Cattleyas

Blc. Waikiki Gold 'Easter Morn'

Cattleya Family Species

C. aurantiaca 'Spring of 83'. $50.00
Many of the aurantiacas offered today are actually hybrids with C. skinneri. This selected orange.appears to be a true aurantiaca. d lip. 4"

C. loddigesii 'Harford's Big Pink'. $75.00
3 1/2" soft pink of good form with pink, cream and yellow lip. 4"

C. perciviliana 'Summit' FCC/AOS. $75.00
Backbulb division. The best of the pink percy's.

C. skinneri alba 'Debbie' FCC/AOS. $60.00 - $100.00. 4 1/2" - 5 1/2" pot.

Encyclia alata 'Sentinel'. $150.00
Majus form. Selected from hundreds of blooming plants. Flowers are not large, but beautifully conformed and colored. Inflorescence habit is exceptional also. 4".

Encyclia radiata 'Shira' HCC/AOS. $150.00. Twenty flowers to the inflorescence. Not much compares to it. Collected variety from power station at Monochicu, Honduras. 3".

Encyclia lancifolia. $35.00. Selected. A favorite with purple stripes on lip. 2 ½ - 3 ½"

Encyclia chacoensis. $35.00. Selected. Another cockleshell type. 3 ½".

Epidendrum floribundum 'Miyao'. $35.00 Beautiful compact bulb type plant only 10” tall. Wonderful colorful flowers. 3 ½".

Psychillus Mature plants. Relatively rare previously listed under Epidendrum. Warm growing and requiring very bright conditions. 4" long inflorescences with cluster of attractive flowers at apex.
krugii. $40.00
1" tannish yellow stars with pink and yellow lip.
macconnellae. $50.00
1" light pink flowers with darker bilobed purple lip.

 
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Cattleya Hybrids

Blc. Goldenzelle
(C. Horace 'Maxima' AM/AOS x Blc. Fortune 'Golden Throne' HCC/AOS). (C. Horace 'Maxima' AM/AOS x Blc. Fortune 'Golden Throne' HCC/AOS). One of the finest hybrids of the past ten years. Sturdy, extremely vigorous, fast growing plants with tight growth systems that often produce multiple leads. Full beautiful flowers. Plants selected for this offering are some of the finest from the grex and are mature flowered varieties
'Lemon Chiffon' AM/AOS. $100.00
Full butter-yellow with red dart in center of broad lip. Plants normally develop multiple leads. Sizable plants.

Blc. Goldenzelle 'Passion'. $100.00
Glowing hot watermelon pink. Beautiful form.

Blc. Goldenzelle 'Orange Pumpkin' HCC/AOS. $350.00
Wonderful full form. Orange/peach color is spectacular

Blc. Goldenzelle 'Taida'. $50.00
Excellent yellow with red lip, similar to Lemon Chiffon. Not as full shaped.

Blc. Pokai Tangerine 'Sentinel'. $100.00
(Lc. Chicanery x Blc. Waikiki Gold). Great grower. One of finest for cross. Clusters of fine three inch bright orange flowers on 16" plants. 5".

Blc. Victor Umi Peltier 'Carla's Green'. SM/15th WOC $150.00
(Blc. Waikiki Gold x Blc. Helen Brown).Wonderful green with yellow lip. Flowers very heavy substance.

Blc Waikiki Gold
(Blc. Pink Surprise x C. forbesii). Most people expect concolor yellows as they are familiar with the cultivars 'Lea' and 'Uno'. Neither 'Lea' or 'Uno' grew or flowered well for Sentinel. Sentinel Wiakiki Gold varieties are very unusual. They are all vigorous growers and flower two to three times per year with up to six 4" flowers. Color intensity changes with temperature. Fragrant. All divisions are limited. 5 - 6" pots.

SPECIAL: Blc Waikiki Gold 'Easter Morn' HCC/AOS. $175.00
When I first saw this in flower, I begged for a piece. It took six years to get a division. A pastel delight. Opens green with pink, ends up cream, green, yellow and pink. AOS awarded several months ago.

SPECIAL: Blc Waikiki Gold'Pink Spot'. Pink with maroon dots and incredible striated lip, sometimes with yellow flush. $120.00

C. Sierra Blanca 'Mt. Whitey'. $60.00
(C. Athene Chagaris x C. Norton Beamis). Beautifully formed white. 6". (1)

SPECIAL: C. Cherry Suisse 'Sentinel's Enamel' AM/AOS. $150.00
(C. Chocolate Drop x Blc. Oconee). Very fast growing and vigorous. Often flowers twice a year with heads of 4" brilliant dark red well formed flowers. This is the best that I have seen from the cross. 4".

Blc. Island Charm 'Yellow Flare'. $60.00.
(Bc. Donna Kimura x C. intermedia). In 6" pot – ready to boogy. (1)

Lc. Burgundy Delight 'Sentinel'. $120.00
(C. Chocolate Drop x Lc. Mini Purple). I selected this several years ago at the NYC Show. Finally have several divisions. Three or more 6 cm electric magenta stars. Tight tubular lip dark red with purple striations in lip trumpet. Plant 10" size. (1)

Lc. Dubescens 'Maui Beauty' AM/AOS. $70.00
(C. Dubiosa x L. rubescens). Compact plants that produce upright inflorescences with 4 - 8 full star shaped white flowers with purplish black and yellow internal lip markings. These plants have been expanding for several years and are in prime condition.

Lc. Mem. Robert Strait 'Angie' HCC/AOS. $100.00
(C. Wayndora 'Lea' x C. walkeriana semi-alba). From a division from a friend in Puerto Rico. Compact, fast growing and flowers at leasty twice a year. 4 1/2" light pink flowers with beautiful light purple spashes, median lines and edging and darker purple lip.

Lc. Mem. Robert Strait 'Sentinel'. $200.00
Better formed than ‘Angie’. Full 3 1/2” whitish pink flowers with notable pink-purple mid-rib on sepals and broad purple border on lip. 4 1/2” (1)

Lc. Prism Palette
'Sentinel'. $125.00
'Lavender Sunset'. $100.00
(Lc. Colorama x C. Horace). Sentinel purchased a group of the remake from Stewarts. These are quick growing plants to 17" which produce 5" tri-colored splashed flowers in tones of pink, purple, raspberry and yellow. When grown well, the flowering can be spectacular. Late winter and Spring flowering. The following varieties were selected as the best of the group. In 5" pots or larger.

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Blue and Amethyst

Lc. C. G. Roebling 'Sentinel' $100.00
6" white sepals and petals with bluish/amethyst lip. Vigorous. This plant has been maintained in my personal collection for over 40 years.

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Sc. Beaufort Hybrids

Sc. Beaufort is a hybrid of C. luteola and Soph. coccinea. There are many forms of Beaufort closely held and in the market. Some are likely tetraploids. The highest percentages of fine progeny have been attained by using tetraploid parents. Like other seedlings that we purchase, we try to grow them for at least a year prior to offering for sale. Compot seedlings take as much as two years before we offer for sale. Sentinel is very selective in maintaining the best growing seedlings and discarding the unhappy ones.

Slc. Tiny Titan'Sentinel's Orange' AM/AOS

Slc. Tiny Titan. $30.00. First blooming or unflowered.
(Slc. Precious Stones x Sc. Beaufort). To date, Sentinel received twenty flower awards and an Award of Quality on this cross. We purchased over 600 hundred seedlings of the exact remake have selected the best growers. There are about 30 unflowered plants available in 3" pots. One to four, 2 - 3" flat, full or star shaped flowers per inflorescence in yellows, oranges and reds. All with red lips with yellow centers. Flowers at least twice per year. All have been exhibition quality. About one in five has been close to, or award quality.

Slc. Tiny Titan. Awarderd varieties. $100.00 - $350.00. Current listing available - inquire.

CULTURAL TIP: after growing these plants for over seven years, we think we have the system. Utilize relatively large sized mix with minimal fines. Always underpot plants in plastic pots. No drainage material needed. Water frequently and do not let dry out completely. Expose to relatively high light. Plants benefit from 20 degree day night temperature swings. Fertilize once per three or four waterings. Repot every year and a half, two years maximum.

Pot. Beaufort Gold. $50.00
(Blc. Waikiki Gold x Sc. Beaufort 'Yellow Lip'). Blc. Waikiki Gold is underrated as a parent. The first seedling to flower had four 3 1/2" peachy-orange flowers. Selected varieties with yellows, peaches and oranges with excellent substance and good to excellent form. 3 - 4" pots.

Pot. Paul Phelps 'Sentinel'. $60.00
(Blc. Bouton DÕor x Sc. Beaufort). 12” compact catt. Bright yellow full flowers with red on the lip. 4” pots. Can flower twice per year.

Brassavola Section

Most growers are not familiar with the capabilities and qualities of these plants. Established nodosas can flower several times per year and they pass this characteristic to their hybrids. We have gravitated towards this group and acquired a large selection of fine species and hybrids. Most are very select and have proven their quality. Like the Broughtonias, they like a taste of lime water several times per year. Species nodosa's do not like to be disturbed and are slow to develop roots after repotting. However, once they start to fill a pot or basket, their output can be extraordinary.

Brassavola nodosa
Lady of the Night. It is fortunate that Sentinel selected many of these nodosas as many were destroyed in the 1992 Florida hurricane. Varieties offered are all easy growing and blooming with either very large and/or exceptionally colored flowers. Grown in baskets.

#2. $100.00
5" ice green sepals and petals held straight with 1 3/8" wide white heart shaped lip with notable reddish spotting in throat. 6 & 8" baskets with charcoal. Three to four flowers per inflorescence.
'Silver Dollar'. Large, great form. $70.00
5" ice green slightly curving sepals and petals with red speckling on sepals. 1 1/2" white heart shaped lip with lt. green coloration and red peppering in tube. Normally four flowers per inflorescence. 6 & 8" baskets with charcoal.
'Fuchs': $60.00
Smaller flower but much greener with beautifully shaped lip. This is a plant from the Fred Fuchs collection.
'Nicaragua' HCC/AOS. $150.00. Great variety. Division from Bob Fuchs' personal plant.
'Susan Fuchs' FCC/AOS. Monster weed. 5" flowers. $50 - $125.00

Brassavola Little Stars 'Rene' CCM/AOS. $85.00.
This was awarded an 84 point CCM with about 300 flowers. Not just any flowers – how about 4 – 5" across of fine form? It was getting to the pont that I could not lift it, so I divided it. These divisions are now establishing well and are off to their next CCM's of the future. Why waste time with mediocre varieties?

Brassavola Hybrids

Brassavola Hybrids in this group are totally underrated and often ignored by most Cattleya growers that are looking for big full flowers. What they do not see is the fast, strong multi-growth, multi-flowering capabilities, exceptionally bright and unusual combinations of colors, often with unusual spots. Any offered are very select and have proven their quality.

Bc. Binosa 'Sentinel' HCC/AOS. $150.00
(C. bicolor x Brassavola nodosa). This plant started off as 'Lynn' AM/AOS
and then proceeded to naturally convert to a tetraploid superior form. Sepals and petals are medium green with a broad lip with coalesced dark pinkish-purple coloration. Cardboard substance. 5"

Bc. Binosa 'Lynn' AM/AOS. $60.00
Clusters of 5" green flowers with white lip with purple spots.

Bc. Joy Williams 'Marsha'. $60.00
(C. Gene May ‘Emberside’ x Bc. Maikai). Whitish pink flowers with lots of small raspberry spots and dots.Vigorous unlike its Gene May parent.

Bl. Morning Glory 'Verily' HCC/AOS. $200.00
(L. purpurata x B. nodosa). Very nice yellow sepals and petals with beautifully formed yellow and purple lip. Has more of the purpurata shape. Plants just repotted, should be available mid to end of summer.

Bl. Richard Mueller 'Orchidheights' HCC/AOS. $100.00
(B. nodosa x. L. milleri). Great hybrid. Brilliant yellow flowers with red spots up to 4" across. For some reason this cultivar is difficult to find.

Bl. Rustic Spots'Sentinel’s Bronze Spots'. $75.00
(Bl. Richard Mueller x C. Landate). Orangy-bronze with red spots. Highly selected from cross. (1)

Blc. Don Pepe. $40.00
(Blc. Erin Kobayashi 'Lahaina Gold' x B. nodosa). Purchased many of these seedlings after I saw one in bloom. A few have flowered. All are flowering sized. They have been 3 – 4" ice-green, white and yellow and combinations. A bit starry with broad well-formed lips. Will start to evaluate more carefully with this next flowering. 4 – 5" pots. Very vigorous.

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