We are anxious to see this flower. Its parent Lycaste Balliae ‘Chimera’ had an intriguing flower, pink with mottled white stripes. The initial thought was a virus but testing was negative so we selfed it to see what the flower will look like. We will test again before we ship any out. Lycaste are susceptible to the Cymbidium mosaic virus and it is hard to tell the problem exists without running the test.
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About Lehua Orchids
Lehua Orchids is located on the Island of Hawaii (the Big island, also known as the Orchid Isle). We are on the slopes of Mauna Loa, half way between Hilo and Volcano in a community called Mountain View. In this location we enjoy the benefits of our almost daily trade winds, and nightly from the cooling effects of our “mauka” winds (winds coming down from the top of the mountain)
In this location we are able to specialize in intermediate temperature orchids. Our daily highs in summer are about 85 degrees with a 20 degree drop at night. in winter our highs are around 75 and 60 at night. These conditions allow us to specialize in our favorite orchids, Paphiopedilums, Phragmipediums, Angraecums and Lycaste.
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- Paphiopedilum gratrixianum var. daoense ‘Slipper Zone Perner Pops’ AM/AOS
- Paphiopedilum Macabre Hawaiian ‘Slipper Zone Red Beckons’ HCC/AOS
- Paph. Odette’s Shadow ‘Slipper Zone Next Time’ HCC/AOS
- Paphiopedilum Petula’s Voodoo ‘Skyscraper”
- Paphiopedilum Presidential Lady ‘Tall Charm’
- Paphiopedilum Magical Illusion ‘Spots Up’
- Paphiopedilum Sandra’s Helen Maha ‘Slipper Zone Triple Play’ HCC/AOS