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A short list of collector's items that mostly won't be in bloom, but are available to the discerning enthusiast; many are blooming size, some have bloomed already, not all seen by me or us. Those that have underlining can be clicked on to see photographs.
A note on the photographs: all are copyright Carson Barnes, usable by permission; high quality photo prints are available of many seen here, and many more not seen. Prices for archival prints start at $50.00. Inquire!
Ladyslippers, generally:
Paph. Lady Isabel - big blooming size (two feet across) in 6" $50
Paphiopedilum Quasar (Macabre x rothschildianum) - dark spotted multiflorals, 4" $25
Paph. Marilyn Hanson (stonei x delenatii) big plants in 6" pots $40
Paph. (rothschildianum x Pinocchio) - similar to Transvaal - in spike $50
Phrag. Grande (longifolium x caudatum), full grown divisions $45
Paph. Ken Ichi Takaya (supardii x philippinense) 6” $45 (2)
Phragmipedium pearcei, very small grower NBS $40
Phrag. Sedenii, BS div. $25
Phragmipedium longifolium fma. gracile 'Bronze Elf', AM/AOS. Divisions of this miniature growing sequential blooming lady slipper from Honduras $200. Photograph courtesy of Maureen McKovich.
Angraecums and their relatives:
Angraecum sesquipedale - the long spur is why this is sometimes called the Comet Orchid; also called Darwin's, and some other names. Younger plants to bloom in one to two years. $45. This is the standard, eventually large, form of the species.
Angraecum didieri, near blooming size plants, miniature with night fragrant star shaped white flowers, $35.
Angraecum leonis, blooming size seedlings $20; Comoro Islands form.
Angraecum (sesquipedale x longicalcar) - similar to Veitchii, floriferous, night fragrant, large plant on its way to getting very large. $60; just one.
Angraecum birrimense, very showy vining type, seedlings $25
Aeranthes grandiflora 4” young BS $20; night scent like sour cream.
Aeranthes caudata NBS $40 Green with long tails on sepals and petals.
Eurychone rothschildiana 4” BS $30 Compact,
grow like Phalaenopsis and prefer to hang.
Cattleyas and their relatives:
Brassavola cucullata - youngish seedlings to bloom in 2 to 3 years; erect now, eventually pendent growth with very long tails on all floral segments. Weird and beautiful, $25.
Guarianthe (Cattleya) skinneri fma. coerulescens 'Orchidglade' - pale lilac (Cattleya growers call them blue) borne in clusters in March to April; one blooming size division $75.
Epidendrum schomburgkii - reed stem, orangey to rust flowers, youngish but spiking $20.
Cattleya jenmanii forma coerulea - easy to grow, twice-bloomed plant; wonderful fruity fragrance. $50.
Cattleya (Laelia) purpurata - inquire, we have a few nice clones.
Cattleya x floribunda (maxima x labiata) - the natural hybrid, described in the Gardener's Chronicle in 1895 (which is now viewable on Google) - fragrant, an old curiosity, and as the name suggests, it makes plenty of large, ruffly lavender blooms. $35.
Cattleya C. G. Roebling 'Blue Wonder', AM/AOS - this was Stewart Orchids' plant years ago, the highly fragrant "blue" form of the cross of (purpurata x gaskelliana). One division blooming size, $45.
C. Orglade's Grand. It came to me labeled as the clone 'Yu-Chang Beauty' but I suspect it's actually 'Tian Mu', based mostly on details of lip color. Flowers up to 17 cm. across. A truly regal orchid. $50 for the blooming division, I'm keeping the big one.
Laeliocattleya Santa Barbara Sunset 'Showtime', HCC/AOS, 5 to 6 inch pots $40
Laelia Canariensis 'Golden Glow', HCC/AOS, 4 to 6 inch pots, call, might have to wait until next year.
Cattleya Bob Betts 'York', AM/AOS Classic standard ruffly fragrant white with yellow in throat, bloomed/blooming size plants in 6" $40. A couple in bud 2/18/15.
L. anceps 'Periwinkle' x self - this was McLellan's coerulea breeder, good color but loose form, triple spiker in bloom now $65
Guarianthe patinii - the fall blooming "Cattleya skinneri" - fuchsia flowers on compact plant, $45.
Cattleya dowiana aurea, seedlings in 4” $20
Cattleya mossiae semi alba, seedlings in 4” $20
Cattleya percivaliana 'Summit', FCC/AOS divisions $45
Cattleya mossiae coerulea, seedlings in 4” $25
Encyclia alata var. virella (syn.
belizense) 6” $30 multiple leads
Encyclia Fandango (Orchid Jungle x phoenicea) $25, 6", mature.
Enc. Lorraine Smith (tampensis x phoenicia), $25, 6", mature.
Brassavola tuberculata 4” pot $30;
these like more shade than you would think. The photo is of a large plant in
southern Brazil, where it's mostly shaded all day long.
Lc Wrigleyi 'Blue Lagoon' $50 will divide on order.
C walkerana x Mini Purple $20 mini coerulea
C. mossiae 'Peachy Blue', AM/AOS, sold by division
and has not been cloned. Pre order, as the existing division is sold, $500.
C. Leoloddiglossa 'Call That Blue', AM/AOS, propagating by division not clone,
$500 and will divide on order. Odd tan flowers with lilac overtones, light spotting,
and "blue" lip, awarded 2014.
C. (bowringiana x purpurata) coerulea $45 will divide on order.
C. Cornerstone 'Compass' $30
C. Canhamiana 'Cobalt', HCC/AOS $50
Lc Margaret Ann coerulea (Loddiglossa coerulea x anceps coerulea) $50 will divide
on order.
C. mossiae coerulea 'SVO' x 'Good Lip', have not seen blooms $50
C. warneri coerulea - have not seen blooms $50
C. Remy Chollet x aurantiaca $25
C. trianaei 'A. C. Burrage' $50 small division
C. intermedia tipical $20
C. intermedia 'Aranbeem' AM/AOS $50 will divide on order.
C. trianae semi alba coerulescens, it's in bloom as of 2/28/15, not particularly
coerulescens but it's an interesting color form, $25
C. percivaliana x Bc. Morning Glory, three divisions $15
C. loddigesii 'Ellen' x 'Martinelli', have not seen flowers $25
C. lueddemanniana 'Kathleen'
x 'Francisco', got this from Erich Michel last year, one div. available,
nice shape and coerulea color but stripes in lip are not as distinct as we would
like $65
Rlc. George King 'Southern Cross', AM/AOS $30
A plant that came to me labeled C. warneri coerulea, experts tell me it's not really warneri, Tropical Orchid Farm thinks the guys who sold it to me must have misplaced the correct label, but it's quite pretty, $50.
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Catasetums and related orchids:
Catasetum atratum 'Jiffy OK', AM/AOS, one blooming size division $250. Never cloned.
Catasetum expansum 'Golden Frog Pond' - vigorous green clone with bright yellow callus on lip, can bloom three times per season on lead growth. Delightful South American species. $50. Should be one more plant, wait until July or so to be sure.
Catasetum incurvum $35 - might
still be an adult plant out there, otherwise seedlings in a year.
Catasetum macrocarpum blooming size, $40 Fragrant hooded green flowers. Check in first, might be one left still.
Clowesia
russelliana BS $30 Green flowers in profusion, very sweet fragrance.
Catasetum fimbriatum BS $35
Vandas and their relatives:
Vanda
barnesii 'Type', CHM/AOS x self - seedlings in 4" available by spring
2015, $25. Yes, this species is named for me.
Vanda barnesii - rooted keikis from mature plants, inquire as to availability and price, several different clones here; the two AM clones aren't keikiing (what a verb!) yet, but some others are award quality and pretty.
Vanda javierae - first seen in March 1983 AOS magazine, our awarded plant from 1989 expired long ago - we have two, will try making a sib cross again this year - they're not self fertile. Inquire about a keiki.
Phal. parishii, mounted - very small grower $25.
Phal. cornu-cervi var. alba BS 4”
$20
Phalaenopsis amboinensis BS $25 (these have bloomed already)
Papilionanthe vandarum - warm and shady,
fragrant white and pink flowers; terete growth habit. Seedlings $15
V. tricolor 'Bali Best Girl', AM/AOS
rooted keiki $100. Never cloned. One remains.
Vanda denisoniana seedlings in 4” $20
Renanthera imschootiana - 5" pots about 18 inches tall, we just got these in; at this size, with enough light and fertilizer, expect more than one spike on first bloom around January - February 2015. We spiked this species at a much smaller size. Profoundly red flowers and lots of them, $50.
Vandachostylis (Vandofinetia) Lou Sneary 'McLellan's M2598', AM/AOS rooted division
$100
Vanda tessellata 'Robert', AM/AOS - spectacular, dark mahogany with purple lip and grape kool aid fragrance; well rooted top cutting, way way blooming size with enough light (more than once per year here at 33 degrees north latitude), $125. Just one.
Aerides houllettiana strong keikis in 4”
$20
Vanda tessellata - these bloom repeatedly from late spring through fall, fragrant 3 - 4 cm. flowers, tan with darker markings and purplish to pink lip. Large blooming size plants $45.
Renanthera citrina 'Fat Man', HCC/AOS - small divisions of the original awarded plant, rooted in pots, $100. These do best mounted on a branch and allowed to root up it.
Neofinetia falcata 4” $20
Neof. Falcata 'Big Bluto', AM/AOS $100
Oncidiums and relatives:
Miltonia Lake Sammamish mounted, many leads, very colorful, $40
Miltoniopsis Lillian Nakamoto
'Tanto', white/black mask, 6” $45
Mexicoa ghiesbreghtiana mounted on cork $15
Miltonidium Bartley Schwarz 'Highland', AM/AOS - modest size plants that get bigger, 4" in spike $25
Oncidium (Trichocentrum) splendidum - "mule ear" with yellow blooms,
$30
Onc. Comete - splendidum x cavendishianum - more spotting than the above $30
Odontoglossum pulchellum 4” $20
Various other species:
Coelogyne mooreana ‘Brockhurst’ FCC/RHS
6” $50
Coelogyne flaccida- smaller white flower $30
Coelogyne viscosa - smaller white flower $30
Dendrobium kingianum ‘L&R’ semi alba small divs. $12, 4”
pots $15
Den. sanderae var. major - improbably large white flowers $35 In bloom 2/28/15
Lycaste lasioglossa BS $30. Just a few,
brown with pale petals, one in bud 2/15/15
Lycaste Balliae is pastel off white with pink petals and a golden lip. In bud $25
Lycaste Reverend Canon Mari is red, in bud now 2/28/15.
$25
Anguloa clowesii, keep cool $30; golden yellow "Tulip Orchids" are highly fragrant.
Anguloa (tognettiae x virginalis) previously bloomed $35, white with pink inside
and intense fragrance.
Gongora tricolor $30 small blooming size
Lycaste Athanacia (virginalis x Kurt Servos) - $25 in 4"
Thunia marshalliana - a rather pale lipped clone, still has well known California grower Kay Rinaman's tag in the pot; mature plant of one long cane, dormant still. $30
Bulbophyllum bicolor divisions $25.
Sobralia chrystostoma - I think this one stays smaller, have not seen the flowers, nice clump $35
Neobenthamia gracilis potted keikis $8 Grows quite tall, heads of white fragrant
flowers with some pink and yellow in the lip come in late winter to summer.
Cynorkis
fastigiata - small terrestrial orchid from Madagascar, keep dry through
winter and water a lot in spring and summer; pinch off flowers after they bloom
or they self pollinate and get in other pots as weeds. Uncommon and pretty,
flowers about 1 cm across: $20.
Feel free to inquire about divisions of awarded or selected plants. After growing orchids for 42 years there are a lot of nice varieties in the greenhouse, including a number of species of Cattleya, Paphiopedilum, and Phragmipedium not shown here.
All images copyright (c) 2008 - 2014 Carson Barnes
