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Angraecum distichum
Angraecum distichum
Unusual stems of succulent-like, plaited leaves and tiny white flowers characterize this prolific, compact plant. Sweetly fragrant. Grows in shade, and temperatures similar to Phalaenopsis. Warm to Intermediate. August blooming. Species from Central Africa.
Orchid of the Day: July 29, 2008
starting at
$17.50
Angraecum Longiscott
Angraecum Longiscott
This well known cross of the Madagascan Angraecum superbum and Comoros Islands scottianum produce unique, night fragrant, white and green, flowers with spurs measuring 8" long. These are easy to grow orchids that do well in a bright filtered light location under warm to intermediate temperatures. Warm to Intermediate. August - September blooming.
Orchid of the Day: August 13, 2009
starting at
$25.00
Bulbophyllum acutebracteatum
Bulbophyllum acutebracteatum
Small mounted specimens of this unusual miniature crawling type Bulbophyllum. Inflorescence are one to two inches long with bright orange flowers. Intermediate growing. August - September blooming. Species from West Africa.
Orchid of the Day: June 20, 2009
starting at
$17.50
Cochleanthes discolor
Cochleanthes discolor
This botanical emmits a unique cedar fragrance. Grows great in our intermediate greenhouse. Intermediate growing. August - September blooming. Species from Central America.
Orchid of the Day: August 20, 2008
starting at
$17.50
Dendrobium lindleyi var. majus 'Crothers'
Dendrobium lindleyi var. majus 'Crothers'
The famous Crothers collection contained this outstanding large-flowered clone of this prolific golden-yellow species (also known as Dendrobium aggregatum). Vegetatively, this species is interesting for its compact, paper-like sheathed, pseudobulbs. Overall height of plant is only 6". Intermediate growing. August blooming. Species from Vietnam.
Orchid of the Day: July 19, 2010
starting at
$35.00
Encyclia Newberry Dark Stars
Encyclia Newberry Dark Stars
Tall, branching sprays of maroon and green flowers has been the outcome from the cross of these two summer blooming varieties. Temperature Tolerant. July - August blooming.
Orchid of the Day: May 8, 2010
starting at
$35.00
Encyclia Summer Perfume 'Mark of Carthage'
Encyclia Summer Perfume 'Mark of Carthage'
One of our darkest cultivars from this cross between Encyclias mooreana and hanburyii. This line of breeding is a breakthrough in profuse blooming, fragrant, high color, temperature tolerant, encyclias. Overall height is two to three feet on these divisions. Temperature Tolerant. July - August blooming.
Orchid of the Day: July 28, 2010
starting at
$75.00
Epicattleya Rosy Tondato
Epicattleya Rosy Tondato
We have found many of the encyclias and their hybrids to be one of the highlights of summer. Flowers are far above the foliage giving a delicate but colorful presentation. This cultivar, from the cross of the Encyclia adenocaule and Epicat. Picaboa, produces inflorescences with 3" lavender flowers. As with many of our orchids, this one can be grown out with the cymbidiums or in with the cattleyas. Temperature Tolerant. August blooming.
Orchid of the Day: July 3, 2010
starting at
$35.00
Epidendrum oerstedii
Epidendrum oerstedii
Fragrant and elegant! This species produces large, delicate looking white and green flowers from slender pseudobulbs. Recently renamed Coilostylis oerstedii. Grows well under intermediate conditions with phals or catts. Intermediate growing. August - September blooming. Species from Central America.
Orchid of the Day: July 30, 2008
starting at
$35.00
Epidendrum porpax 'St Nancy', CCM/AOS
Epidendrum porpax 'St Nancy', CCM/AOS
Weird, waxy, insect looking flowers with a shiny brown plastic-like lip. The plant itself creates a thick mat of foliage over the mount. In its native habitat, this petite species grows epiphytically in pine and oak forests at elevations up to 6000 feet! In cultivation, it grows well under intermediate conditions. Intermediate growing. August - September blooming. Species from Columbia.
Orchid of the Day: June 21, 2009
starting at
$17.50
Eria convallarioides
Eria convallarioides
The ""baby corn"" orchid? This prolific, thick bulbed orchid produces neat cones of tiny, pale yellow flowers with orange lips. Warm to Intermediate. August blooming. Species from the Eastern Himalayas.
Orchid of the Day: July 19, 2008
starting at
$17.50
Laelia pumila var. coerulea
Laelia pumila var. coerulea
A true gem of the hadrolaelias; nicely shaped flowers with frosty light-blue sepals and petals and a deeper blue-edged lip. This species blooms in the Brazilian Spring, our late summer and early fall. They are temperature tolerant, coming from high altitudes with humid summers and cool winters; we grow them outdoors as our cymbidiums. Temperature Tolerant. August - September blooming. Species from Brazil.
Orchid of the Day: August 28, 2010
starting at
$35.00
Laelia purpurata 'San Bar Venosa'
Laelia purpurata 'San Bar Venosa'
The orchid offered today is not only beautiful, but for those in the know, famous. It was featured on the cover of Carl Withner's book ""The Cattleyas and their Relatives, Volume II: The Laelias"". This is a unique color type of this Brazilian beauty. Temperature Tolerant. July - August blooming. Species from Brazil.
Orchid of the Day: July 29, 2010
starting at
$75.00
Liparis nutans 'Memorial Elizabeth Mipro', HCC/AOS
Liparis nutans 'Memorial Elizabeth Mipro', HCC/AOS
A recently awarded cultivar of this unusual epiphytic species from the Phillipines. Produces a solid column of delicate red flowers. Grows well alongside Phalaenopsis. Intermediate growing. July - August blooming. Species from Philippines.
Orchid of the Day: September 3, 2009
starting at
$35.00
Masdevallia barlaeana 'Harold', HCC/AOS
Masdevallia barlaeana 'Harold', HCC/AOS
Jewel-box species from the 4000-5000' elevations of Peru. These charming 1/2"-wide flowers are an intense color accented by slightly darker stripes. Some describe the color as dark pink, others as dark fuchsia, and others as red. In Peru it grows on rocks, but in cultivation it does better potted, where it spreads quickly to make a ruby pin cushion. Cool growing. August blooming. Species from Peru.
Orchid of the Day: July 20, 2009
starting at
$17.50
Miltonia Cogniauxiae
Miltonia Cogniauxiae
One of the first to bloom summer-blooming Brazilian Miltonias, a primary hybrid of M. regnellii times M. spectabilis. Light lavender with dark lavender lip, blooms sequentially on the spike. Slight spicy fragrance. Grows in or outdoors in bright filtered light. Temperature Tolerant. August - September blooming.
Orchid of the Day: July 21, 2010
starting at
$25.00
Mormolyca ringens
Mormolyca ringens
Funky beauty on this compact growing species from Central America. The 12" long inflorescence produces a single, yellow with red striped, one inch tall, long-lasting flower. Although this species peak blooming is summer, it frequently throws off season flowers. Intermediate growing. July - August blooming. Species from Central America.
Orchid of the Day: July 23, 2010
starting at
$17.50
Oncidioda Charlesworthii
Oncidioda Charlesworthii
A wonderful old Charlesworth classic from 1910. Beautiful branching sprays of dark pink. Endures heat and cold! A primary hybrid between Oncidium incurvum and Cochlioda noezliana. Temperature Tolerant. August blooming.
Orchid of the Day: July 22, 2009
starting at
$35.00
Oncidium liebmannii
Oncidium liebmannii
No long, out of control, inflorescences nor flowers buried down in the foliage on this beautiful and delicately proportioned species. In its native mountain habitats in Mexico and El Salvador, this species grows as an epiphyte. Here we grow it both in with the phalaenopsis and out with the cymbidiums, both potted and mounted on cork. Temperature Tolerant. August - September blooming. Species from Mexico and El Salvador.
Orchid of the Day: August 7, 2010
starting at
$17.50
Phalaenopsis pulchra
Phalaenopsis pulchra
One to two waxy purple flowers are produced at the end of a short inflorescence and occasionally at the end of long, tendril-like, inflorescences on this uncommon species. Endemic to the Philippines, this plant grows well under intermediate conditions and should do well with other Phalaenopsis. Intermediate growing. August - September blooming. Species from Philippines.
Orchid of the Day: September 2, 2009
starting at
$35.00
Pleurothallis pubescens
Pleurothallis pubescens
Enthusiasts of bizarre-flowering orchids, this species from Brazil is sure to delight. A series of tear-drop shaped, deep-purple flowers run from the base of the leaf along its center. Intermediate growing. July - August blooming. Species from Brazil.
Orchid of the Day: June 30, 2008
starting at
$17.50
Pleurothallis saurocephala
Pleurothallis saurocephala
Up to 24 delicate bronze flowers adorn each inflorescence of this tropical American native. Temperature Tolerant. July - August blooming. Species from Central and South America.
Orchid of the Day: July 28, 2008
starting at
$17.50
Psychopsis Kalihili
Psychopsis Kalihili
A big, bizarre, alien looking flower on this primary hybrid between Psychopsis kramerianum and Psychopsis papilio. Flowers open sequentially on the tall spike, so these can be in bloom for months and months. Intermediate growing. August - October blooming.
Orchid of the Day: May 22, 2009
starting at
$35.00
Restrepiella ophiocephala
Restrepiella ophiocephala
The snake-like pleurothallid as named by Lindley in 1838 (ophidian = snake). ""...so similar to the head of a snake with the jaws open, that it is difficult at first sight to believe it is really a flower that one looks upon. To add to the deception, the small labellum is shaped like a tongue, and moves up and down when you peep into the mouth of the flower"" - Lindley. Blooms throughout the year from the leaf nodes on new and old leaves. Warm to Intermediate. August - September blooming. Species from Mexico to Costa Rica.
Orchid of the Day: June 24, 2010
starting at
$17.50
Restrepiella ophiocephala var. purple
Restrepiella ophiocephala var. purple
The snake-like pleurothallid as named by Lindley in 1838 (ophidian = snake). ""...so similar to uith of the flower"" - Lindley. Blooms throughout the year fromt he leaf nodes on new and old leaves. Warm to Intermediate. August - September blooming. Species from Mexico to Costa Rica.
Orchid of the Day: August 6, 2010
starting at
$17.50
Scaphosepalum microdactylum
Scaphosepalum microdactylum
Big name, tiny orchid! With rust-purple flowers measuring in at slightly over an eighth of an inch in length, this central American species is oddly charming, particularly when viewed through a magnifying glass. Very free blooming. Warm to Intermediate. July - August blooming. Species from Central America.
Orchid of the Day: June 19, 2008
starting at
$17.50
Stanhopea nigroviolacea 'Aztec Gold'
Stanhopea nigroviolacea 'Aztec Gold'
A rare, incredible, golden-backed variety of this spectaculer species. Fragrant. Temperature Tolerant. July - August blooming. Species from Mexico.
Orchid of the Day: July 10, 2008
starting at
$150.00
Stanhopea tigrina 'SanBar Black on White'
Stanhopea tigrina 'SanBar Black on White'
Blacker than most. Whiter than most. Cleaner than most. Outstanding among many of the best. Very fragrant. Temperature Tolerant. July - August blooming. Species from Mexico.
Orchid of the Day: June 23, 2008
starting at
$50.00
Stanhopea tigrina 'SanBar Gold'
Stanhopea tigrina 'SanBar Gold'
First offering of this awarded cultivar. Flower base color is yellow with contrasting oxblood black over the basal two thirds of the tepals. Lip is cream yellow, heavily spotted with magenta. The plants offered here are well-established into their 3.25" pot with an inflorescence on the way down. The pot may be bottomless to allow the inflorescence to emerge. Plants should be potted into basket (provided) when finished blooming. Temperature Tolerant. July - August blooming. Species from Central America.
Orchid of the Day: August 5, 2010
starting at
$75.00
Tolumnia guianense
Tolumnia guianense
These equitant type oncidiums are favorites of ours for their easy culture, compact growth, and free-blooming nature. This species comes from the low elevation areas of Haiti, making it ideal for those with intermediate growing conditions. Intermediate growing. August blooming. Species from Haiti.
Orchid of the Day: July 18, 2007
starting at
$35.00
Zygostates lunata
Zygostates lunata
This miniature Brazilian epiphyte produces a proliferation of cascading, four to six inch long, inflorescences with up to 50 gold-green flowers each. We grow these on small cork mounts under Phalaenopsis conditions and they never fail to flower. Intermediate growing. August - September blooming. Species from Brazil.
Orchid of the Day: August 29, 2010
starting at
$35.00

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