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Key to potting mixes
SH-1A (semihydro)  1/2" Clay Pellets (CP) = Orchid Rock ~ PrimeAgra
SH-1B (semihydro)  1/2" Clay Pellets (CP) & Charcoal (mixed ~2:1)
SH-2 (semihydro)  Small perlite capped with aquarium gravel
SH-3 (semihydro)  Small pumice & charcoal (mixed~1:1)
SH-4 (semihydro)  Small pumice, charcoal & CP (mixed~1:1:1)
CHC-1 1/2" Coconut husk chips, CP and Charcoal (2:1:1)
CHC-2 1/4" Coconut husk chips, CP and Charcoal (2:1:1)
Sphg  NZ Sphagnum moss
H20  Water culture
Mt  Mount
Other   See "Comments"
 

Cattleyas
Name Spike Start Dates Medium  Comments
Brassavola nodosa    Mt (coconut), Sphg (Bsk)   
 ------------------- ------------  ---------------  ------------ 
Brassolaeliocattleya (Erin Kobayashi 'Green' x Green Bay)   SH-1A   
Brassolaeliocattleya (Haulet 'Chien Hau Yellow x Apricot Flare' Ta-Tong)    SH-1A    
?C. Lucky Wanthong   H2O  
Laelia grandis    SH-1A  
Laelia purpurata Adams x self    SH-1A  
Laelia Santa Barbara Sunset 'Showtime' HCC/AOS   SH-1A  
Laeliocattleya Janet "Carmela" x C. Candy Taft "Taffy" Sept   SH-1A  
Laeliocattleya LC.Wrigleyi 'Blue Lagoon' HCC/AOS x C. Sapphire     SH-1A  
Laeliocattleya Lee Langford = ( Lc. Calizona x Lc. S. J. Bracey)    SH-1A  
Potinaria Hisako Akatsuka VQ AM/AOS Purple x Blc. Jeremy Island 'Carmela'    SH-1A  
----------------------   ------------- -------------  ------------- 
Encyclia alata Apr-May SH-1A  
Encyclia cochleata  Aug  SH-1B   
 Encyclia plicata 'Pine Knot' x Enc. Orchid Jungle 'Mendenhall'   SH-1B    
 Encyclia tampensis alba 'Mendenhall' AM/AOS/CCM/AOS    tree fern pot  
Psychilis macconnelliae   Other Clay pellets dry 
 Epidendrum conopseum May   Mt cork 
Epidendrum stamfordiana 'Darkie' x ilense 'Newberry'   SH-1B    
 Epidendrum noid reed-purple spring, summer  SH-1A , H2O, CHC-2, Sphg.(Bsk)  
Epidendrum noid reed-red summer   CHC-2   

Dendrobiums
Name Spike Start Dates Medium  Comments
Dendrobium finisterrae (seedling)    SH-4 Died
Dendrobium (phalanopsis) Meesangnil 'Robert'    CHC-2  
Dendrobium Mao Gold    CHC-2  
 Dendrobium Ted Dichuphum x Snowflake  July CHC-1, SH-1A   
Dendrobium (nobile) Comet King 'Yamato'    Fine bark   
Dendrobium (nobile) Pink Beauty 'Queen'     SH-1A  
Dendrobium (nobile) Shinonomex x D. Star Carnival    SH-4  Lavender flwrs 

Oncids
Name Spike Start Dates Medium  Comments
 Aspasia lunata      SH-4  
Bakerara Everglades Hunter 'Swamp' AM/AOS    SH-2   
Beallara Marfitch 'Select'    SH-1B   
Beallara Tahoma Glacier 'Green'   SH-1B  
Brassia longissima    Tree Fern Pot  
 Brassia verrucosa   SH-1A   
Brassidium Longlen 'Bill Switzer' AM/AOS    SH-4  
Brassidium Shooting Star 'Black Gold' HCC/AOS    SH-1B  
Colmanara Wildcat (Doris-like)   SH-1A  
Colmanara Wildcat Red (Bobcat-like)   SH-1A  
Colmanara Wildcat 'Perfume Lily'    SH-1B  
Maclellanara Pagan Love Song 'Chocolate Thunder' AM/AOS   SH-1B  
 Miltonidium Pupukea Sunset   SH-4  
Miltassia  Aztec 'Neto' HCC/AOS   SH-4  
Miltassia Shelob 'Webmaster' AM/AOS   SH-1B  
Miltonia Bartley Schwartz 'Highland' AM/AOS   SH-2  
 Miltonia Honolulu 'Warners Best' HCC/AOS x Star of Nuuanu   SH-4  
Odontobrassia Kenneth Bivens 'Santa Barbara' HCC/AOS   SH-4  
Odontocidium Tiger Crow 'Golden Girl'    SH-1B, SH-4  
 Oncidium orinthorhynchum   SH-1B  
Oncidium Sherry Baby 'Aureum O.K.'   Aug SH-1A  
 Oncidium Sherry Baby 'Red Fantasy'    SH-1A  
Oncidium Sherry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance'    SH-1B  
Oncidium (Equitant) Popoki 'Mitzi' AM/AOS    Tree fern pot  
 Tolumnia "Oncidium" prionochilum  Sept Tree fern pot  
  Wilsonara Isler's Farbspiel   SH-1B  
Wilsonara Kendrick Williams 'The Weed'    SH-1B  
Vuylstekeara Helmut Sang 'Anja'    SH-4  

Paphiopedalium
Name Spike Start Dates Medium  Comments
Paphopedalium Burgundy x (Paph. Red Sky x Red Maudel)   CHC-2  seedling 
Paphopedalium noid Aug.  CHC-1  
Paphopedalium wolterianum   SH-4 seedling 

Phalaenopsis
Name Spike Start Dates Medium  Comments
Phalaenopsis violacea (bellina)  'Shirley' x 'Texas'    SH-1A  
---------   --------- -------  ------- 
Dtps. Odoriko x P. (Lucia Ladyx New Glad) Sum & Win  SH-1A  
Dtps. Tiasuco Firebird xTiasuco Firebird Aug   SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis 'Mimosa'   bark Died
Phalaenopsis American Heartbeat 'Sandy' x Sensational Line   SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis Dottie Bucheck x self   SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis Fiesta x Stone Pinto   SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis Neon Stripes 'Red Avenger'   SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis Sheba's Elf = (mannii x Mambo)   SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis Valle crucis = Bamboo Baby x stuartiana   SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis VIA Southcoast Goldiana all year  SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis "Taisuco White"   SH-1A  
Phalaenopsis Sweet Revenge x sib   SH-4  
Phalaenopsis Red Magic    SH-4  

Vandaceous
Name Spike Start Dates Medium  Comments
Ascocentrum ampullaceum 'Moulmeinense'   Other Basket w/ moss and chunks 
 Micropera urticularia   CHC-1  purp & wt flw 
Vanda Dr Anek    CHC-1  
Vanda Dr. Anek "blue"    CHC-1   
Vanda Tokyo Blue    CHC-1   
Vanda (Woodlawn Glory x Ten Chee Keat) x Brandi    CHC-1   

Miscellaneous
Name Spike Start Dates Medium  Comments
Angreacum calceolus Sept  SH-4  
Angreacum sesquipedale   SH-4  
Chysis bactensis (?bractescens?) 'White Knight'   SH-3, SH-4  
 Chysis langleyensis v 'Desert Sunset'   SH-4   
  Calanthe William Murray   SH-1B   
 Calanthe sedenii 'Betty'   SH-1B   
  Calanthe sedenii 'Cornelius Vanderbilt'   SH-1B   
 Cirrhopetalum Daisy Chain (makoyanum x cumingii) Aug-Sept  SH-4, Mt   
Zygopetalum crinitum   SH-4  
Zygopetalum Blackii 'Lucerne Valley'   SH-4  
 Zygopetalum Arther Elle 'Ben Wrighton' Sept   SH-1B  

 

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