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5534 NEW
Paph. Regine Plows
(Paph. Shin-Yi Pride 'SVO' AM/AOS x Paph. Johanna Burkhardt 'SVO')
What a fantastic cross - a combination of roth, anitum, sanderianum and philippinense all makes these flower big and striped and beautiful, with long petals and big "shoulders" on the flowers. They come in a range of colors, from anitum-influenced black to greens and reds, with good shape and high count. We wanted to see these flower, and have selected a couple, seen a few awarded, and now these big, vigorous exceptionally well-rooted plants are available; we need the bench space, and you will enjoy nice big multigrowth plants with their beautiful flowers. Select and choice, there are not many available! Picture of a first bloom plant
5” pots $65
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SVO 9926 NEW
Paph. New Hybrid
(Paph. Petula's Sensation 'Dark Delight' x Paph. Macabre Contrasts 'SVO' B/CSA)
We don'tPaph. Regine Plows (Paph. Shin-Yi Pride 'SVO' AM-AOS x Paph. Johanna Burkhardt 'SVO')-241026.jpg produce many Maudiae-type paphs, but the ones we do are simply fantastic. This combination aims to made wide-petalled vini flowers, with the petal width and shape from the Macabre Contrasts and the dark color from the Petula's Sensation. Although many good Maudiae-types are out there, we feel that vini Maudiaes have not experienced the same interest in breeding that some other color types have had, and this is a cross to help correct that problem. The best will be simply fantastic.
2.25” rose pots $20
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SVO 9493 NEW
Paph. New Hybrid
(Paph. Carolyn Butcher 'SVO' AM/AOS x Paph. hangianum 'SVO')
The first time that Paph. hangianum 'SVO' flowered in the nursery, we were blown away by its size. The flowers are just enormous, more than 8” across and flat as can be. With the success of similar crosses like Paph. Liberty Taiwan (micranthum x hangianum), it seems like combining pink flowers with hangianum will make giant pink flowers. If this cross performs like we think, it should push the bar significantly for top-quality, huge, pink, flat totally awesome hangianum hybrids. This is a very exciting cross, in limited quantities. Get yours quickly!
2.25” rose pots $30
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SVO 10241 NEW
Paph. fairrieanum
(Paph. fairrieanum 'Flat Top F3' x Paph. fairrieanum 'DD's Diamond')
This is one of our favorite species! Unfortunately, early cultivars of this species were relatively difficult to grow, and particularly sensitive to warm temperatures. As of writing this description, our fairrieanum plants in the nursery just shrugged off a week of 100 degree F plus temperatures, growing like weeds. We are pleased to have selected for vigor in spite of our hot temps now for generations. These are the easiest-to-grow plants of this species we have ever seen; we are constantly getting new flasks from other growers, and it is wild to see them growing side by side. If you want great red-colored, easy-to-grow fairrieanums, these are the ones for you. Here, the pod parent has a great dorsal, and the pollen parent was selected as the best of the fastest from literally hundreds of plants from the previous generation.
2.25” rose pots $25
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SVO 10424 NEW
Paph. delenatii
(Paph. delenatii 'SVO II' HCC/AOS x Paph. delenatii 'SVO VI' HCC/AOS)
Lots of nurseries have type-color delenatii. We've gotten good ones from all over the place. But, Fred has made it a point to make outstanding delenatii, and the results of choosing the best of the fastest is perhaps most evident in this species of all the Paphs in the nursery. These are growing so fast, it's really unbelievable. By choosing fast-growing plants with great flowers, we have significantly shortened the time to flower these plants., while maintaining the high quality you've come to expect from SVO flowers. During delenatii season, it's beautiful in the greenhouse, and this new generation will push us into double-digits of select delenatii plants from more than six generations of breeding this species at SVO. Will your flower be better than 'SVO X'? We hope so!
2.25” rose pots $20
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S186 NEW
Paph. celebensis
(Paph. celebensis 'Pink Wings' x Paph. celebensis 'Pink Glory')
All of these species that are allied to Paph. appletonianum and Paph. bullenianum are so interesting. It is a treat to see a group of taxa actively speciate. Tim was excited to find these at Sam's, and find that when they flowered, they were as the original description of the species stated in Jack Fowlie's words and photos in an Orchid Digest from 1980. This species comes from a narrow range of islands around Sulawesi (which used to be called Celebes); it is the smallest species in this group, with mature growths no more than 4” wide, about ½ the size of a normal bullenianum, and has light green leaves that distinctly spotted dark green, and pink-flushed flowers quite large for the plant size. It's adorable. It's also very rarely offered, particularly linebred plants. This is a great offering! Photo of the first to bloom
2.25” rose pots $30
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SVO 9494
Paph. Bengals Lancers (Paph. parishii 'SVO' x Paph. haynaldianum 'SVO 7')
A beautiful combination of these two parents, this cross has not been made in years. We're not sure why, since it is such a fantastic cross, easy-to-grow and floriferous, with lovely color. Both parents here have very high flower count: Paph. parishii 'SVO' can get 11, and Paph. haynaldianum 'SVO 7' regularly has seven flowers. Each flower will have the long, twisted, red petals of parishii and the stance of haynaldianum. Here's an example of the grex: Paph. Bengals Lancers 'SVO'
4” pots $40
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SVO 10418
(Paph. delenatii v. vinicolor 'Big' x Paph. delenatii v. vinicolor 'Shape')
Now in the third generation here at SVO, this is the darker colored form of this Chinese and Vietnamese species. The flowers are dark and the leaves are dark, in some cases with nearly black undersides. This species is very easy to grow and flower, and the plants clump quickly to make delightful little specimens. This sib cross uses the best of the previous generation for both size and shape. The first plants of this variety had very poor form, but expect outstanding results here, with flowers about as good as the normal color form in terms of form and size.
2.25” rose pots $25
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SVO 10225
Paph. Angela
(Paph. niveum 'SVO Giant' x Paph. fairrieanum 'SVO Red' AM/AOS)
Crosses between fairrieanum and Brachypetalum paphs are just beautiful: dreamy whites with lovely form, striped like peppermint candy. This cross, between our huge niveum 'SVO Giant' and an awardable, dark red fairrieanum, should produce fantastic miniature plants with big, showy flowers. These have grown quickly right out of the gate!
2.25” rose pots $30
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SVO 10398
Paph. New Hybrid
(Paph. Macabre 'Mother Mary' x Paph. Petula's Sensation 'Dark Delight')
Paph. Macabre is spectacular: huge, flat flowers with massive petals, fast growth habit, and just superior in every way. It should be too: our Paph. Macabre 'Mother Mary' is a 5th generation flower purchased in bloom from the Orchid Zone. It has been an impressive parent. For whatever reason, these big OZ Macabres haven't been used much to produce vinicolor flowers, and that's the goal here, to produce vinis with the same beautiful form but much darker flowers. Based on the leaves, some will be double-factor vinis with dark leaves and flowers, and others will have coloratum flowers, and some will be a mix. The best of these will be spectacular.
2.25” rose pots $25
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SVO 9744
(Paph. venustum 'Xmas Highlight' x Paph. venustum 'SVO' AM/AOS)
Simply put, we have the best red venustums anywhere. The awarded venustum 'SVO' is a beautiful red, and was selected from hundreds of flowers in bloom at the Orchid Zone. 'Xmas highlight' is from a selfing of 'SVO', so this is a back-cross to the red parent, hopefully isolating the red genes and producing another fine generation of red venustums. These flowers will be highly awardable, and some of the best of their species available in the US. Limited and very select.
2.25” rose pots $30
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SVO 9933
Paph. New Hybrid
(Paph. Mount Toro 'SVO II' AM/AOS x Paph. anitum 'SVO')
Tim's favorite cross is Paph. Yang-Ji Apple, philippinense x anitum. Also notable for its spectacular flowers is Paph. Hung Sheng Cape, stonei x anitum, which has beautiful flowers with blushes of red in the dorsal and petals, with the long petals of anitum, and stark white dorsals of stonei. Paphiopedilum Mount Toro is stonei x philippinense, so this should be an exceptional combination of these three species. We are expecting five flowers, white dorsals with red blush, and long, dark petals, on plants that aren't too large and that grow quickly. It's surprising this hasn't been registered yet, so it's like brand new art. Very exciting!
2.25” rose pots $30
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R78
(Paph. kolopakingii v. katherinae 'Green Rainbow' x self)
Rare and beautiful, these are the albino variety of Paph. kolopakingii, which makes some of the largest plants in this genus. Big kolos can exceed three feet across, just massive, so if you're a fan of big plants, this is the best one on the whole list for you. They come from a selfing of a third-generation plant from Orchid Inn. The emerald green flowers can be produced up to ten per stem, so we're very excited to raise a batch of them to enjoy their huge stems and gorgeous flower color. These husky seedlings are already showing their potential in large, wide leaves; stand back!
4” pots $55
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Q176
(Paph. amabile 'Pink Wings' x Paph. amabile 'Outstanding')
Tim really likes this alliance, which includes appletonianum and bullenianum, and other infrequently offered species like wolterianum, tortisepalum, ceveranum, and this one. This is a group actively undergoing speciation, with the different species and forms found on different islands in Indonesia. It's incredible to see the difference in leaf morphology between this species and bullenianum and appletonianum, even if the flowers look similar to bullenianum. We're excited to have these, as they are very rare in the trade; this grex and the following come from Sam Tsui's stud plants. They made compact specimens, and can have a dozen growths in a 4” pot as they grow up. These are just starting to flower and make second growths. Adorable! This is a PHOTO of the first to bloom
4” pots $30
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Q177
(Paph. amabile 'Outstanding' x Paph. amabile 'Pink Wings')
The reciprocal of above.
4” pots $30
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O232
Paph. Mem. Arnie Linsman
(Paph. delenatii v. vinicolor 'Crystal Purple' x Paph. Fumi's Delight 'Zach')
Second-generation Parvisepalum breeding is in its infancy, because of fertility problems when making these types of crosses. We are excited to have a bunch of these from Orchid Inn breeding lines. Unlike first-generation parvis, like Paph. Fanaticum (armeniacum x micranthum), which are very uniform in color and size, second generation crosses can have lots of different looks. These have bloomed white, pink, dark purple, and everything in-between; where did the yellow from Fumi's Delight go? These have great shape, bloom easily, and are beautiful even when not in bloom; parvi paphs may be the perfect windowsill plants. First to bloom PHOTO, PHOTO
4” pots $45
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** Some pictures are representative of the cross and not actual parents.
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