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What taking your babies to a show looks like when you are an orchid fan!
19/09/2025

What taking your babies to a show looks like when you are an orchid fan!

Cattleya Beautiful SunsetHuge (4.25 inch), flat flower on a small plant. Stunning cross from the breeding of Fred Clarke...
04/09/2025

Cattleya Beautiful Sunset
Huge (4.25 inch), flat flower on a small plant. Stunning cross from the breeding of Fred Clarke.

Paphiopedilum AngelaA first flowered seedling 18 months after being deflasked.Primary hybrid between P. farrieanum and P...
13/07/2025

Paphiopedilum Angela
A first flowered seedling 18 months after being deflasked.
Primary hybrid between P. farrieanum and P. niveum. Original flask from Atian.

Laelia ancepsLikely the var. compacta form with those short stems and close pseudo bulbs. Grows cold (gets to -6C) but p...
09/05/2025

Laelia anceps
Likely the var. compacta form with those short stems and close pseudo bulbs.
Grows cold (gets to -6C) but protected from frost.
Bright light all year round. Lots of water and fertiliser while developing new growths. Much less over colder months.

Masdevalia Kimballs Sun
06/02/2025

Masdevalia Kimballs Sun

Stanhopea - if the plant’s bulbs look shriveled, you are likely not watering enough or not using a mix that retains mois...
25/01/2025

Stanhopea - if the plant’s bulbs look shriveled, you are likely not watering enough or not using a mix that retains moisture. This group come from very wet areas.

Calanthe triplicata (known as the Christmas Orchid). One of the evergreen terrestrial Australian (and Asian) species. Th...
26/12/2024

Calanthe triplicata (known as the Christmas Orchid). One of the evergreen terrestrial Australian (and Asian) species. This is grown in 100% pure coarse perlite.

Catcyclia Topaz El Bee ‘Blush’
23/12/2024

Catcyclia Topaz El Bee ‘Blush’

Sobralia veitchiiA huge plant and very showy flower. The flowers only last a couple of days, but are sequential and on m...
08/12/2024

Sobralia veitchii
A huge plant and very showy flower.
The flowers only last a couple of days, but are sequential and on multiple canes.

Paphiopedilum Hung Sheng EagleYou need patience for this stunner. It took 4 years to mature the last growth.
05/12/2024

Paphiopedilum Hung Sheng Eagle
You need patience for this stunner. It took 4 years to mature the last growth.

Paphiopedilum micranthum &Paphiopedilum micranthum var. eburneum. A fabulous miniature cool growing species from China a...
12/09/2024

Paphiopedilum micranthum &
Paphiopedilum micranthum var. eburneum.
A fabulous miniature cool growing species from China and Vietnam.

Love the subtle splash on the petals of this first flowered cymbidium seedling from Barrita Orchids’ breeding.Barrita Cu...
05/09/2024

Love the subtle splash on the petals of this first flowered cymbidium seedling from Barrita Orchids’ breeding.

Barrita Cutlass 'Chief’
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(Valley Den Hoogenband x Zenation 'green, r/lip')

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