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The parents of Phal. Su-An Cricket ‘#1′ are  (Gelblieber x mannii)

Phal. doweryensis

The parents of Phal. Golden Peoker ‘Ever-spring’ JC/AOS are (Misty Green x Liu Tuen-Shen). This cultivar is literally the mother of all harlequin style hybrids available today. It has a mutation that allows for irregular pigment patterns on the petals and sepals. I hate making absolute statements but I think, (unless the same or similar [...]

The parents of Phal. Misty Baby ‘Leesburg’ are (Phal Bamboo Baby x Phal Misty Green) These are huge flat flowers with a hint of green. One of my favorites and I always thought it deserved an award, but alas the judges (at least one) thought otherwise with sufficient force to convince the others in the [...]

The parents of Dtps. Sogo Pride ‘Lemondrop’ (Phal. Brother Lawrence x Sogo Manager)

The parents of Phal. Brother Precious Stones ‘Valentine’ (Brother Fancy ‘Lung Ching’ x Brother Purple ‘Brother’)

The parents of Coral Masterpiece ‘Georgia’ are (Jewell Jamison ‘Orchidview’, AM/AOS x Goldiana ‘Eureka’, AM/AOS) I wish I could get a picture of this flower that would do it justice. The flower is huge and a soft peachy color.

It is impossible to describe how bad it can be. Especially when several different species bloom at once in an enclosed space. I knew they were going to have remarkable odors: their pollinators are carrion eating beetles and other insects that are attracted to dung and to dead and vile rotting stuff. But I was just not sufficiently prepared…

Occasionally, coming from the back of the greenhouse, I will hear a customer’s rapid high pitched squeal because something just leapt up at them from an orchid plant they were admiring. The fierce and frightening creature pictured is usually the culprit. It’s a tree frog.