Ada aurantiaca (aw-ran-tee-ah-ka)
Easy to grow and likes it cool. Arching spikes of hot orange.
Bloomtime -  Spring to Summer. Cool

Aerangis cryptodon  (krip-toe-don)
Large growing and striking Madagascan species. Long and slightly arching racemes can carry up to 20 or more large white blooms with very long spurs. Rather fragrant in the evening.
Bloomtime - Winter to Spring. Intermediate to Warm.

Aeranthes africana   (af-ri-kah-na)
A rare miniature species from Zimbabwe which can be grown in pots or mounted but needs rather heavy shade. Short spikes carry relatively large greenish white blooms.
Bloomtime -Spring to Summer.  Warm

Aerides rubescens (roo-be-senz)
Smallish compact growing species from IndoChina. Erect flower stems, often several at a time carry many long lasting pale rosy pink to dark pink blooms.
Bloomtime -spring to summer.  Intermediate

Ancistrorhynchus metternae (me-ter-nye)
Small and compact growing Angraecoid from Tropical Africa. Plants branch freely from the base. Many fragrant cup-shaped white blooms clustered on short spikes.
Bloomtime -Summer to Autumn. Warm to Intermediate 

Angraecum elephantinum (el-e-fan-tee-num)
Small to miniature species. Up to three glistening waxy white blooms are carried on short spikes. Very fragrant after sundown.
Bloomtime - Summer.  Intermediate 

Angraecum erectum  (e-rek-tum)
Erect scrambling growth branching from near the base. The wiry stems have 2 ranks of short very hard leaves. Numerous short spikes carry 1 to 2 waxy white to pale salmon blooms  throughout the year.
Intermediate to Warm    

Angraecum germinyanum   (jer-min-yah-num)
Very easy to grow and free blooming species. Erect to pendulous (with age) growth and producing numerous growths from near the base. Short spikes carry several large and very fragrant blooms with creamy white petals and sepals and a large white lip. Can be grown mounted or in pots.
Bloomtime -mostly late Winter to Spring but various. Cool to Warm

Angraecum sororium (soe-ro-ree-um)
Medium to large but compact plant which produces numerous growths from near the base. Large and very waxy blooms are produced singularly or in pairs on short spikes and are rather long lived. Likes very free draining mix and bright light for best flower production. Fabulous fragrance after sundown. Winter nights can and should be cool with warm days.
Bloomtime ? Summer.  Intermediate to Cool.

Angraecum vigueri (vee-gwer-eye)
Seed raised plants from two outstanding clones. ('L&R' AM/OCNZ x 'Tuakau')
This spectacular small to medium sized species will produce growths from near the base of the plant with age. The large and very waxy blooms are unusually colored for the genus.

Arpophyllum spicatum (spi-kah-tum)
Bullrush like spikes of deep cerise.  Very sort after and not easily obtainable.   
Bloomtime - Various. Cool to Intermediate

Barombia schliebenii (shlee-ben-ee-eye)
A rare Angraecoid from West Africa. This species is rather compact in growth with hard dark green leaves. Arching spikes carry rather large sparkling white flowers tinted pale green to buff at the base. Likes shady humid conditions.
Bloomtime - Winter to Spring. Warm

Bifrenaria harrisoniae var alba  (ha-ri-son-ee-eye)
White form of this species from southern Brazil. Short erect stems carry up to 3 large and showy blooms which are long lasting and fragrant. The velvet textured lip is white stained lemon at the base.
Bloomtime -Spring to Summer. Intermediate to Cool.

Bollea lawrenceana  (law-ren-see-ah-na)
Seed raised plants of this Colombian species. Blooms are to 10cm across, waxy, long lasting and fragrant. Petals and sepals white flushed rose/lavender with darker tips and wavy to crisped margined. Lip deep violet-purple.
 Bloomtime-Summer.  Intermediate to Cool

Bothriochilus bellus (syn. Coelia bella)
Compact growing pant with clustered globular to egg-shaped pseudobulbs topped with two or more long and narrow leaves. Flower spikes arise from the base of the matured pseudobulbs and carry five or more fragrant blooms. Petals and sepals creamy white tipped rosy purple and the lip orange/yellow.
Bloomtime -Spring to Summer. Intermediate to Warm

Brassavola fragrans (fra-granz)
Long reed like growths producing clusters of large pale green flowers with a white lip.  Heavy drifting perfume after sundown. 
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer.  Intermediate to Cool

Brassia brachiata (brak-ee-ah-ta)
Spectacular arching spikes of up to 10 large fragrant blooms to 30cm long with narrow segments. Pale creamy green spotted and barred dark blackish brown.
Bloomtime - Summer to Autumn. Intermediate to Cool

Brassia longissima (lon-gis-i-ma)
Seedlings from our two best clones. Lo-o-o-n-g burnt orange blooms marked dark brown arranged perfectly along arching spikes. Lip cream.  Will bloom throughout the year if grown warm. 
Intermediate to Warm    

Brassia verrucosa (ve-roo-koe-sa)
Upright to arching spikes of around 10 large fragrant flowers. The 20cm narrow segmented flowers are pale creamy green, spotted blackish brown and green.
Bloomtime - Summer. Intermediate to Cool

Broughtonia domingensis (do-min-gen-sis)
Miniature from the Republic of Cuba. Erect spikes carry a terminal cluster of showy and long lasting rosy pink blooms.
Bloomtime- Mostly Summer. Intermediate to Warm

Broughtonia sanguinea var alba (san-gwin-ee-a)
Two selected alba clones crossed to produce larger more shapely whites. Erect spikes of 5-15 sparkling white flowers. 
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer and  Various. Intermediate to Warm

Bulbophyllum grandiflorum (gran-dee-floe-rum)
Unusual but spectacular species from PNG. Large blooms are produced singly on slender spikes from the base of mature pseudobulbs.
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer.  Intermediate to Warm

Bulbophyllum graveolens (gra-vee-oh-lenz)
Compact habit with egg-shaped pseudobulbs topped with a single leathery leaf. Erect to arching spikes carry a terminal umbel of showy buff to ochre yellow blooms with red lips.
Bloomtime-Summer.  Intermediate to Warm

Bulbophyllum lobbii (lob-ee-eye)
Egg shaped pseudobulbs with a single leathery leaf. Flower stems carry a single large very fragrant flower. Petals and sepals yellow to bronzy yellow spotted and flushed with purple. The lip is finely hinged and immobile, yellowish spotted purple/red.
Bloomtime -Spring to Summer. Intermediate to Warm

Catasetum pileatum (pil-ee-ah-tum)
White - ('L&R' x 'Tuakau Ivory')
Orthocatasetum. This is the national flower of Venezuela and now difficult to obtain from the wild. Large fragrant waxy flowers to 10 cms across on arching spikes. Petals and sepals white and the large round lip waxy white with a pale yellow to greenish area at the base. This is the male flower described. 
Bloomtime - Summer to Autumn.  Intermediate to Warm.

Catasetum pileatum (pil-ee-ah-tum)
Yellow  - ('Tuakau' x 'Yellow Wax')
Orthocatasetum. The large and fragrant male flowers are carried on arching spikes. Petals and sepals are pale creamy yellow and the large round lip waxy yellow with a deep yellow blotch at the base.
Bloomtime - Summer to Autumn.  Intermediate to Warm.

Catasetum tenebrosum  (ten-e-broe-sum)
('L&R' x 'Dark Chocolate')
Orthocatasetum. Seed raised plants from a sibling cross of our two darkest clones - male flowers. Erect to arching spikes carry up to 10 large and striking blooms, petals and sepals glossy blackish brown and the lip lime green.
Bloomtime -late Summer to Winter.  Intermediate to Warm

Cattleya chocoensis   (chok-oh-en-sis)
Very fragrant large flowered species from Colombia. Petals and sepals pinkish lilac and the large lip lavender/pink at the base then with a golden yellow area and the front lobe dark amethyst/purple with lavender-pink edging.
Bloomtime -Autumn to Winter.  Intermediate to Warm

Cattleya gaskelliana var coerulea  (gas-kel-ee-ah-na var see-roo-lee-a)      
Plants from an outcross of 2 coerulea (blue) forms of this species. Very large bluish pink blooms with dark bluish marking on the front lobe of the lip.
Bloomtime - Autumn to Winter. Intermediate to Warm.

Cattleya intermedia var alba (in-ter-mee-dee-a)
('Breckenridge Snow' FCC/AOS x 'Mount Cook')
Popular bifoliate species which makes a great specimen plant. Large clusters of heavy textured sparkling snow white blooms with cream throats. Fragrant.
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer . Intermediate to Warm

Cattleya intermedia var suavissima  (in-ter-mee-dee-a var swah-vis-ee-ma)
A very nice form of this very variable species. Clusters of l;arge and rather long lived blooms from the tops of the newest growths. Petals and Sepals clear sparkling white and the lip white with the front lobe pink bordered white.
Bloomtime - Late Spring to Summer.Intermediate to Warm

Cattleya lawrenceana  (law-ren-see-ah-na)         
Vigorous species giving large showy clusters of large and fragrant blooms.Petals and sepals rich rosy pink and the long trumpet shaped lip colored deep rosy purple with

Cattleya maxima var alba  (max-i-ma var al-ba)
Seed raised plants from 2 very fine forms of the alba ? white ? form of this species.

Cattleya maxima var coerulea (max-i-ma var see-roo-lee-a)
Seed raised plants from 2 fine blue forms of this species. Not easy to find and a must have.
Large white blooms with bluish flush on petals and dark violet blue markings on the front lobe of the lip.
Bloomtime -Spring to Summer. Intermediate

Cattleya skinneri (skin-er-eye)
Seedlings from a crossing of 2 clones selected for superior color and shape. Easy to grow and makes a great specimen.  Huge clusters of sparkling rosy purple.  Medium size flowers.
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer. Intermediate

Chondrorhyncha andreetana  (an-dree-ta-na)             
Smallish growing species from Colombia and Ecuador. Numerous fragrant blooms are produced from the base of matured growths. Petals and sepals creamy yellow and the lip gold/yellow marked deep blood red with the flared front lobe white.
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer.Intermediate

Chondrorhyncha chestertoni  (ches-ter-ton-eye)          
An attractive and compact growing species

Chondrorhyncha lendyana  (lend-ee-ah-na)            
This small to medium sized species Central American species is easy to grow and blooms freely with numerous soft yellow blooms on 10cm to 15cm stems. Lip flared and darker with a light dusting of light red in the throat.
Bloomtime -Summer. Intermediate

Cirrhopetalum rothschildianum  (roths-child-ee-ah-num)
Weirdly beautiful, this species from India has clustered to rather distant, egg-shaped pseudobulbs with a single leathery leaf at the apex. Erect to arching stems carry a terminal umbel of 4 to 8 spectacular blooms. The extremely long ( to 25cm ) lower sepals are creamy fawn densely patterned dark brown / red, dorsal sepal and petals creamy fawn with bright violet / red tassels at the distal end.
Bloomtime-Summer .Intermediate

Cischweinfia pusilla  (pyoo-sil-a)             
Miniature species producing short spikes, often several from each new pseudobulb, of up to 5 fragrant blooms. Petals and sepals creamy white barred and spotted chestnut brown, lip white marked dark red.
Bloomtime - . Intermediate

Coelogyne dayana  (day-ah-na)             
Spectacular species producing pendulous spikes to 1m of more long of many fragrant 4cm blooms. Petals and sepals straw yellow, the lip white marked dark chocolate brown.
Bloomtime - late Winter and Spring. Intermediate to Warm

Coelogyne multiflora  (mult-ee-flor-a)             
Very rare and spectacular species with compact growth habit. Erect flower stems to 40cm tall arise from within the new growth and carry several 100s of blooms.
Bloomtime- Spring to early Summer. Warm

Cymbidium i'ansonii  (eye-an-son-ee-eye)       
Still considered by some to be a variety of Cymbidium lowianum. Erect to arching spikes carry many large long-lived blooms. Petals and sepals yellowish densely veined and shaded red / brown. Lip creamy white with a V-shaped reddish mark on the front lobe.
Bloomtime - late Winter and Spring. Cool to Intermediate

Cymbidium lowianum var concolor  (loe-ee-ah-num  var  kon-kol-or)            
Albino form of the species. Arching to pendulous spikes carry many long lasting blooms. Petals and sepals bright green and the lip white with a bright yellow  V-shaped mark.
Bloomtime - late Winter to Spring. Cool to Intermediate.

Cymbidium masterii (mas-terz-ee-eye)
('L&R' x 'Geyserland')
A pretty but uncommon species with tufted growth habit. The growths continue to grow upwards for a number of years producing graceful slender foliage. The arching flower spikes arise from the leaf axils often up to 4 at a time and carry up to 10 sparkling white blooms with golden yellow throats. Fragrant.
Bloomtime - Autumn to Winter. Cool to Intermediate             

Cynorkis sp  (sin-or-kis)             
Beautiful terrestrial species from Madagascar. Erect flower spikes emerge from within the developing new growths and carry up to 15 or more relatively large and attractive bright rosy pink blooms with a long paler colored spur. After blooming the single leaf grows to maturity.
Bloomtime -Summer to Autumn.Warm.

Dendrobium austrocaledonicum  (sin-or-kis)             
Medium sized compact growing species from Pacific Islands (including New Caledonia, Solomons, Bougainville). Related to D. uniflorum and has similar growth habit. Stems to 30cm or so tall produce waxy greenish white blooms which turn to orange/yellow with age.
Bloomtime - Intermediate to Warm

Encyclia fragrans  (fra-granz)
Developes quickly to specimen size and easy to grow. Clusters of starry greenish cream flowers with black striped lips have a sweet lingering fragrance.
Bloomtime - Winter to Spring and various. Intermediate to Cool       

Encyclia pentotis (pen-toe-tis)
('L&R' x 'Vanilla Fudge')  
A rather uncommon species with slender pseudobulbs to 20cm tall topped with several leathery bright green leaves. The large, very waxy and deliciously fragrant (they smell good enough to eat) flowers are produced in pairs, back to back, from the tips of the pseudobulbs. petals and sepals creamy yellow and the lip white with radiating blackish purple lines.
Bloomtime - Summer. Intermediate to Warm    

Laelia jongheana  (zjong-ee-ah-na)
2nd generation selective breeding for color, shape and size. Compact dwarf grower producing huge blooms to 14cm across. Petals and sepals even rosy pink and the lip yellow with frilled pink border.
Bloomtime - Winter to Spring. Cool to Intermediate             

Laelia lundii  (lun-dee-eye)
Dwarf plant with 3cm pale lilac flowers. Lip white streaked bright purple. Makes a very attractive display.
Bloomtime -Spring. Cool             

Laelia milleri  (mil-er-eye)
Selected parents to give more shapely intense orange/red to red blooms with lots of sparkle. small compact grower.
Bloomtime - Late Spring to Summer 

Laelia pumila  (pyoo-mi-la)
Showy rosy purple with flared crimson/purple lip, white throat.  Small compact plant.  Bloomtime - Autumn -Winter.  Cool to Intermediate             

Laelia pumila 'Black Diamond'  (pyoo-mi-la)
This excellent form of Laelia pumila having much darker colour and rounder shape. Flowers dark rosy purple with flared crimson/purple lip. Small compact plant.
Bloomtime - Autumn to Winter. Cool to Intermediate             

Laelia purpurata var werkhauseri  (pur-pur-ah-ta  var  wurk-how-zer-eye)
 [L&R x #3] This combination will produce clusters of huge white blooms with a hint of blue suffusion at the base of the petals with large blackish blue lips bordered white. Liquorice fragrance.  Quite a rare form of L. purpurata.
Bloomtime -  Summer. Intermediate to Cool       

Leptotes bicolor  (bye-kol-or)
Delightful mini, makes a great specimen. Glistening white blooms in 2's and 3's with brilliant magenta lips. 
Bloomtime - Spring.  Intermediate             

Listerostachys pertusa (per-too -sa)
Uncommon Angraecoid from tropical West Africa. Arching to pendulous stems of many (up to 70 or more) densely packed, glistening white blooms 10mm to12 mm across.
Bloomtime

Masdevallia andreetana (an-dree-tah-na)
Seedlings from selected clones. This beautiful relatively new miniature species is very free blooming producing quantities of broad cup-shaped blooms with long slender tails. Color is glistening creamy white with a few smudges of burgundy at the base.
Bloomtime - Summer and various. Intermediate to Cool.

Masdevallia coccinea var alba (kok-sin-ee-a)
Exquisite, sparkling white 5cm blooms on tall elegant stems. These are seedlings from selected clones.
Bloomtime -  Late spring to Summer. Cool             

Masdevallia davisii (day-vis-ee-eye)
('L&R' x 'Gold Wax')
These will be beautiful full shaped waxy buttercup yellow blooms of good size hels clear of the leaves on erect stems.
Bloomtime - Mostly late Spring to Summer. Cool.

Masdevallia encephala
Weird, interesting, cute, how do you describe those crazy inflated blooms which give the distinct impression of not wanting their pollinator to escape too easily. The color is a striking rosy purple with a metallic sheen. The upper part of the flower is transparent.
Cool to Intermediate             

Masdevallia gilbertoi (gil-ber-to-eye)
A showy but rare species. Blooms freely. The distinctive blooms are held above the foliage and furnished with long slender  yellow tails, the lower portion of the sepals is white with a flash of cerise at the base. Throat orange.
Cool       

Masdevallia strobelii (stroe-bel-ee-eye)
Miniature plant, blooms profusely throughout winter. The bell shaped flowers are rich orange and yellow in the throat and lined with glistening white hairs. Long tails are bright yellow. Striking.
Bloomtime -  Winter. Cool to Intermediate             

Oerstedella centradenia (sen-trah-den-ee-a)
Clusters of beautiful true pink very long lasting blooms adorn this species.
Bloomtime -Spring to Summer. Intermediate             

Paphiopedilum delenatii (del-e-nat-ee-eye)
This is the paph for people who don't like them, it's everyone's favourite.  Leathery dark green leaves are patterned with silvery green and red/purple beneath. 1 to 2 soft pink blooms with a delicate fragrance are carried on erect stems -pouch rosy pink and staminode yellow.
Bloomtime - Spring. Intermediate to Warm    

Paphiopedilum gratrixianum (gra-trix-ee-ah-num)
('L&R' x #2)
A vigorous species with glossy green leaves heavily blotched and spotted red/purple at the base. Petals are very glossy with a central red brown line: upper half orange/brown lower half yellow/brown. Pouch yellow brown patterned darker. Dorsal yellow/green on the lower half spotted black/purple with the upper half white spotted and veined red/purple.
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer. Cool to Intermediate.

Paphiopedilum hennisianum (hen-nis-ee-ah-num)
(#5 x B. Irwin)
Tesselated foliage. The dorsal sepal white striped dark green and shaded green at the base also with some pink suffusion. The petals horizontal ? white striped green, suffused green at the base and with glossy black spots and hairs along the margins. Pouch bronzy green suffused and veined maroon.
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer. Intermediate to Warm.

Pescatorea cerina  (se-ree-na)
('L&R' x 'Tuakau')
Seedlings from 2 very fine clones. Expect large (9cm) blooms with exceptional shape, petals and sepals creamy white and the lip rich yellow marked bright red/brown. Fragrant.
Bloomtime - Mostly Autumn. Intermediate to Cool.

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi (kor-noo-ser-vee)
Small growing plant with glossy yellow/green leaves. The unusual flattened branching flower spikes will continue to grow and produce flowers for several years
The glossy yellow blooms are yellow heavily barred and spotted bright chestnut
brown with cream lips marked red in the throat.
Bloomtime - Spring to Autumn but often thought the year. Warm to Intermediate

Rossioglossum grande
Compact plants. Huge glossy yellow and chestnut blooms with a little clown dressed in white and yellow with red spots in the centre.
Bloomtime - Autumn to Winter. Cool to Intermediate.

Sarcochilus ceciliae var alba
Seed raised plants of this little charmer. miniature plants which will bloom at only 2 to 3cm tall. Erect stems of numerous 7mm to 8mm blooms which are clear sparkling white.
Bloomtime - Spring to Summer. Cool to Intermediate.

Sarcochilus falcatus  (fal-kah-tus)
Australia's 'Orange Blossom Orchid' Beautiful cascading sprays of creamy white sparkling blooms with orange/yellow centres.
Bloomtime - Spring - Summer. Cool       

Vanda coerulea 'Pink'
Large pink well shaped flowers. Rare pink form of this blue Vanda. We had to talk hard to obtain these.
Bloomtime - Autumn to Winter and Various.  Cool to Intermediate             

Warmingia eugenii (yoo-gen-ee-eye)
A delightful little plant producing arching to pendulous, rather densely flowered spikes of many feathery white flowers. The petals and lip are fringed on their margins.
Bloomtime - Summer . Intermediate