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HBI, Producer of Fine Orchids in Flask  
    
Mick Fournier                                          Updated: March 27, 2023
335 East Linton B-14, unit 2115
Delray Beach, Florida 33483    Click here for telephone numberorchid explosion by Fournier

1.  Please note that we do not accept orders over the telephone. 
2.  We do not teach deflasking in emails or over the phone so please don't ask or we will disconnect from you.  Instead click here for deflasking lessons on YouTube delivered at your own pace. 
3.  We ship to all countries in the world except Mexico, Indonesia, Russia and Belarus.  For Italy there is unfortunately only a 50% chance your flasks will make it through the Italian customs inspectors.

Simply review our catalog below, then write down your desired selections in an email to us and request an old-fashioned quote from HBI on the orchid flasks of your choice.  We will then confirm availability and pricing including shipping charges (minimum $18) in our email response:
 fourmick@hotmail.com

Index:  Leafless    Cattleya    Future cosses in the laboratory at present    
           Phalaenopsis   Neofinetia falcata   Other Orchid Species

           Divisons of breeder plants for sale.  Includes pictures.

           Orchid Seed Catalog. Seed sold in packets.   




The Ghost Orchid, Dendrophylax lindeni aka Polyrrhiza lindeni (old school name).  We at HBI have been working on growing ghost orchids from seed for over three decades ever since we first bought 3 ghost orchids flasks from Larry Evans.  Larry did curating and flasking work for the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota. Selby once green housed the top premier specimens of this Florida species.  The ghost orchid parents used by Larry originated in the Fakahatchee Strand and were first bred by him many years before ghost orchids were designated as an endangered species.  Fakahatchee ghost orchids with their longer frog-legs/tendrils and ghostly all-white flower surpass the truncated short-tendril inferior class lindeni green-flower ghost orchid pretenders named Dendrophylax sallei from Cuba and Dominican Republic in any competition and will always be the more valuable type of this vanishing species to own. 
10 plants, 2-3 year old with 1" to 1.5" long legs.  $100. 
20 plants, 2-3 year old with 1" to 1.5" long legs.  $180.   
30 plants, 2 year old with 1" to 1.5" plus long legs.  $290.   
40 plants, 2 year old sprouts with 2 dozen having 3/4" to 1" plus long legs.  $390. 
100 plants, 2 year old sprouts with 50% showing 1/2" to 1" long legs.  $1,000.
400 plants, 2 year old protocorm/sprouts 40%, remaining 1/2" to 1" long legs.  $2,000.
800 plants, 1 year old protocorm 60% with 40% as sprouts and 1/2" long legs.  $3,000.  


Polyrrhiza lindeni.  Ghost Orchids mounted.  We now mount ghost orchids on 12" x 12" x 3" thick slabs of mahogany wood that have gouged out centers to retain/pond water.  The plants are held in place with roof vent fiberglas screen. We mount "clumps" of 30 to 60  plants on these individual slabs.  The mounts grow well for us hanging horizontally in the greenhouse with Spanish moss placed loosely above the mounts.   
30 plants clump $425.  See picture.
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For larger mounts with more than 30 plants please inquire for quotation and pricing.
Shipping for one mount (very heavy) would be a minimum $41 cost within the USA.
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Dendrophylax fawcetti.  This unusual very long-tailed leafless orchid is native to the Cayman Islands found only within a 6-acre heavily-guarded (guards with guns) preserve within the Ironwood Forest in George Town.  This species was named after William Fawcett in 1888.  Click here for history.  This species grows (ie for us) twice as fast as our lindeni ghost orchids.  And, some younger collectors will argue this species is more rare than the Dendrophylax lindeni.  We're offering this selection from our private collection owing to the generosity of our long-time friend Aaron Hicks.   
10 plants in flask with 1.5" long legs.  $110
20 plants in flask with 1.5" to 2" long legs.  $185.  Sold Out.

5+ plants mounted on 4" diameter clay plate. 2" to 3" legs.   $125



 
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Dendrophylax funalis. A leafless orchid more similar to the Dendrophylax fawcetti but with a shorter tail/spur.
10 plants with 1" long legs.   $55.  On Hold until bigger.  Check back in June 2023.
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C. aclandiae (Viking x Helen Schwartz).  Very compact bifoliate from the state of Bahia in Brazil found in a diminishing small range.  
10 plants 1" to 2" tall.  $40.
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C. amethystoglossa (Mystery x Orchidglade).  The stud plant Orchidglade is from the famous Jones & Scully Nursery which operated in Miami 1946-1992 until Hurricane Andrew.    Orchidglade was spectacular.  
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $45.  
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C amethystoglossa (Ana Luisa x Vitoria).  This cross came directly from a former Serviço Nacional de Informações secret agent in Brazil who we can not list here.  The breeding parents were jungle collected and named after the two most important women in his life, one of two eventual mother flasks made in Brazil was given to our lab in Florida many years ago after being carefully hand-carried to the USA.  Surprisingly 20% of this cross tended toward the coerulea variety and one of those select coerulea specimen plants is in the picture to the right. 
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $45.
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C. amethystoglossa coerulea ((Ana Luisa x Vitoria) x Blue Bloop).  Approximately 1/5 of the Ana Luisa x Vitoria cross were coerulea and we used the best select from that run in this cross, see picture to the left.   Picture to the right is the pollen parent coerulea.  Only 100 plants germinated in the entire swarm owing to the pollen parent being a polyploid very likely. 
10 plants, 1/2" tall.  $90,  Flasks will be avaiable again in May 2023 with 1" tall plants.  We have 2 more flasks coming up.
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C. dowiana var aurea Excellente x self.   Excellente is from Costa Rica.  The flask of this selfing however came to us from the top private collection in Venezuela hand-carried by me back to Florida during Hugo Chavez's first term as El Presidente before the export of orchids were severely restricted by his customs inspector goons/narco-thugs especially at the airport shaking down gringos from the USA. 
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $55.
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C. dowiana var aurea (4N x 2N).  We secured an intermediate flask of this species cross directly from Roy Tokunaga of H&R Nurseries at the Tamiami International Orchid Festival a several years ago in Miami.  The offspring from this cross are very robust growers with "thick leathery" leaves like a polyploid would indeed produce.  For you wealthy dowiana aficionados, Roy Tokunaga was selling a 4-bulb division of his 4N stud plant for $1,500 under his catalog number Cdow4N over in Hawaii, call Harry at 808-366-3151 to see if it is still possible to buy a division.   
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $85.  Limited.
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C. dowiana var aurea, Giants of the Atlantic Rain Forest from Costa Rica.  The protocorm from the original mother flask of these dowiana was purchased from Ian Walters in Australia over 20 years ago and with much TLC has been nicely kept on life support in our HBI laboratory since that time.  From time to time we extract 1 or 2 plants from our intermediate flasks to grow out for our private collection closed breeding program in house since nearly all the potential dowiana stud plants we have seen for sale at the big shows lately by all the South American growers are either runts or diseased.  The old stock of "good-breeding" dowiana stud plants seems to have disappeared.  Last year we subjected a few of our intermediate flasks to a proliferation-laced agar and have produced a few extra retail size flasks for the dowiana aficionados.  These flasks are NOT intended for amateurs or newbies.
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $200.     .


   

C. dowiana (Del Valle x forma splendens Cahiz-Yrygoyen).  Del Valle is specimen quality variety aurea breeder straight from Colombia to HBI.  The Cahiz-Yrygoyen mericlone is also variety aurea but with a unique purple lip from the OFE family collection in nearby Miami Florida.  
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $70.  Limited.        
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C. eldorado (Mount Ito x concolor (type 'XXX' x type var rubra)).  We have had dozens of requests over the past 10 years for C eldorado however this vanishing species is very difficult to find anymore in 100% pure species form meeting our "species only" standard.   But happily Miami breeder Ernest Ivan graciously brought to us this cross of his two best specimen plants about 4 years ago for flasking.  The picture included here is the pod parent Mount Ito. 
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $50.  
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C. elongata.  This species (from the old original JEM nursery in Florida) throws out a super long inflorescence, you can grow the plants in your backyard and bloom the flowers over in your neighbor's backyard.    
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $40. 
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C. gaskelliana var alba White Walker.  This fast growing super-floriferous breeder has grown to be much too heavy for one person to lift.  In June 2021 we divided this plant and now have 3 nice size divisions for sale remaining.    Flowers measure 7.5 inches across.
Please see the Divisons list in the Index above. 
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C gaskelliana var coerulea (TooBlueForYou x La Plantio).  Without a doubt these two specimen species plants are the best gaskelliana coerulea plants we have ever seen.  We are planning to offer this cross for sale in the spring of 2023.
10 plants 1" tall.  $50.  Please inquire after March 2023.
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C. gaskelliana coerulea ((Drago x Alexis) x Peter VonScholl) Select #1 "Alpha".  This large robust plant is not a coerulea but its flower coloration is uniquely more vibrant and more intense than in any of our other plants in this swarm.  We have several divisions from this mother plant that are listed in our Divisions list for sale if you would like a piece of it.  This particular plant is very fast growing. 
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C. guttata var alba (Limerick x Misty).  Strong alba form of this wonderfully fragrant species, might be the best cattleya of all for pure exquisite fragrance.  From the Helen Schwartz original Miami Florida collection.
10 plants 2" tall. $35.  
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C. guttata var coerulea (Bahia x self).  This blue lip variety is not often seen other than at a very few Florida shows.
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $45.
We can provide a division of our specimen plant if you desire one. 
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C. hardyana semialba.  On page 71 of Carl Withner's book The Cattleyas and their Relatives Volume 1 is the most beautiful white petals/sepals semialba hardyana (which is a natural occurring hybrid between C. aurea and C. warscewiczii) that I have ever seen in all of orchid breeding.  We have crossed our C. warscewiczii semialba Shahbanu with pollen from our C. dowiana var aurea Cahiz-Yrygoyen (from the OFE clan) in hopes of matching the semialba in Withner's book.
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $45.
30 plants 1" tall.  $65.  We have three flasks available.  
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C intermedia Aquinii var coerulea 'Blue Rhapsody' x self. Selfing of an exceptionally heavy substance rare blue Aquinii form first flasked by Ruben Sauledo when he own RIO Nursery (and orchid laboratory) in Miami.
10 plants 2" to 2.5" tall. $40.
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C. labiata var coerulea ((D. Guile x Nice Lip) x Blue Kong).  We are looking for perfect shape and substance with uniform blue lip coloration.  Blue Kong came to us from Brazil first hand and is pictured on the right.    
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $40.   
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C. loddigesi ((Impassionata x Da Norma Dreher) x Little Man AM/AOS).  The offspring in this grex have a high probability of producing flowers that are very dark.
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $40
We have two pots of C loddigesi ((Impassionata x DA Norma Dreher) x Little Man) for sale. $80 each, 4-5 psuedobulbs.
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C. lueddemanniana coerulea ((((SiquiSiqui x Amparo) x (Mariauxi x Francisco)) x Crystelle) x coerulea (La Orquidea x Azul)).  Our best lueddemanniana coerulea cross, it would be extremely hard for any other breeder to surpass this cross for color, size, shape and substance. 
10 plants 2" to 2.5" tall.  $50.
For those collectors interested in a division from the pollen parent (La Orquidea x Azul) now named Blewmeaway we can provide a specific quotation with pictures. 
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C. lueddemanniana var coerulea ((Kathleen x Francisco) x ((Mariauxi x Francisco) x Crystelle)).  As some of you may know the blue Francisco will not self so we here in the lab are always keen to cross two stud plants containing a Francisco parent to increase rare chloroplasts of blue coloration.  This cross was 3 years in the making and is a winner for size, substance, form, large lip and 6 on 10 scale for the target coloring we were aiming to achieve.  The pod parent flowers are 7.5" wide.  The picture shown to the right is from the first crop to bloom and all the 2021 flowers are measuring a grandiflora type 7.5" across.  Typical flower larger picture.
10 plants 1.5" tall.  $45



C. lueddemanniana var rubra (Sarita x Yamile).   These vibrant pearlescent plum/magenta colored flowers are a huge 6"-7" across with good substance blooming Dec thru Feb.
10 plants 1.5" tall.  $45. 

We have one division from our orchid laboratory's select breeder out of this specific cross named 'WhoopsTooMuchRed' , 6 bulbs.  $150, picture available on request. 
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C. lueddemanniana ((var rubra (Sarita x Yamile) x (var coerulea (La Orquidea x Azul))).  Our best rubra 'WhoopsTooMuchRed' times our best coerulea lip.  Dare we hope for electric magenta sepals and petals with a near black blue lip?  In theory we have at least a 25% chance.  This cross 5 years in the making has just been put into 4 retail flasks in January 2022.  Let's all cross our fingers for good luck.   See artist's rendering of possible offsping. 
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $55. 
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C. lueddemanniana var rubra (WhoopsTooMuchRed x Tom Elmore AM/AOS).  The pod parent is our in-house darkest SELECT breeder var rubra (Sarita x Yamile) originally from the Armando Mantellini collection.  We chose the Tom Elmore as the pollen parent for its perfect form. 
10 plants 1.5" tall.  $45.     
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C. lueddemanniana (var rubra (Laluz x Infierno) x var grandiflora ((Mariauxi x Maruja) x (Morella x Cecilia))).  We are looking for larger than normal red flowers with heavy substance and perfect form. 
10 plants 1.5" tall.  $40. 
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C. lueddemanniana alba (Candelaria x Clint McDade).   On my last trip to Venezuela during Hugo Chavez's second term of economic ruin and nationalization of private property I brought back one flask of this white flower cross which is the best alba (with the absolutely least amount of yellow in the throat) that I have ever seen.   For those growers who like bringing gift orchids to weddings where the bride is still a virgin (of course, wink-wink) or good old-fashion Catholic exorcisms or standard upbeat funerals then this alba selection is the perfect choice.  Picture is actual offspring from this cross. 
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $50.   3 flasks remaining. 
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C. maxima semialba.  Species, typical.
10 plants 1.5" tall.  $35
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C. mossiae var coerulea JEM.  In 2007 a few weeks before JEM Orchids in Delray Beach Florida would have their famous "Closing shop and moving to Hawaii" fire sale I spent several days pleading with Gene Monier to sell a division of his breeder Cattleya mossiae var coerulea JEM to me.  Mercifully he consented when I threw myself on the ground in a feigned hysterical tantrum, but only after the third time.  This very macho plant produces the largest flower (minimum 7" and sometimes bigger across) that I have ever seen for this species and the dorsal sepal(s) always stand up perfectly straight.   Have you ever seen a mossiae dorsal sepal standing up straight?
In 2021 we divided this stud plant into 5 divisions (5-bulbs minimum). 
See the Divisions price list in the Index above.

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C. mossiae var coerulea ((SVO x Good Lip) x Maj).  Pod parent is from Paul Clarke's Sun Valley Orchids and measures 7 inches across.  Pollen parent is a mericlone of Maj.  
10 plants 1.5" tall.  $45. 
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C. mossiae var coerulea (Maj x (Mr 4 x Andreas Arturo)).    Coerulea parents, both have excellent form/color.  Maj mericlone on the left.  (Mr 4 x Andreas Arturo) picture on the right. 
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.   $45, Only 3 flasks remaining.
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C. percivaliana var coerulea (Undine x self) aka Ondine.  This F1 selfing was made by Armando Mantellini when he still lived and operated his orchid nursery in Venezuela.  HBI secured one of the mother flasks from him over 15 years ago and we have "kept it going" all this time using special proliferation additives.  The most famous select coerulea-colored plant from the entire swarm was the Cerro Verde (still owned by Armando) and pictured here.
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $50.

C percivaliana coerulea (Cerro Verde x self).  This cross represents the F2 generation of Undine using the best select offspring from the entire F1 brood which is Cerro Verde.  We have high hopes for this offering and are looking forward to our best percivaliana blues yet.  See Cerro Verde picture above.
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.   $80.    
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C. percivaliana (Summit FCC  x Teresa Antonio AM/AOS).  This is a cross we made 6 years ago, the first run flasks sold out quite fast.  The flower picture is one of our first bloomers from the cross of these two AOS champions.  The vivid electric orange coloration in the column is stunning and was quite a hoped-for dream come true in this breeding laboratory dedicated to the continuation of such fine Cattleya species.
10 plants 2" tall.  $55.   



C. percivaliana alba var grandiflora (Sonia x (Sonia x self)). Large bright white alba, neon orange throat. The Sonia named after well-known Venezuelan grower Sonia Urbano is THE best percivaliana alba ever domestically grown.
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall. $45.
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C. rex var moyobamba.  Found in northern Peru bearing the white petals and sepals.   The moyobamba is the more easily found forma of this species. 
10 plants 1" tall.  $40.    .

And, from southern Peru we now have flasks of the rarely seen Cattleya rex var ayacucho known better for its distinctive yellow sepals and petals.
10 plants 1" tall.  $60.       



C. schilleriana var coerulea.  Our coerulea type is shown on the left side in this picture.  A standard schilleriana is shown on the right side in the included picture. 
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall. $40.   
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C. schroederae var citrina.  In Florida our Cattleya schroederae bloom in January and February.  Our original flask from 5 years ago came directly from Colombia and the breeder claimed the parents were wild collected plants.
10 plants 1.5" to 2".  $45.  Limited.
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C. schroederae (var citrina x concolor Rosalia).   Our best citrina stud pod parent plant has been paired with pollen from a rarely seen gorgeous concolor Rosalia (Right side) owned by a famous breeder in Miami.  The offspring from this cross are blooming as warm pink concolors with yellow throats and very fragrant. 
10 plants 1.5" tall.   $80, 2 more flasks available for shipment in May 2023.  
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C. schroederae (type x alba (Hercules AM/AOS 1932 x self)).  You always know when you are in the old royal Hapsburg dynasty presence of C schroederae in a greenhouse, imagine the alluring almond smell of cyanide tinged with sweet apricots, it is hypnotic, I never can resist that fragrance.  Art Chadwick may very well be credited with keeping the Hercules blood line alive and preserved in America, see paragraph 13, his best Hercules x self select clone of which a division was bought many years ago by Dr Anthony Alfieri, the highly respected orchid species grower in Delaware, is the pollen parent in this cross.  We chose Anthony's clone (picture on right) because his stud plant always throws up 6 flowers per spike which is quite unusual since we have never seen more than 2 flowers on a schroederae inflorescence.  
10 plants 1" tall.  $60. 
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C. trianaei (var coerulea OKF 2485 x Mary Fennell).  Our best coerulea stud plant times a Mary Fennell division we bought directly from Tom Fennell Jr after he moved up to Deerfield Beach following the catastrophic Hurricane Andrew in Miami to try and salvage his family's famous Orchid Jungle nursery. 
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $45.   
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C. trianaei var coerulea (OKF 2485 x Escapee 8893313.  The very large flowered Escapee 8893313 "escaped" from Nicolás Maduro's Venezuela in 2018 to marry up with our best coerulea stud plant OKF 2485 (right side photo).  
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $45.
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C. trianaei (var alba Aranka Germaske FCC x coerulea Escapee 8893313).  It is extremely difficult to get the Aranka Germaske to breed with anything to start with and then to also have it actually grow up straight (ie not a twisted hunchback) but we have had a small measure of success with our Escapee specimen pollen parent breeder (right side picture).  If we could have the superb Aranka Germaske form and the Escapee coloration in this flower then this cross will be a certifiable winner.    
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $65.  Two flasks available for shipment in May 2023.
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C. trianaei var coerulea ((Pedra Azul x Camila) x Mick Fournier).  I have never seen a trianaei with better substance than the Pedra Azul x Camila select, this pod parent is all beef.  The pollen parent is our best specimen select from the OKF2485 swarm.  We seriously doubt there will be any "trianei flower droop" in this cross.  
10 plants 1" tall.  $50.  We have 4 flasks. 
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C. velutina (JAM x JEM).  When is the last time you saw a Cattleya velutina?  Or perhaps more specifically, have you ever seen one? 
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $40.   
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C. violacea semialba (Icabaru x Hector Luis). Icabaru (left side) is an unusual semialba with a uniform bright red column. Crossed with the #2 outstanding semialba Hector Luis from Colombia (right side). This cross has occasionally produced bright contrasting white sepals and solid fire engine red petals.
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $35.  
 
 


C. warscewiczii var coerulea ((Angarita x self) x Saint 4).   We have high hopes that the strong blue color in these two specimen plants will be carried into the progeny along with the great form seen in the Francisco Villegas Saint 4 pollen parent.  
10 plants 1.5" tall.  $60.
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C. warsecewiczii (semialba Shahbanu x alba Leo Holquin FCC/AOS).  We are hoping for Leo Holquin's great form and Shahbanu's excellent coloration/substance in this cross.  HBI should be able to have retail flasks available in March 2023.
10 plants 1" tall.  $60.  Available in April 2023. 
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C. warscewiczii semialba Shahbanu.  This select breeder plant is named after and in respect of the last queen of Iran, Empress Farah Pahlavi, before Ayatollah Khomeini and his 14th century thugs overthrew the Shah.  I had the pleasure of personally meeting the Empress in Isfahan many years ago and this plant was named in honor of her royal Highness.
In June 2021 we made three divisions from this breeder plant for sale.  See the Divisions list in the Index above for the link to these plants.
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C. warscewiczii (semialba Shahbanu x coerulea (Angarita x self)).  We have taken our two best specimen plants and created this cross which should have perfect form/substance and very interesting coloration.
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $50
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C. warneri var coerulea (Henrique x Miranda).  In 2014 I bought a division of the Henrique coerulea directly from Henrique Graf (see picture on the left).  It is our opinion this plant is the best C warneri coerulea in existence.  Our lab has bred the Henrique with our division of the famous Miranda coerulea specimen plant which nearly everyone I know (esp in Florida) will swear is a FCC awarded plant, the only problem is there is no "legitimate" record of such an AOS award. 
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $45. 
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Future crosses in the laboratory at present               top

C. labiata coerulea ((D. Guile x Nice Lip) x (Panelas x Sangue Azul)).  Both of these plants produce exceptionally well-formed good-substance flowers.  The pollen parent has flowers with an unusually dark lip as can easily be seen in the photograph (right side).  We hope to offer this selection in winter-2023. 
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C. labiata var coerulea (Yummiata x (Panelas x Sangue Azul)).  The Yummiata is indeed yummy with 6" wide flowers and opaque dark blue lip.  Once again both of these breeder plants produce exceptionally well-formed good-substance flowers.  The pollen parent has flowers with an unusually dark lip as can easily be seen in the photograph (right side).  We hope to offer this selection in winter-2023. 
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C. percivaliana (Alberts x Summit FCC).  Alberts & Merkle Brothers Nursery was once a large prestigious orchid grower nearby right here in Florida.  Bruno Alberts was one of the nursery owners, this pod parent is one of his most famous plants.   We will be offering this cross in the summer of 2023 for those of you who still appreciate "old line" orchid breeding. 
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C. schroederae (type x Vanguard).  The Vanguard's flowers are the largest of this species we have seen anywhere in the last 15 years.  It is our hope that this large flower size trait carries through into the offspring more than the normal 25% odds. We are planning to offer this selction in mid-2023.
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C. warscewiczii (semialba Shahbanu x coerulea Son of LaFloresta).  We have taken our best semialba and crossed it with a very promising new coerulea we obtained in Brazil.  Hopefully some of the blue color will gain prominence in this upcoming selection. 
We plan to offer retail flasks in early 2024.
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L. purpurata var schusteriana ((Misty x Limerick) x sib).  I am fairly certain that the initial Misty x Limerick union of these two superior species stud plants was Helen Schwartz's last cross made in her old Miami greenhouse/laboratory.  We subsequently used the two best select offspring from that swarm for this subsequent sib cross.  FYI, Helen named all her favorite orchids Misty after one of her most favorite Great Dane dogs.  Most orchids coming out of Florida with Misty in the name were created in Helen's laboratory. 
10 plants 1.5" to 3".   $40, Out of Stock.
We are offering a few divisions from the L purpurata var schusteriana (Misty x Limerick) Select #1, see Index above for details.
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Catasetum pileatum var Imperialis cultivar Donna #1 x sib.   Half of this run bloom the more desirable mahogany coloration on the males (right side).  10% or less of all flowers blooming will be female (left picture).  Included pictures are offspring from this actual batch. 
10 plants 2" to 3" tall.  $30
We have a few previously-bloomed male potted plants for sale.  Starting at $60.  Contact us for the specifics to purchase one.
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Trichocentrum stacyi (formerly named Oncidium stacyi aka wittii). Has been formally named stacyi (Oppenheim, 1926). Terete leaf, vigorous grower.   Dr Guido Braem says this species from Bolivia is now quite rare.  We grow this plant like a Paraphalaenopsis mounted and leaves pointing downward.  Our top two stud plants have produced a strong new crop which is in intermediate flasks now.
10 plants 1" to 2" tall.  $40
 
  


Psychopsis versteegiana. 3-5 single successively blooming flowers.  From Surinam, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia at 200 - 1200 meters elevation.
10 plants  1" to 1.5" tall.  $50. 









Phalaenopsis Orchids             top

Phal violacea var murtoniana. Borneo type sib cross, strong parents threw up large fragrant simultaneous blooming 3-5 flowers. 
10 plants 1.5" to 2" leaf span.  $60.  One flask available.
 
 
 
 


Phal violacea ((var coerulea Blue Taiwan x coerulea Blue Krull) x murtoniana).   Picture of P violacea var bellina coerulea (Blue Taiwan x Blue Krull) on left side.  P violacea var murtoniana on right. 
10 plants 2" leaf span.  Out of Stock.
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Phal violacea (Indigo x (var bellina coerulea Blue Taiwan x coerulea Blue Krull)).   The indigo (picture on the right) is from the Krull-Smith collection. 
1 plant per flask 3" to 6" leaf span.  $100 to $200 depending on size.  
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Neofinetia falcata Orchids            top

Neofinetia falcata (((Amani Pink x Syoujou Red) x Shu Ten Nou) x Amani Island).  We have taken the top select from our best red colored Neofinetia falcata crosses and bred it to a REAL Amani Island plant (pollen parent).  As you know, real Amani Island NF flowers are the largest in the NF genus.
10 plants 1" tall.  $100.  We have 2 flasks available.
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Neofinetia falcata (variegated Higashidemiyako x ((Amani Pink x Syoujou Red) x Shu Ten Nou)).  We are trying once again with another variegated clone to achieve red flowers on a variegated leaf plant.
10 plants 1" to 1.5" tall.  $90.  Only one flask remaining.    
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Neofinetia falcata (((Amani Pink x Syoujou Red) x Shu Ten Nou) x Fukiden). Our best colored Neofinetia falcata specimen to date crossed with the best (and highest awarded) Neofinetia falcata in the world. 
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  Sold Out 


 

Neofinetia falcata (((Amani Pink x Syoujou Red) x Shu Ten Nou) x sib).  This is our best colored Neofinetia falcata cross to date.
10 plants 1/2" to 1" tall.  $55 
10 plants 1.5" to 2" tall.  $75

We do have well-established previously-bloomed potted plants, 3-7 growths per pot click here of the NF ((Amani Pink x Syoujou Red) x Shu Ten Nou) cross available upon request.  $20 per growth, 3 growths minimum. 



(Neofinetia falcata ((Amani Pink x Syoujou Red) x Shu Ten Nou magenta) x Aerides houlletiana).  We have been working on this intergeneric cross for about 4 years and have finally produced viable seedlings.  The colors and increased substance in these flowers should be fantastic.  Remember NF traits are dominate in anything it touches so the foliage should be on the smaller space-restricted city apartment window ledge pot size. 
10 plants 2" tall.  $60. 

Neofinetia falcata (((Amani Pink x Syoujou Red) x Shu Ten Nou) x Vanda coerulescens).  We have taken our top select red NF breeder and paired it to an exceptionally fine/fragrant Vanda coeruelscens.  This cross should be a decent blue Neofinetia falcata pretender.  
10 plants 1" tall.  $50.
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