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This page was updated on October 5,  2009
Aerides falcata aka Aerides houlletiana aka Aerides falcata var. houlletiana
A medium to large sized, hot growing species from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia that produces many blooms in the spring and summer on a  pendulous inflorescence.. Flowers are quite fragrant. Grow warm, bright and humid in Cattleya like conditions all year round. In 6 inch basket, $40, 4 inch pot, $25. Check the size and click on "Add to Cart".

Basket  Pot

Aerides Punchinello (Aer. odorata x Aer. lawrenciae)
This hybrid will be very fragrant and bloom anytime from late spring to early winter. Aer. odorata is widelly distributed through Southeast Asia and is very temperature tolerant. Aer. lawrenciae has a narrow distribution in the Philippines and is warm to hot growing. These plants are blooming size and in 8 inch baskets, $40.

No image available (Ascda. Kerry Gold x Vasco. Five Friendships) x Christensoniana vietnamica
These are very short plants , the flowers have green sepals and petals and a white lip. Great color contrast. Blooming size plant in 6 inch basket, $30.

Ascocenda Princess Mikasa
This diminutive plant produces small round dark blue flowers. Blooming size plant in 4 inch basket, $30.  I thank Sharon Dahl for use of her picture.

  Ascocentrum curvifolium
Lots of small red flowers on a miniature plant, grow intermediate to warm blooms in the summer. In 3 1/2 inch pot, $25.

Ascofinetia Twinkle (Neofinetia falcata x Asctm. miniatum)
These are wonderful miniature vandaceous plants with bright orange sprays of flowers. These are blooming size plants in 3.5 inch pots, $25.

Ceratostylus philippinense 'Parkside'
These are divisions of the plant that Parkside received a CCM/AOS on. In 4 inch basket, $30.

Ceratostylus retisquama  (syn rubra)
Philippine species with trailing habit, rhizome clothed in brown sheath, orange to red flowers. Intermediate conditions. Blooming size plant (divisions) in 4 inch basket, $30.

Christensonia vietnamica
A newly discovered genus and species found in Vietnam. This is a  small sized, warm growing  monopodial epiphyte.  The green and white flowers are produced in the summer.  Blooming size plant in 4 inch basket, $30.

Clowesia Jumbo Grace 'Jumbo Orchids'  BM/TOGA
Small cup shaped, pink flowers, with a fringed lip. Blooming size plant in 4 inch pot, $30.

Coelogyne massangeana aka tormentosa
This temperature tolerant species is found in the mountainous regions of Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java in river valleys. The 20-30 flowers on a bract are scented and are short lasting and delicate.on a terminal, to more than 15" [37.5 cm] long, pendant, racemose inflorescence arising with a new pseudobulb and leaf with a zig zag rachis and short bracts that has from 20 to 30 flowers.

Cymbidium Little Black Sambo 'Black Magic' AM/AOS
Pendant spikes hold up to 40 dark maroon flowers edged with a fine light edge. Near blooming size compact plant in 4 inch pot, $30.

Cymbidium Maureen Carter (sinense x Sleeping Beauty)
Bright yellow, medium sized flowers borne on erect inflorescence. Very fragrant. In 6 inch pot, $45.

Cymbidium Chen's Ruby 'Gold Tiger' (Golden Elf x iridifolium)
Bright gold color with contrasting red stripes on petals and spots on lip. Very fragrant. Very mature blooming size plant in 7 inch pot, $45.

Cymbidium Pearl Sachiko (Olymilum x erythostylum)
Light pink flower with red markings. Very floriferous, blooms in the fall. In 7 inch pot, $40.

Cyrtopodium polyphyllum x sib (synonym paranense)
This large, hot to warm growing terrestrial species is found from Colombia to  Brazil. In nature it grows as a lithophyte or in sandy soil.  The tall, elongated, spindle-shaped, pseudobulbs carry deciduous, long, narrow leaves.  Many yellow, long lasting, fragrant flowers are produced in the spring to early summer.  Blooming size plant in 5 inch pot, $30.

Dendrochilum bicallosum
Blooming size plant in 4 inch clay pot $30.00

Dendrochilum cobbianum
A warm growing Philippine species, producing white flowers with yellow lips. Highly adabtable to different light levels. Blooming size plant in 4 inch pot, $35, 

Dendrochilum magnum
Large showy plants which produce long chains of light yellow flowers.
Blooming size plant in 4 inch pot $30.00

Dendrochilum stenophyllum
A small, warm growing ephiphyte endemic to the Island Of Luzon, the Philippines in montane forests at elevations of 1000 meters. Blooming size plant in 4 inch pot, $30. 

Dendrochilum tenellum
Grass-like plant produces a cloud of tiny white flowers on short bottle-brush like inflorescences. Pictured is Tom's plant that was awarded a 93 point CCE.
 Select pot or basket  and click on "Add to Shopping Cart".  Blooming size plant in 4 inch pot, $30, in 5 inch clay pot, $40.

4 inch 5 inch  

  Gongora tricolor
The three colored Gongora, red, yellow and green. Grow this warm intermediate to warm also. In 5 inch net basket, $30.

Grammatocymbidium Lovely Melody 'Sweet'  (Cymbidium ensifolium X Grammatophyllum scriptum)
Talk about an unusual hybrid that resulted in a charming flower. This hybrid also has  a very pleasant fragrance. In 6 inch pot, $40.

Isabellia pulchella
Only two species in this genus. This lavender flowering miniature is found in southern Brazil. It will grow  cool to warm, in moderate shade. Keep damp all the time. Unusual character is the basket like weave of fibers covering the pseudobulbs. In 4 inch basket, $25.

Ludisia discolor
These orchids are grown more for their foliage that their flowers. The flowers are small, numerous  and arranged on an upright inflorescence. Blooming size plant in 4 inch pot, $20 .

4 inch pot   

Lycaste portillae
Rare, white warm growing Lycaste species. Plants are in 4 inch baskets, $35.

Maxillaria arbuscula
A temperature tolerant, miniature terrestrial found in Peru and Ecuador. The flowers are creamy with red spots. Blooming size plant in 4 inch basket, $30.

Maxillaria hennisiana
A miniature ,  warm growing epiphyte found in Panama, Colombia and Ecuador in mangrove swamps and primary forests. The  single reddish-brown flowers open all at once. Very limited blooming size plant in 6 inch basket, $40.

Maxillaria tenuifolia
Blooming size plant in 5 inch pot $30, 6 inch baskets $35
Plants are often grown for their strong fragrance of coconut.  Like to be grown bright and airy. Check the size and click on "Add to Shopping Cart".

5 inch pot  6 inch basket 

Maxillaria uncata
A Central and South American miniature Maxillaria that is quite adaptable to various conditions.  Cream colored flowers marked with brown.  Blooming size , or 4 inch basket $30. Check the size and click on "Add to Shopping Cart".

  4 inch basket 



Mediocalcar decoratum
Commonly know as the "Portulaca orchid" or "candy corn orchid". With it's succulent needle-like leaves, its creeping habit and flower structure this does not look like an orchid But it is really cool. In 4.5 inch clay pot, $25.

Miltonia spectabilis
Warm growing species from Brazil, Blooms in the spring and summer. Very large blooming size plant in 10 inch basket. $50.

No image available Miltonia spectabilis var. rosea
Warm growing species from Brazil, Blooms in the spring and summer. This variety is a lavender fuchsia color. Blooming size plant in 10 inch baskets. $50.

Neofinetia falcata x Aerides lawrenciae
With these two parents this hybrid is going to be very  fragrant and bloom spring through fall. They should also be pretty temperature tolerant. Pink and white flowers on compact plants. Blooming size plant in 5.5 inch pot, or  6 inch basket, $40. Check pot or basket and click "Add to Cart".

Pot  Basket 

Neostylis Fuch's Ocean Spray (Neostylis Lou Sneary x Rynchstylis coelestis)
A Rynchostylis like inflorescence with white and blue, fragrant flowers. Miniature blooming size plant in 4 inch pot, $25.

Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Blue Bird'  (Neofinetia falcata x Rhyncostylis coelestis)
A really cute miniature that produces very fragrant white tinged blue flowers. The growth habit is monopodial and they prefer bright light and warm temperatures.  In 4 inch pot, $25.

  Phaius tankervilleae 'Rabin's Raven' AM/AOS
Flowers are extrremely flat, sepals and petals cream-colored with very deep mahogany overlay; lip uniform burgundy. Blooming size plants are in 4.5 inch pots,  $25.

Plectrelminthus caudatus
This is a genus of one species from West Africa to French Guinea. Plant has thick roots from the base of the stem, the pendent spikes holding up to 12 flowers arise from the lower leaf axis. The flowers fleshy, pale green tinted with bronze, a white lip and fragrant. Intermediate to warm growing. Near Blooming Size Plants in 6 inch baskets  $35.

Podangis dactyloceras
A miniature, fan shaped plant from Africa, produces translucent white flowers. Can bloom anytime from Spring through Fall. Plants thrive in hot to warm temps, semi-shade, in excellent drainage if potted. Must dry out between watering. Blooming size mounted plants, $35.

Polystachya galeata
This is a warm growing epiphyte found in Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaire and Angola in lowland  evergreen forests  in full to dappled sun. The flowers are strongly scented. Plant in 3 inch pot, $22.

  Scaphyglottis violacea
Forty-five species in this genus, the name here refers to the color of the flower. These are warm growing under shady conditions. Mounted on tree fern totems, $25.

  Sedirea japonica
This miniature , temperature tolerant species from Japan produces 6 to 10 flowers which open in succession. The flowers are greenish white, with purple bars on the lip and are very their sweetly fragrant. This monopodial species can be mounted or potted in a coarse fast draining medium and grown in  high humidity, semi-shade, and  with good air circulation. Blooming size plant in 3 inch pot, $25; or mtd. $25.  Check the size and click on "Add to Cart".

pot  mounted

Trichocentrum (Maureen x Haematochilum)
Not sure what to expect with this one. Maureen is carthagenense x lanceanum (pictured on the left) and Haematochilum is lanceanum x luridum.  In 4.5 inch pot, $25.

  Vanda coerulea
Intense blue colored vanda which blooms Summer to Fall. Grow bright, and intermediate to warm temperatures. Near blooming size plant in 4 inch basket, $30.

Vanda Sansai Blue
This plant produces the highly desirable large blue vanda type flowers with heavy tessalation. These are not clones so you will get variation as pictured at the left. Easy to grow and bloom 2-3 times a year in bright light.  Blooming size plant in 4 inch basket, $30.

  Zygopetalum Freestyle Hawaii 'Kalapana'
These are typical coloration for the line of breeding, dark purple markings on chartreuse bakground. These are VERY fragrant. Blooming size plant in 5 inch pot. $35.

Zygopetalum Jumpin Jack 'Kalapana Tropicals' HCC/AOS
Nicely shaped and very fragrant. Blooming size plant in 5 inch pot, $35.

No image available Zygopetalum (Pinnaroo X Advance Australia)
Those that have bloomed have been solid deep blue color. In 5 inch pot, $30 or 6 inch pot, $35. Check the size and click "Add to Cart".

5 inch  6 inch