Paphiopedilum

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 […]

Contrasts of a different color.  This time the spots are beginning to coalesce and provide a distinctive contrast to the white with pale green stripes sepals.

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.

We don’t usually remake something we have done before, but when we saw the quality of the sukhakulii album it just cried out to us to recreate our enormously popular Saiun album.  We are so glad we did.  We are even seeing some with two well presented flowers on one stem.

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.

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.

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?  Photograph to follow.

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 […]

What a green, just a little white showing in the dorsal.  This is a very large green & white with most of the pure color of a wardii album.  It really has to meet our almost all green Saiun album 40803!

Already one AM to this cross in the Chicago region.  We are charmed by the gentle pinks we are seeing with complimentary spots on the petals.

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 […]

This clearly favor lawrenceanum but is a much more defined flower with some great synsepals in evidence.

Did we ever get pink this time!

Beautiful pinks surrounding a green center with a splash of spots accenting the petals.

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.

Delightfully overlaid with pink and a lot of spots highlighting the petals

This is showing some of the more spectacular results from Jewel Green.  These have all gone to work in our maternity ward without going to judging – next year, we hope.

We are getting there in our efforts to have pink with a green center and no spots.  The ones we have seen bloom do need more pink into the dorsal but still a charming flower.

Continuing our search for the contrasting petals and sepals this brings a new twist to contrast scene with much more exposure of the green underlay on the petals.

A truly nice green & white memorializing a gracious Michigan lady.  One has been awarded but not to us so we do not have the award photo.  We have seen several award quality flowers still on our benches.

A delightful blend of two pinks.  We expect to see many with very few spots but so far, the first to bloom are showing attractive spotting and striking pink into the dorsal sepal.

Like tall stems?  That is a characteristic of both parents.  Flowers are pink flames.  Photograph to follow.

Just a gorgeous delicate pink overlay with complimentary spots.

One of our attempts to get white petals with dark spots.  We used one of our early whites with a light coloratum.  We love the result.  So far we are seeing only pale coloratums but will not be surprised of there are some green & white flowers.

Luna Shadow is creating some dynamic colors and great form.  Here it is with our awarded Mr Wonderful.  What bold and diverse colors, the green just leaps out at you!

Another beautiful flame full of spots on the petals.

Another Hawaiian Illusion hybrid, this time with the contrasting black petals of Petula’s Flame.  We are looking for red petals with almost full saturation, although some will be a lot darker.

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.

Mostly deep vinicolors but there are a few intriguing coloratums and flames.

The pod parent is a great dark flame on a tall stem and the pollen parent is even darker also on a tall stem.  Beautiful vinicolors with character and tall stems.  Photograph to follow.

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 […]

We think this is the fourth time we are listing this cross, now with a different pollen parent.  And we think there is a fifth cross in the 2″ section!  each time this comes out just beautifully.

Pink dominates with just an attractive basal hint of green

We are seeing flowers that are a deep pink on tall upright stems.  Photograh to follow.

We are seeing nothing but very large coloratums heavily overlaid with pink and lots of spots.  The pollen parent is barely evident.

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.

Love this cross, lots of character and very often two flowers on a stem.  As the name implies it does tend to show red in the petals.