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OTHER SELECT SPECIES & HYBRIDS
 

Seedling tubes (50mm) are $11.00 each unless otherwise stated.

 

There are plants available in 80mm Pots where indicated.
 
 

2527   *C. CLAESEANA - SHOULD PRODUCE BLUES        (Just Like Louie Armstrong)

 
A remake of the 1916 original done by Armstrong/Brown with a decided difference, Mum is a coerulean form of C. intermedia, whilst Dad is a spotted form of C loddigesii coerulea, cross done by our friends at Floralia nursery in  Brazil, expect the unexpected, but should be blue hues.
 
3 x 50mm Tubes | 3 x 80mm
 

2560    Blc. VOLCANO PRINCE    REMAKE    i.e.,(L.c. Trick or Treat x Blc Love Sound ‘Fortissimo’ HCC/AOS)

Extremely orange ‘Trick’ great texture, crossed with ‘Love’ has seven bright yellow flowers nicely displayed on one inflorescence; lip/throat darker yellow/pale red blush on distal margin; substance good; texture crystalline.  Ask our friend Ruben in Long Beach who did the cross. 
Limited 80mm Pots @ $16.00
 
  L.c. Trick or Treat
 

2561     Sphy (sophro x encyclia) RED STAR  X  Rsc. (Ryhnchosophrocattleya) YELLOW BIRD

 
A very interesting piece of breeding from our friends in the US. milleri, cordigera on one side & a real loose parent, as Dad with 14 , yes 14 different species in its background, granulosa, dowiana  & digbyana  being prime contributors. The total, with 16 parents & what do you get, curiosity as to the result.
 
3 x 50mm Tubes | 3 x 80mm 
 

2562     *Slc GOLDEN TREAT  X Bc SUNNY DELIGHT ‘MAJ’  

 
'MAJ’ a twelve flower + count, parents B. perinni and C. aurantiaca. Both are temp. tolerant grows like brassavola and blooms are rich yellow stars held in clusters. L.c. Golden Treat should add richer reds and orange colors to the mix and improve flower size and count. Both are spring blooming and outdoor growers.
 
3 x 50mm Tubes | 3 x 80mm
 
                    
Slc GOLDEN TREAT            Bc SUNNY DELIGHT ‘MAJ’  
 

2567   C. labiata SEMI – ALBA var. AMESIANA X SELF

 
Another of our Brazilian connection beauties. labiata  originates from the Organ Mountains about 100kms north of Rio de Janeiro, almost extinct in that location now. Prefers ample light & water in the summer, with drier conditions in winter. Var.     Amesiana is a recognized semi Alba form amongst the many varietal forms available. Carrying two to five blooms with wavy petals & sepals. 
50mm Tubes @ $12.00
 

2621   *Cattlianthe HOT SAUCE   -   (L.c. ROJO X L. anceps ‘MALVERN’)

 
Interesting cross from our friends in Long Beach California. An almost fire engine red, hint of orange cluster of blooms crossed with an outstanding L. anceps in ‘Malvern’ &  is one of the finest alba’s around , 3 bulbs sold for $US700.00 earlier this decade. One thing for sure, the flowers will be clear of the foliage. Flower count expected is about 8 to 10 Colour, well soft red/orange, maybe even stronger fire engine red, Lip a cracker Cool grower.  
 
6 x 50mm Tubes | 3 x 80mm
 

2623        C. Xmesquitae X SELF 

 
According to our Brazilian friends this is a natural Hybrid between nobilor and walkeriana, but has been given specific status. What we can tell you is by Googling to www.flickr.com/search/?q=mesquitae&w=all , You get 14 pictures of this beauty ranging from deep to soft lilac some with a real blue hue, typically walkeriana shape, two – three flowers and flat as the proverbial. It does appear to be on the easy side to grow. 
 
2 x 50mm Tubes @$15.00
 
  C. Xmesquitae
 
 

2644    C. trianaei  ‘ARANKE GERMANSKE’ FCC/AOS  X  trianaei ‘A.C. BURRAGE’ AM/AOS

All you species persons, two very select forms of easy to grow Cattleya unifoliate species. Would be the longest lasting of the Cattleya species when in flower, one of the hardiest & are growing well. What the combo of these two will bring is any bodies guess, a class line bred species. 
3 x 100mm Pots  |  3 x 120mm Pots
 
                                     
trianaei ‘A.C. BURRAGE’ AM/AOS         C. trianaei  ‘ARANKE GERMANSKE’ FCC/AOS
 

2754   Soph. brevipedunculata X SELF

 
Brazilian epiphytic /lithophytic warm to cool growing, miniature orchid from Minas Gerais State, found on trees or in humus pockets on the rocks below them in drier cool winter mountain habitats in scrub at elevations of 1220 to 2000 meters where their water comes mainly from the cloud cap on the high mountains at night & condensation with sulcate, globose to cylindrical pseudobulbs,  arranged in two ranks along the rhizome & carry a single, apical, erect, stiff, leathery, leaf that blooms on a terminal, short, solitary to 3 flowered inflorescence occurring late autumn in cultivation & the spring in Brazil, Blooms vary in size 4 – 7.5mm also  in colour from soft pink/red to deep pink /red.                                      
 
 3 x 80mm
 
 
 
 
                                         
Miltonia spectabilis v. Mooreana ‘KARL'                           L.c Orange Crush ‘Tumbi’
 
 
PLUS OTHER SELECT SPECIES AND HYBRIDS
 

bulbophyllumrothchildianum3 X 120mm POTS @ $ 15.00 Each and 1 X 140mm POT @ $19.00, 80mm POT @ $15.00,
COELOGYNE UNCHAINED MELODY 3 X 100mm @ $ 13.00 EACH, 3 X 120mm @ $ 15.00  EACH ;  1 X 140mm @ $ 17.00

CYMBIDIUM HYBRIDS;-  80mm POTS;- Dorothy Stocksill ‘Forgotten Fruit’,   Talarico x Self 120mm @ $12.00 each,  

 

OTHERS; Zygo REDVALE – remake 6”pots $10.00 each.

 
  staurochilus guibertii   
 
 
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