Paphiopedilum Price Point - Maudiae Style (Coloratum, Vini, Flames, Green & White)

Larger than the teacup size, more like a coffee mug, these are small plants, tall stems and spotted flowers.  Flowers frequently. Despite using an album Maudiae and an album species the flowers are coloratum

Don’t know where we got two ‘ll’s’ in Mellody but until the label printer is functional again we have printed the label with one “l”.  One awarded June 2024.  We have requested photographer permission to use the award image.

Of course this reached naming size just as the “Barbie” movie came out.  Large yellow dominant flowers on a small plant and short stem

A new addition to contrasting possibilities

One of two hybrids we made using the album form of fowliei with a green and white that is predominantly green.  The result was not what we expected.  But we do have compact plants with lots of growths and often two or even three flowers of the first blooming.               […]

These are typically really ruby red often with black petals.  Some are even producing two spikes on the first blooming.

Again, white rules apply.  If the plant is in bud and it is showing a white or pale yellow bud, it is $100.  PLANT ONLY $20 per plant but it could white, yellow or green & white

We are seeing plenty of contrasts between the petals and the sepals

Magically Wood ‘Pink Diamond’ is exactly the shape and color the name implies.  Add a really bold pink with Odette’s Wish makes this is a very attractive, bold pink flower

Another new hybrid where we are looking to have red dominate, but check 00607 for a completely different look when we used different parents

Another white, hopefully.   Not a great flower in the photograph but it does give an indication that better things are available from this cross.  White rules apply

Brings the tall upright stance and long lasting flowers of mastersianum into play while adding red to the petals

Pink coloratums with some incredible coalescing spots

Both parents havendark, almost black, petals

Two large pink coloratums producing delightful, large flowers

Deep maroon to purple vinicolors

Tall deep pink with lots of smaller spots

Looking for the Maudiae look?  This one has it in deep vini-color

Another very light green & white some even approaching white

Yes there is venustum but its influence is not readily apparent.  Tall stem

Pink with spots

This has intriguing promise.  The pod parent really has diamond points and is predominantly pink.  Add the red component exhibited by the pod parent, and let;’s hope to find red.  Hit the thumbnail to see a second photograph that is a sibling

Another in our attempt to get to red

Again, going for red and seeing a lot of maroon petals

Again white rules apply.  $100 in bud with a white or pale yellow bud, PLANT ONLY $20 each, it is anyone’s guess if the flower will be white, pale yellow or green and white

A new addition to our Egret series, the egrets were outside the greenhousesnwhen we named this one!  That is why a non-green & white was added to out Egret collection.

Yes it does snow in Hawaii, we just keep it in a sensible place at 13,000′

Another one where white rules apply.  In bud and clearly white or pale yellow the price is $100, PLANT ONLY it is anyone’s guess as to whether it is white, pale yellow or green & white then $20 a piece

We love bringing mastersianum into a hybrid, it adds stem length and longevity as well, usually, an exceptionally attractive dorsal

White flower rules apply.  Plant only when it’s anyone’s guess, these are available.  In bud, if it is a white it is $100 if we are willing to sell it.

A different approach to creating red in the petals that includes a lot of spots.

Another great Luna Hijinks offspring

Looking for this to be the one that increases the size of our very successful Hawaiian Peacock

Looking for this one to be the parent that will improve the form of our white hybrids

Just look at the clonal names for the parents, that will tell you what we were looking for, but the best one so far shows mostly red

A lighter green & white with the possibility of predominantly white. As the clonal name says, it can happen.  This plant was fine on the first flower and we expect it to be fine of the third.  Who knows what caused this birth defect. When we see another plant in flower we will add it. […]

An accidental remake, but the parents looked so good together these happened for a second time.  The photograph is from the original cross.

Just a lovely pink coloratum

Trying to put a bigger emphasis on the synsepal, but success is difficult to achieve

This is a throw back to the 1980’s before Terry Root added sukhakulii to the Maudiae breeding.  The twist in this case is we used a vini-color Maudiae with a vini-color sukhakulii influenced hybrid.  Delightfully tall stems.

White rules apply.  If it is in bud and appears either white or pale yellow then the price is $100.  If you buy PLANT ONLY then the Select price applies $20 but there is no guaranty that the flower will be white or pale yellow, it could be green and white

Very different from the later version 01206.  It’s amazing what direct parents from the same pod will produce.

Yet another in our Hijinks series.  This time using the awarded Luna Hijinks as the pollen parent.  This is the third time we have made this hybidusing different parents

More green than green & white

Light green coloratum with plenty of small spots. nLove to see the synsepal showing.

Tall pink coloratum

Love Luna Hijinks andMacabre Hawaiian adds size especially to the sepals. Click on the icon to see the second photograph

Spring Wolf, the pod parent is a huge flower, Spring Egret brings a delicacy to the flower

Luna Shawdow, the pollen parent, was our best purchase from the Orchid Zone, it produces charming offspring

Macabre Hawaiian is a large flower and produces large offspring

  Using an interesting version of Wonderful Shadow as the pollen paren

Beautiful, tall, pink coloratums

Really distinctive green & whites, heavily favoring green.

Heavily spotted colorant with a multitude of colors

Elegantly tall green & whites

Mostly tall pink coloratums

We are seeing some remarkable sepals, both the dorsal and the synsepal

We can’t believe we used this name, what is alluring about almost any president?

Really a beautiful green coloratura with many small spots

There is an awarded one, but we think this photograph is more representative of the potential for this hybrid.  Surprised ourselves, we show both this and the awarded one, click on the photo to see both.

Officially this is classified as a green & white, but it is much closer to a verdant green with very little indication of any white

  We were expecting pink with large pouches.  Both of the awarded flowers are typical of what we are seeing.  Click on the thumbnail to see both awarded photographs.

A delightful green & white.  We have made this cross several times and it seems to get better each time including an AQ.

Two beautiful flowers meet.  Luna Shadow is perhaps the finest Maudiae style breeding produced by the Orchid Zone.  It appears that about 25% of this hybrid are album.

Again we used sepals to try to enlarge the almost completely overlooked synsepal.  We did not succeed with the awarded flower but the album version out of the same pod produced a nice start to a synsepal enhancement.  Click on the thumbnail to open the other photograph.  We have no idea how the back of […]

Luna Hijinks is a charming multicolored classic current Maudiae style flower.   We are looking to promote the synsepal based on the size of the pollen parent’s synsepal. And many are showing an improved synsepal which is beginning to frame the pouch. We are also seeing other flowers like this where the spots on the […]

Aren’t they all, apologies for using the same comment twice but at least this version has a different look to it.  Sorry have not figured out how to delete the original photo.  Click on the thumbnail to see the new version.

A pink onto a dark petal contrast, intersting and variable

Like spots?  This is for you

Many, like this photo, developing a second bud and presenting it well

Very light colored coloratum with lots of spots

Another great coloratura with a delightful showing of pink and lots of spots.

Obviously named on one of the occasions the Air Force 1 backup was parked at Hilo Airport, causing all sorts of headaches!

Simply gorgeous deep pink coloratums with spots.

Really dark petals, some approaching black but with a few tending towards red

Seeing a lot of tall stemmed pink flowers

Looking to have yellow play a greater role in the petal color

Very variable with some significant contrasts showing between petal colors and sepals.  On the other hand some simply delightful coloratums.   This remake shows far more coloratums than the previous version which the photograph is from.  

We are seeing some spectacular dorsals on a different combination of colors than the typical Maudiae

A pink with very little spotting

This must be the sixth or seventh time we have made this cross.  Every time we find both parents in bloom we cross them totally forgetting we have made this hybrid before.  Usually we use different parents, we have this time, so there are different results.  But this explains why out is our most awarded […]

Putting a yellow overlay onto a classic sukhakulii hybrid

Quite variable but the cross has gained three awards.  This is a sibling cross of two we have not exhibited tied

Pink coloratums, we love them.  Jewel Green ‘Withdrawn’ is the finest Jewel Green.  We withdrew it from judging.  But it is producing delightful offspring.

Jewel Green, the pollen parent, was partly one of the finest Maudiae style made by the late Norito

We love the influence of Luna Shadow, the pollen parent.  Delicate shades of pink and lots of small spots for the coloratums but also producing some excellent green & white like the photograph

Again looking to get to red, and we are seeing some maroon petals

Again looking to have red dominate, especially on the petals

For this of you not the judging system, yes it is that Laura

Still showing the venustum influence but on a much taller stem

Is this the sixth or seventh time we have made this cross?  We love these parents ad can’t resist remaking the cross every time we find both parents in bloom.  Photo from an earlier version.

Beautiful green coloratum with spots

Looking to bring more yellow into the classic style of Hawaiian Volcano

Another instance where we used the dominant color form resulting in a traditional green with spots

Another red petal work in progress.  The photograph is of an earlier version of this hybrid

Duguesclin is a delight, add the size of Ninja and you have a great green with lots of spots

As the pod aren’t clonal name implies we used the basic color form resulting in a very nice green overlaid with many small spots

Moving towards yellow petals with spots

We love coloraturas heavily overlaid with pink

Bringing mastersian into the Maudiae style and combining it with (

This surprised us, but the majority clearly follow the pollen parent

Another hybrid bringing venustum into the Maudiae spectrum

T he pollen parent Jewel Green ‘Withdrawn’ is the best example we have of this hybrid from the late Norito.  Clear crisp well defined colors and an excellent parent

We are seeing some very dark petals, some almost black but it is only the coloratum that isn’t camera shy.

The photo is from a previous version, the current remake results are very similar

Adding pink, but still with the influence of venustum showing

A remake of a previous offering.  This is something we do not like to do but the parents look so good together we remake without thinking.  This is one that can produce really dark, often black petals.  We have published an AQ photograph to give you a good idea of the range of looks that […]

Love the pod parent, large bold pink crossed with a tall upright stem of the pollen parent and producing a lot of flowers that look like the photo

Already 7 awards to this hybrid.  Love the synsepal, it frames the pouch beautifully.

Some seriously interesting flowers including ones that look like this

Two very attractive, awarded parents producing some interesting color combinations and spots

Another in our attempt to get to a truly red Maudiae style

Magnificent pinks with spots

Typically strong upright unstated stems with a smaller flower that is deep pink to purple distally.  Frequent bloomer often with two stems.

Available in “plant only”.  In bud available as a green and white.  We still want to see all “white” potential for future breeding possibilities

We combined two pale colored coloraturm flowers and are seeing flowers approaching green and white with spots.  Click on the thumb nail to see both versions.  

Bred to be an exceptional vini-color which we are seeing and the inevitable coloratums that come along with vini-breeding are eye-catching, almost flames.

Another Mr. Wonderful (2010) hybrid with beautiful pink and minimal spotting.  Mr. Wonderful had (2010) added as we all missed the fact there is a hybrid Paphiopedilum registered as Mister Wonderful.  Sorry the photo has small botrytis damage on the dorsal sepal.  The photo will be replaced as soon as possible

A green & white bred using two of our white Maudiae style Paphs.  We are seeing an above average number of white flowers and delightful pale butter yellow flowers.  In bud showing a white bud are $100 when part of your wholesale order. Click on the photo to see an unawarded flower.

Magnificent spots on a yellow to green background color

Another green & white producing an above average number of whites and pale yellows

A beautiful pink and green, mostly without spots, some approaching red, see the second photo, click on the thumbnail

Another in our creation of pink in the Petula series.  Yes, we know the flower in the photograph has form issues, but we are using it to show the exceptional range of colors and the beauty of the synsepal framing the pouch

Very attractive deep flame to vini and attractive coloratums.  Click on thumbnail to see both photos

See also 90102 above but using different parents.  We are looking to have the red play a greater role in this version

If Graham’s high school French from many moons ago is remembered correctly this should translate to French Moon.  Very handsome flowers, two awards and lots more with award potential

  Bringing venustum into classic sukhakulii style Maudiae breeding.  Very easy to grow and to bloom

Classic vini-color, lots with very dark foliage reflecting the fact that both parents are vini-color. Most have the down-swept petals following the form of hte pollen parent.

Very much a bold, in your face, flower

One quarter mastersianum gives this hybrid tall stems and long lasting flowers

We love this flower with its potential for red and its potential for contrast.  Sorry about the background for the photo.  You are welcome to photo-sho[ for your own use.

The awarded flower is as close to black in the petals and pouch as we have seen

A dynamic combination using a pod parent from our most awarded grex altho we have never exhibited this particular flow.  We have used that color every time it opens!

A lot of whites and some pale yellows.  An AQ to this grex and an AD in Vancouver

Don’t you just love that pink halo?

Lots of pleasing pale pink in this hybrid

Beautiful pink, accented with light spotting

Fascinating cross, about half are wonderful green & white, the other half looks like the awarded flower.

Very dark petals and light or green sepals

Nice vinis and flames on quite light colored leaves

Going back to basics by bringing Friedrich von Hayek back.  This time we have paired it with a gorgeous synsepal.

Another cross emphasizing lightness in the petals while trying to keep the darker spots.  Click on the thumbnail to see what can happen with breeding like this.  The next generation may produce white petals with dark spots.

Gorgeous pale pinks with spots

This is a cross of a green & white and a coloraturum.  Many of the flowers are green & white and some are coloratum.  It is the coloratum that was awarded

A cross of a very light Green & White with one of our whites.  A good chance of some white flowers.  Just look at the photograph.  Not the best form by any stretch of the imagination but the spots abound.  Just imagine the next generation if we can put some color into the spots!

In addition to the pink coloratum form photographed we are seeing some trending to more red.

So, why cross two pinks?  Because you can get Vini-colors just like this.  There are two AM’s to this cross both like the photograph

Great contrasts and some really nice coloratums.

Intriguing cross, every flower seems to be different.  The photograph is of the one that seems to display most of the characteristics found in this cross for both color and form

Hugely popular, a delightfully tall stemmed, long lasting flower thanks to mastersianum, with sukhakulii adding a great touch of character.  We have four photographs.  Click on the thumbnail, you should see the rest of them

A remake of a very successful cross.  This time a large number of attractive green & whites are occurring.

This is the first of several crosses we have made to try to increase the supply of white Maudiae style.  The green and white from this cross are available as part of wholesale orders.  The boys is they will carry the white gene.  The ones that are showing white are available for $100 each as […]

Plenty of reds and dark vini-colors

Really attractive vinis with many showing tendencies towards red

We crossed a very light colored coloratum (Fred’ Aura) with a proven white.  We are seeing some exceptionally light coloraturas that are very large.

Two deeply spotted parents with pink backgrounds crossed.  The darker award is shown, the other AM is a much lighter flower.  Click on the photograph and both Photos will come up.

Lovely presentation with flowers that have minimal spotting

An attempt to bring out the yellow in the petals

Love this form, and the color is quite attractive too, but it does not hold as much appeal as the vinis, unfortunately.

There are already several HCC’s to this grex, but we could not resist taking this flower in for consideration.  This cross is generating a lot of flowers with this appearance.

This puts a very light Green & White with a very light coloratum.  There is a green and white version, open the posted photo to see the coloratum.

We found a whole group of this delightful pink with spots.  We thought we had completely sold out but here they are again.