Ang. sesquipedale is a warm-growing species from Madagascar. It blooms around Christmas time and is commonly called the Christmas Orchid and Christmas Star Orchid. The large long-lasting flowers have a long nectary and at night are delightfully fragrant. Ang. sesquipedale grow large but the flowers make it a worthwhile addition to every collection.

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

C jenmanii enduring qualities include its wonderful fragrance, free-flowering nature and compact growth habit. It usually produces 3 to 5 flowers on a stem can produce up to 7. Blooms in the fall.

Dendrobium kingianum is an easy to grow compact species from Australia. They bloom in winter and spring producing small purple flowers with a sweet fragrance. It is a hardy orchid and a prolific grower.

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.

This wonderful plant has several common nicknames: cockle-shell orchid, clamshell orchid and octopus orchid. The flowers appear to be upside down. The long sepals and petals are green and twisted and the lip is a dark purple. Enc. cochleata will continue to flower sequentially for months and it is not uncommon for it to be in flower for 6 months or more. It is a medium size plant that can sit on a windowsill.

This species is widespread throughout the bottom part of North America, through Central America and the top tropical regions of South America. This species typically flowers from autumn to winter. This plant can grow into large specimens. The flower can be extremely variable in size and generally has greenish sepals and petals and a frilly white labellum. This particular variety gets more of a goldish yellow color to the sepals and petals.

Cattleya aurantiaca is a wonderful floriferous Cattleya that blooms young with cluster of flowers. The red-orange flowers are about 2" and present themselves in clusters of upto 15 flowers. It is an easy to grow plant that stays in bloom for a long time.

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.

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.