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Paphiopedilum

70805 Paphiopedilum Tomiko Star

(Paphiopedilum Mele Star 'Yoko' x Paphiopedilum Tomatillo 'August Green')

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We found the pod parent in the hands of Yoko Fisher (Jerry’s wife) having her photograph taken with it so she could show the size in comparison with her face.  The flower is huge and we put it with our green Tomatillo.  We ae seeing some intriguingly large greens and yellows.

60806 Paphiopedilum Mele Hell

(Paphiopedilum Mele Star 'Whopper' x Paphiopedilum Hellyer 'Graciously Green')

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Mele, Hawaiian for merry (we all remember Bing Crosby don’t we, Mele Kalikimaka, Hawaiian for Merry Christmas).  For this hybrid we took a saucer sized yellow Mele Star and were successful using it with  a green Hellyer  Lovely large flowers many tending to shades of green.

60308 Paphiopedilum Tomiko Moon

(Paphiopedilum Moon Stone 'Lehua Filling' AM/AOS x Paphiopedilum Tomatillo 'Green Goddess)

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A delightful combination of four sections; Paphiopedilum, Cochlopetalum, Brachypetalum and Parvisepalum.  We are surprised it even exists let alone in quantity and does not produce any crippled flowers.  The challenge will now be to work with this smaller round bulldog flower and see if it will breed on.  Note of caution – do not confuse […]

70807 Paphiopedilum Jacob’s Knight

(Paphiopedilum Memoria Jacob Jake Piloto 'Yellow Joy' x Paphiopedilum Venus Knight 'Glowing Yellow Lehua HCC/AOS)

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venustum is only 25% but does its influence show through.  There are great pouches and often times intriguing petals like these.  This flower was awarded in Shreveport LA August 24, 2019, the award is pending but this is a photograph taken by the Big Island award photographer before it was sent to the Shreveport Judging Center

70802 Paphiopedilum Scrupples

(Paphiopedilum Pandemonium 'Californian Calling' x Paphiopedilum Keyeshill 'Pu'u O'o Glow')

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Just 2 years out of flask as of August 2019.  We are listing them because the largest look like they will bloom this year.  We do not normally remake something, let alone something someone else has made.  Imagine our surprise the we found this had been made originally in 1994.

50208 Paphiopedilum Odette’s Pride

(Paphiopedilum Luther Pass 'Winstonlike' x Paphiopedilum Odette's Moment 'Tsunami Siren')

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Those of you familiar with our work with Maudiae style will be asking yourselves what isnthe name Odette doing here in the bulldog section.  We added Odette’s Spell to Magic Moment to create one of the parents of this bulldog shaped flower.  It has produced more offspring than we expected from this inter-sectional.

70109 Paphiopedilum Garnet Crown

(Paphiopedilum wardii 'Chocolate Drop' HCC/AOS x Paphiopedilum rothschildianum 'Lisa')

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We remade this roth hybrid for one very simple reason, we dearly love Iantha Stage (roth x sukhakulii) and often wondered what (roth x wardii) would look like.  We could never find one so the next option was the remake.  These are in 4″ pots and look to be about a year away from blooming […]

60203 Paphiopedilum Temptation in the Hay

(Paphiopedilum Temptation 'Lehua' Green Joy' HCC/AOS x haynaldianum fm album 'Flirtateously Lehua' AM/AOS)

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As of July 2019 these are 3-1/2 years out of flask and yes, the first did bloom (but of course we forget to photograph it).  We used an almost album Temptation with the album form of haynaldianum but the first to bloom had colors all over the place.  We really are excited about seeing more bloom. […]

00708 Paphiopedilum Llandaff

(Paphiopedilum Judge Philp 'Triples' x Paphiopedilum parishii 'Lehua BenTen' AM/AOS)

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We bred this to try to introduce a different look, and we achieved it.  Some are yellow following Judge Philip, some are more towards purple thanks to parishii.  The form is also different, some clearly following one parent, others the other parent.  And for those of you who are curious about the name, Llandaff is […]

70512 Paphiopedilum Deperle

(Paphiopedilum delegati fma vinicolor 'Dark Glow' x primulinum fma purpurascens 'Tall 50')

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One of the few hybrids we have made twice.  Deperle is normally white.  We make it using the vinicolor form of delenatii and the purpurascens form of primulinum.  The result is this delightful pink flower that will carry three on the second bloom.  We are offering these as first bloom seedlings that came out of […]

70806 Paphiopedilum Ghostly Contrasts

(Paphiopedilum Magical Contrasts 'Dorsal Clear' x Paphiopedilum Macabre Contrasts 'Strident Rush')

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A remake using different a different pollen parent from our previous AQ.  Gorgeous coloraturums, even.  This remake has earned the highest point total of any of he Ghostly Contrasts and looks far superior to any in the AQ that was awarded to the previous version.

70604 Paphiopedilum Petula’s Sensation

(Paphiopedilum Macabre Contrasts 'Strident Rush' x Paphiopedilum Petula's Flame 'Almost Black')

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We have now made this cross at least 5 different times with different parents.  This time there were two AM’s.  We took back twelve the next judging and there we four more HCC’s and an AQ.  Even the coloraturums on this grex look spectacular.  We used an HCC for the photo, we will consider swapping […]

70603 Paphiopedilum Excitingly Fred

(paphiopedilum Excitingly Wood 'Lehua's Fighting Pickle' HCC/AOS x Paphiopedilum Friedrich von Hayek 'Lehua's Quiet Elegance' HCC/AOS)

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We exhibited three of the first six to bloom and all three were awarded AM’s!  Two were attractive pink flames, one with almost no spots and one heavily spotted.  We are displaying this vini as we know there is heavy prejudice in favor of vinis.

70105 Paphiopedilum Magical Illusion

(Paphiopedilum Magically Wood 'Serenity' x Paphiopedilum Red Illusion 'Lehua's The Only One' HCC/AOS)

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We are still working on this posting.  Our notes show one has been awarded but we are having difficulty tracking it down.  We hope it was in Southern California where they are playing catchup on award processing.  It really is a delightful, heavily spotted, flame to vini.

61010 Paphiopedilum Fred’s Style

(Paphiopedilum Fred's Aura 'Light Glamor' x Paphiopedilum Egret's Jewel 'Blond Gem')

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Lovely light colored flowers, but about half of them are album.  We crossed a very light coloratum with an almost white green & white.  The flowers follow either one parent or the other.  There does not seen to be any that are a blend of both parents.

61005 Paphiopedilum Macabre Wonder

(Paphiopedilum Mr. Wonderful 'Lehua Twinkles' HCC/AOS x Paphiopedilum Macabre Presence 'Lehua Green Splash' HCC/AOS)

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Very nice pink and green flowers with minimal spotting.  And for those of you who go to Paph Guild remember to cheer when Mrs Muir’s award slides are screened.  Don’t let her grumble about the length of the clonal name as she is want to do on some of our awards!

60901 Paphiopedilum Jewel Pink

(Paphiopedilum Egret's Jewel 'Blond Gem' x Paphiopedilum charlesworthii fma sandowiae 'Big Beauty')

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We thought this could look nice so we crossed a very light colored green & white Maudiae style with an album charlesworthii.  Guess what, not a one is green!  We will self one of these color forms in the hope that in a few years we will have some green charlesworthii hybrids.  We need to […]

61204 Paphiopedilum In-Charm Topaz

(Paphiopedilum In-Charm Topaz 'Lisa' x Paphiopedilum In-Charm Topaz 'Davele')

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Again, from our late friend Sandy Song’s breeding.  Here she sibling crossed to very nice examples of this petite hybrid (helenae x Pacific Shamrock) which is the tiny species crossed a very nice autumnal shade bulldog.  these came out of the flask December 2016.  We are just seeing the first bud develop now.

Paphiopedilum wardii 'Chocolate Drop' HCC/AOS (not award photo)

60504 Paphiopedilum wardii

(Paphiopedilum wardii 'Chocolate Drop' HCC/AOS x Paphiopedilum wardii fma alboviride 'Granny Green')

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We crossed our awarded flower with an album form in the hopes of increasing the stem length of the albums.  We have seen many bloom and are happy to report the stem is improved over the album and shorter than the type.  None has flowered album so we plan to self this to try to […]

60205 Paphiopedilum Delightfully Venus

(Paphiopedilum Venus Knight 'Red Extremities' x Paphiopedilum Magical Venus 'Red Flares')

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venustum on both sides as a  grandparent.  Lovely flowers, very easy to grow and flower with great foliage.  This hybrid attracted the attention of the CSA judges at Santa Barbara Spring 2018, but as far as we know the award has not been published.  Photograph to follow.

Paphiopedilum Macabre Illusion 'Slipper Zone T'other' HCC/AOS (award photo Barfield)

60201 Paphiopedilum Macabre Illusion

(Paphiopedilum Hawaiian Illusion 'Saturatingly Lehua AM/AOS x Paphiopedilum Macabre Contrasts 'Lehua Frank's Druthers' HCC/AOS)

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An attempt to fill in the puka’s (that’s Hawaiian for holes) in the almost black overly on the petals of Macabre Contrasts.  It has done that and added a slight olive complexion to the contrasting sepals, interesting.

Paphiopedilum Oriental Aura

60103 Paphiopedilum Oriental Aura

(Paphiopedilum Fred's Aura 'Lightness' x Paphiopedilum Oriental Jewel 'White Glow')

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Our attempt to eliminate the red/tan/cordovan overlay on a light coloratum.  The result is 50% coloratum and 50% green & white.  We can’t wait to see what a selfing of either result will bring!  Already an AM to this hybrid, the green & white etals are so much larger.

51209 Paphiopedilum Fred’s Style

(Paphiopedilum Fred's Aura 'Lightness' x Paphiopedilum Egret's Jewel 'White Flight')

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Another of our attempts to eliminate the red/tan/cordovan overlay in the pouch of a pale coloratum.  Again the bizarre result, half coloratum, half green & white, fascinating.  We can’t wait to see what a selfing will bring, will it eliminate the overlay?

Paphiopedilum Wonderfully Wood

51208 Paphiopedilum Wonderfully Wood

(Paphiopedilun Wood Wonder 'OZNote IV' x Paphiopedilum Magical Venus 'Red Flares')

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We keep thinking we have come to the end of the Oxymoron Series but we keep finding them.  This time it is a little different bringing in venustum as a grandparent.  That makes it a lot freer blooming, adds substance and patterning to the leaves, and makes it just a joy to have around although […]

Paphiopedilum Oriental Aura

51104 Paphiopedilum Oriental Aura

(Paphiopedilum Oriental Jewel 'White Promise' x Paphiopedilum Fred's Aura 'Pale Face')

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We crossed a pale coloratum with a very light green & white to see if we could take the color overlay out of the pouch while still retaining color in the spots.  The result is interesting, half coloratum and half green & white, nothing in the middle.  The real benefit is the green & white […]

50907 Paphipedilum White Promise

(Paphiopedilum Egret's Jewel 'White Syn' x Paphiopedilum Oriental Jewel 'Pistachio')

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We made this cross for a third time.  The flower photographed is typical of White Promise.  For the full potential please see our awards section.  The few that have bloomed as of 8/2018 for this remake have all been green & white, but clearly carry the white gene.

50711 Paphiopedilum Jeweled Venus

(Paphiopedilum Jewel Green 'Greenery' x Paphiopedilum Parisienne Venus 'Pink Joy')

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6 awards and an AQ to this hybrid, so we do not have a lot left.  Everyone who knew about them grabbed them very quickly.  The consistency is great.  Our apologies if you see the name spelled with two l’s, Graham can still lapse into his native British English.

50705 Paphiopedilum Luna Spots

(Paphiopedilum Spots Galore 'Spotted Polka' x Paphiopedilum Luna Magic 'Spotted Champion' HCC/AOS)

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Lots of spots, large ones very wide petals over a pale green background.  At last one was awarded in Hilo so we have a photo.  Can you imagine what this would look like if we can enhance the spots in the dorsal?  We are working on it.

50703 Paphiopedilum Jeweled Moon

(Paphiopedilum Macabre Moon 'Pale Face' x Paphiopedilum Egret's Moon 'Blond Gem')

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The correct American spelling at last.  Our apologies if you come across it spelled with two l’s.  Graham still occasionally reverts to British English.  This is not helped having the registrations take place in the U.K.  Just look at those colors and the way they are presented.

50609 Paphiopedilum Flatteringly Wood

(Paphiopedilum Macbeth's Ghost 'Lehua Pink Hints' HCC/AOS x Paphiopedilum Captivatingly Wood 'Pink Wow')

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We said below that we had come to the end of the Oxymoron Series, but here’s another one.  Actually this one is a grandchild of Wood Wonder so technically it is not an Oxymoron Series, but we probably drew a blank thinking up another name.  As a grandchild  one is showing lighter colors than the […]

50403 Paphiopedilum Kiwi Jewel

(Paphipedilum Jewel Green 'Diane' x Paphiopedilum Kiwi Charm 'Pink Dawn')

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On the Kiwi side the original primary hybrid was two small flowers, hennisianum and acmodontom.  We have gradually increased the size while keeping many of the delightful features of the original Kiwi Ingenuity, and adding a rainbow of colors.  Photograph coming.

50105 Paphiopedilum Macabre Love

(Paphiopedilum Love Song 'Contrasts' x Paphiopedilum Macabre Contrasts 'Almost There')

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We went back to basics by going back to Love Song.  Years ago we had over 1000 Love Songs and 5 or 6 of them came out dark.  We have all enjoyed seeing the results of hybridizing with these dark Love Songs.  We are now intrigued by the prospect of putting them with some of […]

40805 Paphiopedilum Rand Waddoups

(Paphiopedilum superbiens 'Magnifico' AM/AOS x Paphiopedilum Venus Knight 'Yellow Charm')

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Named for the orchid enabling husband of our friend Sarah Waddoups this is a free blooming very reliable bloomer in August and September each year (it is following the superbiens blooming habit).  Putting a venustum hybrid into the mix only makes it that much easier to re-bloom.

20802 Paphiopedilum Victoria’s Passion

(Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae 'Pink Charm' x Paphiopedilum lowii 'Dragon's Flight' HCC/AOS)

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We could not believe that this primary hybrid had not been made.  We are delighted with the result.  However, interestingly we made the same cross using lowii as the pod parent.  We have a lot but you will probably never see them as almost all of them with lowii as the pod parent are failing […]