New Flasks 2010

We Have 50+crosses, germinated and growing well, of Phalaenopsis and Doritanopsis Primary hybrids, and hybrids, with some Tolumnias in there as well. Most will not be ready until the end of the year and into 2011, so patience is needed, in the mean time i will keep updating this listing with what is coming because it will take a while to do!! I have used, wherever possible, two parents that carry fragrance to make the cross. Hoping that the fragrance will carry on through in this next generation, and as we all know;

'It's Mother Nature that Paints the Flowers'.

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Please Note!We are now sending out our new mini 'Growing pod' with each flask. These have been tried and tested here for the last 12 months. It consists of 2 plastic drinking cups 1-1/2 pint and 1-180ml and a small quantity of New Zealand Sphagnum moss.

To use, Moisten the moss and place 2/3rds of the moss in the 1/2 pint cup, remove plants from the flask, wash roots gently, and place plants on top of the moss, cover roots with the remainder of the moss. (Write label!) You can then stand the cup in rainwater 1/4 " deep, Nothing easier!! See Photo! When plants have grown to the size of plants 2-5, they can be moved on into a 1 pint glass, ('Poly/Plastic), using the 1/2 pint on top. (See plant on left) The plants can be grown like this for quite a while, with visual inspection of the roots at all times, then transferred into a 3-4" plastic Clear pot. This method of growing greatly accelerates growth, with a good growing environment! Please Do Not Place in DIRECT sunlight !!

New Flasks Ready NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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P. violacea Murtoniana 'Leprechaun' CCM/AOS X

P. (Penang Girl 'Bullseye' x bellina 'Ponkan' AM/AOS) 'Red Sunset'

The 'Red Sunset 'clone used here is one of our first flowering seedlings from 2009, another picture of it is on the Primary Photo Page.

Both Parents are Highly Fragrant!!!

Price; 3 plants in flask------ £25

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Dtps. Kenneth Schubert X (violacea coerulea x violacea Mentawi) X violacea coerulea 'Keighley') 'Roxy's Blue'

X violacea coerulea 'Carolina Blue'

'Carolina Blue' came from a cross made by Ken Avant, in the USA, using Blues from a flask purchased from H.P.Norton

Looking for very dark blue flowers on long flower spikes ,up to 350mm, March through to October.

Both Parents are Highly Fragrant !!!

Price; 2 plants in flask ------ £30

Phal. 'SAMERA'

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P. bellina 'Ponkan' AM/AOS

X violacea Murtoniana var. 'Leprechaun' CCM/AOS

A back cross of last years offering which produced some gorgeous flowers, This cross should be even better!

Both Parents are Highly Fragrant!!!

Price; 3 Plants in flask------ £20

Please Note!!,

Crosses below this point are not yet 'Quite Ready for sale'! (26 July 2010) Please enquire!!

The Parents of crosses (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), came from 'Simansis Orchids' of Indonesia, in 1982.They will have beautiful delicately shaped flowers with bearded lips and a hooded column from the Phalaenopsis section Zebrinae and are Highly Fragrant, 70mm flowers on 300mm, sometimes, pendulous spikes. Do Not cut the flower stems!!

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P. Samera 'Texas Sunset', one of our seedlings from 2009 with very striking flowers X

P. violacea x zebrina #2, which i imported from Indonesia in 1982.

Will create a blaze of colour on repeat flowering stems! Must Have!!!!!

Both Parents are Highly Fragrant!!!

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P.( Elaine-Leim 'Yellow' x sumatrana.) 'Red' X

P. cornings ambo 'Sarah'

Two more from Indonesia Reflowering on all stems! Must Have's!!!!

Both Parents are Highly Fragrant!!!

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P. (Golden Buddha x Moon Nancy) A glowing salmon, red/orange, colour very striking in flower. With tall stems X

P. Sierra Buddha 'Suzzane' FCC/AOS If i remember correctly, this picked up the most fragrant plant award at the 1993 World Orchid Conference in Glasgow. When i saw this plant, it was carrying about 15 or more, beautiful pure yellow, flowers.

Both Parents are Highly Fragrant!!!

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