California Orchids Spring Sale 2013 Pre-Sale Order Availability We have a limited (sometimes only 2 or 3) supply of these plants so they are offered on a first come, first served basis. They are healthy, well established plants, but they are not in bud or flower. This list does not include all of our plants. We will have many orchids (species and hybrids) in flower and out for the sale . This list cancels all other lists and is good until Friday May 10th, 2013. Email your order to us at least one week prior to the May 11th Sale and we will have your plants ready for pick up at the sale. If we don’t have what you want we’ll notify you. If you want to preorder and cannot make it to the sale let us know. You can pay by mail and we will hold your order until August 1st. Pre-orders over $25.00 will receive an automatic 10% discount! We try really hard to get names, descriptions and spellings right. If you find errors please let us know so we can fix them! If you have any questions, feel free to call (415) 868-0203 or email us at [email protected] Temperature Symbols W : 60-65F nights and 80-90 F days. These plants hate being cold. I : 58-60 F nights and 75-80F days. The intermediate plants are generally more tolerant of a wider range of temperatures. C: 55-58 nights and days around 75F. These plants hate being hot. Hardy: These are plants that we have grown outside in Bolinas all year. The lows here can go occasionally down to 34 F for a day or so . Our outdoor plans are unheated but under cover, protected from frost. Our References We tend to use 2 sources heavily. They are both awesome orchid resources. The Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia ( www.orchidspecies.com) Software called Orchidwiz(www.orchidwiz.com) The photos, good and bad, are ours. Other News For those of you who don’t already know, we are accepting new boarding clients as well as business clients who are interested in orchid rentals (3 month minimum) You can read more about these services on our web page www.californiaorchids.com or call 415.868.0203 for more information. Happy growing! Genus Species Size Price Temp. Flowering Comments Pictures Season Aerangis citrata 3” $16.00 W/I Spring Great for windowsill or mounting. Pendulous spike Madagascar Aerangis hyaloides 2" $10.00 W Late Great for Winter window sill or mounting. Stays small. Madagascar Aerangis luteo-alba 3” $16.00 W/I Spring/ Great for variable windowsill or mounting Africa Aeranthes grandiflorus 3” $12.00 W Spring Don’t cut old thru seedlings spikes..they can Summer rebloom Madagascar Amesiella monticola 3.5” $15.00 W Winter Great for windowsill or mounting. Philippines Anachillium garcianum 4” $12.00 W/I Variable Long lasting, easy to flower,nice lemon fragrance Venezuela Angraecum leonis 5” $27.50 W Spring Wonderful white stars with long spurs and fragrance. Beautiful flat leaves. Madagascar, Comoros Ansellia africana 8” $50.00 W/I Spring Makes a large wonderful plants specimen plant. Easy to grow. Africa Arachnis Maggie Oei 2 foot $5.00 W/ Variable These can grow stem Hot very tall. Long cutting lasting as cut bareroot flowers. On a Sngapore stamp! Aspasia lunata 8” $25.00 W/I Summer A great beginner plant. These are easy to flowerer, can be kept small or grown large. Good for mounting. Really sweet. Guatemala, Brazil Bifrenaria harrisoniae 4” $18.00 W/I, Early Brazil 6” $20.00 slight summer 8” $30.00 winter Fragrant rest Brassia signata 3.5” $16.00 W/I Spring, Mexico summer Broughtonia sanguinea ‘Sta 3.5” $18.00 W Summer Splash petal r Splash’ 4” 22.50 variety, really pretty. Great for windowsill or mounting. Jamaica Broughtonia sanguinea var. 4” $22.50 W Summer Sweet small alba plants, great for windowsill or mounting. Jamaica Bulbophyllum biflorum 5”pan Special! W Summer Always has 2 $10.00 flowers o the stem Philippines Malaysia, Java,Sumatra Bulbophyllum corolliferum 5” pan Special! W variable charming red var. $10.00 umbels atropurpureum Specimen $35.00 Borneo SE Asia 12” Singapore Bulbophylum Eizabeth Ann 6” $25.00 W/I Winter This hybrid ‘Buckelberry’ combines the FCC/AOS best of both worlds. Classy, Bulb. (longissimum easy to flower x rothschildianum) beautiful and exotic Bulbophyllum falcatum ‘yello 3” $18.00 W Spring Slightly w’ showier than the red form. Wonderful! Tropical Africa Bulbophyllum falcatum ‘red’ 2.5” $8.50 W Winter Cool, weird 3” 10.00 tiny red/brown flowers emerge on a flat stem. Like peas in a pod. Tropical Africa Bulbophyllum lobbii 4” large $20.00 W Variable Large, 8” $35.00 wonderful, bold flowers. Likes water. Great mounted or in baskets. SE Asia Bulbophyllum medusea 4” $16.00 W Spring/ Each of those variable white ‘puffs’ are made up of many long tailed flowers. Really elegant. SE. Asia Bulbophyllum saurosepalum 4” $16.00 W Variable Another super cool Bulbophyllum Red flowers that are ‘flattened’ onto the flower stem Philippines Bulbophyllum thaiorum mounted $25.00 W/I Summer Purple (yasnae) pseudobubs yellow form and dark yellow flowers. Vietnam Camaridium soconuscana 3.5” $27.50 I/C/ Variable Long lasting. ( Maxillaria) ‘Mally’ 4” $30.00 Hardy flowers several times a year for us. Guatemala, SE México Catasetum Rebecca 4” $27.50 W/ Spring After leaves fall Northrn 6” $35.00 winter let plants dry rest (but not shrivel) through the winter. Very fragrant, flowers emerge in early spring before the new growths. Water carefully as the new growth emerges.Great on a bright windowsill. Cattleya aclandiae x sib 3.5” $16.00 I Spring Brazil Cattleya Caudebec 4N 5” $35.00 W Spring Pink spots , lots of fragrance and good substance. Cattleya dowiana var 4” $25.00 W Late Extraordinarily aurea spring, beautiful summer Cattleya species. Fragrant Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela Cattleya mossiae 4” $25.00 W/I Spring A wonderful fragrant,classic Cattleya. We grow it in pots and also have a big one on a cork log that flowers without fail each spring. National flower of Venezuela Cischweinfia sheehanniae 4” $25.00 W Fall/ Charming variable windowsill plant. Easy to grow and flower. Also takes happily to being mounted. Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá Cochleanthes (Amazing 4N x 5” $20.00 W/I Variable Big, bold , 1”+ amazonica 4N) large fragrant flowers plants Coelogyne mooreana ‘Bro 4” $12.00 I/C Variable Gorgeous white ckhurst’ 5” $15.00 with bright FCC/AOS yellow in the lip. Easy to grow and flower. Vietnam Coelogyne punctulata 3.5” $16.00 I Nepal, China, 4” $18.00 India,Bhutan 1” white flowers with great yellow/ orange marking on the lip Coelogyne rochussenii 6” $20.00 W/I Makes a 7” $25.00 fabulous specimen plant Fragrant Photo shows plant in bud. Malaysia, Borneo, Java to Philippines Chelonistele sulphurea 3.5” $15.00 W/I Spring Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Philippines Coelogyne tomentosa 6” $25.00 W/I Spring Gorgeous 2 ft+ pendulous spikes, very delicate flower. Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand Coelia bella 4” 18.00 W/I/C spring Unusual colors, very charming. Fat round pseudobulbs Mexico to Costa Rica Coelia macrostachya 6” $25.00 W/I/C Spring Fragrant, 7” $30.00 classy, this one had fat round pseudobulbs too. Mexico to Costa Rica Cymbidium floribundum 6” $35.00 Hardy Spring We love this because it stays small and is very floriferous. The plant on our outdoor cork log flowers happily each year. Southern China, Taiwan Cyrptochilus lutea 4” $16.00 I/C India,China, www.orchidspecies.com Vietnam, for photos and excellent information Cycnoches barthiorum 4” $35.00 W/ Summer Awesome. Rest winter in winter but rest mist to keep the pseudobulbs from shriveling. Water carefully when new growth starts. Colombia Cycnoches cooperi 4” $35.00 W/ Summer Cycnoches are winter the coolest! rest Wonderful swan like flowers. Peru, Northern Brazil Cycnoches herrenhusanum 4” $35.00 w/ Summer Cycnoches are winter one of the few rest orchids that have male and female flowers. They can flower with one, the other, or both at the same time! Colombia, Ecuador Dendrobium aphyllum 2” $10.00 W/I Spring Needs a winter rest China, SE Asia Australia Dendrobium crepidatum 2” $12.00 W/I/C spring Needs a winter rest China, India SE Asia Dendrobium falcorostrum 5”large $30.00 Hardy Spring Fragrant,very white, star- shaped, fragrant flowers. Easy to grow outside in the Bay Area. Australia. Dendrobium fredericksianum mounted $18.00 W/I Spring Thailand, www.orchidspecies.com Malaysia for photos and excellent Deciduous information Dendrobium lasianthera 4” $18.00 W/ Absolutely var. Sepik Blue Hot gorgeous! x self These will get quite tall New Guinea Dendrobium Little Green 5” $25.00 W Variable Very long Apples large lasting flowers. Dendrobium speciosum 10” very $55.00 C/ Spring Australia strong 0utside to 30F Fabulous species to grow with Cymbidiums. These are line bred plants from Australia, getting big enough to flower. As they age they become fantastic! Rest in winter Dendrochilum aureum 3.5” $16.00 I/C Spring Very delicate flowers on wiry spikes Philippines Dendrochilum cobbianum 4” $ 20.00 I/W Yellow lip Fragrant Philippines Dendrochilum glumaceum 4” $20.00 I Spring Grgeous red sheathing around developing growths Fragrant Philippines Dendrochilum javieri 4” $22.50 I/C Early Bristley yellow Spring flowers last well. Philippines Dendrochilum parvulum 2” $12.00 W/I Spring Miniature orchid. Floriferous, Tiny white flowers, great for windowsill.