Brassavola cordata is one of the smallest of the Brassavola species, but is very floriferous. The flowers, which resemble the flowers of B. nodosa have petals and sepals that are apple green. The heart-shaped lip is white in color. The long-lived flowers are fragrant at night

Cattleyta intermedia is a compact orchid that is native to Brazil. Three to six fragrant flowers are produced on a spike. Here the coerulea color form, white with light blue is crossed with a pale pink with darker pink fares, the amethystine form.

C.percivaliana is known as the "Christmas Cattleya" because it rarely fails to bloom for that holiday. The 4" - 5" flowers are carried 2 to 4 per growth. The flowers are lavender with a darker lip and a splotch of gold in the throat. It is a smaller species ( under 12") that will grow under a wide range of cultural conditions.

Here is a good example of the differences that result from hybridizing. All plants are from the same pod. In some cases, the recessive alba trait was masked and in the other, it made it through resulting in a lighter colored flower.The hybrid of Enc alata and tampensis is a compact growing producing branching inflorescenses of fragrant flowers. They bloom in the summer and the flowers last for weeks.

Phal amabilis blooms in the summer with 5 or more ( as many as 20 - 30 is possible) lightly fragrant white flowers. The clean white flowers are held on branching spikes.

Phalaenopsis schilleriana is a showy flowering species with masses of pink flowers. The flowers have a delicate rose-petal fragrance and are two to three inches across. The branching inflorescence may grow several feet in length. Mature plants may produce two or more inflorescences in the same season. The leaves are a striking feature of this plant, dark green overlaid with silvery-gray irregular marbling, usually seen as transverse bands on the upper surfaces, while the undersides of the leaves are a purple-red. The combination of the attractive foliage, flowers, and fragrance make this species a favorite of many growers.

The inflorescences Phalaenopsis stuartiana of are also heavily branching and many flowered. The faintly fragrant flowers are 1" to 2" inches across, white with fine to heavy cinnamon-red spotting on the basal halves of the lower sepals and on the lip. It is a medium sized plant with mottled green leaves and blooms in the spring.

Phalaenopsis equestris is found throughout the Philippines and Taiwan. It flowers throughout the year with many miniature lavender flowers with branching habit on a compact plant. Its petals are white to pink and often flushed; its lip may be rose, purple, pink or orange with a yellow or white callus. when the spike has finished flowering, do not cut it off the plant as kiekies quite often develop on the ends of the spikes.