's Rhubarb (Bruce Murray x Australian Rhubarb Pie) is a short plant just 8” tall. The flowers are white with dark purple markings and lips. This fast growing and easy to flower cross will produce dark purple flowers from small plants.
3” pots $18
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SVO 10116
(Den. Ruben Colmenares 'Sunset Colors' x Den. Aussie Parade 'Carrot Splash' AM/AOS)
The flowers of this Ruben Colmenares (Regal Gillieston x Hilda Poxon) are very large! they are produced on sturdy stems of 12-14 yellow-green flowers, blushed with magenta that make a striking color combination. Aussie Parade (Aussie Ira x Star of Gold) has almost orange flower with red bars and spots the starry shape of tetragonum is seen in the coloration and shape of the ‘Carrot Splash’. The offspring of this grex will be quick to bloom, flowers will be yellow stars with bold red markings, expecting larger flower sizes too.
3” pots $18
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SVO 10118
(Den. Australian Robbie McInnes 'SVO Golden' x Den. Aussie Parade 'Carrot Splash' AM/AOS)
The parents of Den. Australian Robbie McInnes are (Den. Aussie Parade x Den. speciosum), the flowers are bright yellow with red markings, ‘SVO Golden’ was the first plant to bloom and it did so in just 2 years from flask! This is back cross on to its colorful and floriferous parent Aussie Parade (Aussie Ira x Star of Gold) with almost orange flower with red bars and spots with the starry shape of its tetragonum ancestry. Here we are counting on the doubling up of the great color from Aussie Parade and flower count of the speciosum to dominate. You will see lots of well-arranged yellow flowers with red markings from this cross. Plants will be quick to bloom and flower in 3” pots! An amazing combination.
3” pots $18
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SVO 10130
(Den. Regal Gilleston 'SVO' x Den. Dunokalya 'Tuyet' AM/AOS)
Regal Gillieston (Peewee x Regal Affair) is an excellent parent. It has a superb-plant habit and bears beautiful star-shaped light-yellow flowers with a blush of red and a solid red lip! The Dunokayla (Kayla x speciosum) produces very chunky, yellow flowers with 20 or more blooms per stem - very nice, the Award of Merit AM/AOS speaks highly of its quality! The offspring are going to be chunky yellow flowers with red parking and red lips produced on strong stems carrying many flowers. These will take a little longer to mature but the wait will be well worth it!
3” pots $18
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