Dear Orchid Friends,

We’re pleased to announce our 2024 Fall Open House will be November 1-3.
 Featuring Laelia anceps, hybrids of Laelia anceps, other Mexican Laelias, Cattleya, Cymbidium, Botanicals, and our annual Silent Auction (see below):

Friday November 1st, 2024:   8 am to 3 pm
Saturday November 2nd, 2024:   8 am to 3 pm
Sunday November 3rd, 2024:   9 am to 3 pm

      The SBOE 2024 Silent Auction List with 24 items is ready for downloading.    Bids are due by 3pm PST Sunday November 3rd, 2024.  Our 2024 Silent Auction contains 9 undivided seedlings, 2 last-plant divisions, 19 Cattleya Alliance plants, 2 Vandas, 2 flasks, 2 Australian Dendrobiums, and 3 (possibly 4) awarded plants.  

SBOE 2024 Silent Auction Plant List with bidding instructions, plant list, plant descriptions, and multiple color plant images. Download 

SBOE 2024 Silent Auction Bidding Form with bidding instructions and plant list. Download 

We’ve restocked the sales areas with Epidendrum Pink Champagne rooted keikis in a variety of sunset colors and Laelia anceps hybrids in spike.

Otherwise
2024 SBOE Regular Open Days & Hours:
Fridays 10am-2pm 
Saturdays 9am-3:30pm
(Reservations are not required, but before travelling a long distance, we strongly recommend re-confirming by e-mail, on website, or by phone the day before visiting in case of unexpected closure.)

Lists, Lists, Lists: Use the links below to download pdfs of our most recent specialty plant lists:

Specimen List: Would you rather have ten small diamonds or one big diamond?  Recommended for expert growers only.  Plants for a variety of growing conditions.  Prices range from $150 to $5000.  List updated 8/27/24.
(download here)

Dendrobium speciosum Seedling List: Crosses made using exceptional parents. Blooming size to a decade from blooming.  Prices range from $35 to $300.  List updated 4/19/24.
(download here)

Epidendrum Pink Champagne Select Established Keiki List: The “poor-man’s” orchid moves up in the world.  Beautiful sunset colors.  Prices range from $25 to $50.  List updated 8/27/24.
(download here)

For updates, please join our email list HERE.

The safety of our customers and staff is of the utmost importance to us.  Masks are required at all times while on the nursery grounds (indoors and outdoors). Please maintain a distance of 6 feet between your party and your fellow orchid lovers and the SBOE staff.  Please do not visit if you have been in close contact with anyone who has recently tested positive for COVID or if you have COVID-like symptoms.  Some parts of our nursery will be closed during this limited opening.

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We try to answer the phone 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Saturday. If we don’t answer, please call later or e-mail us.  Plants may be ordered for pick-up outside the nursery gates if arranged 2-3 days in advance of pick-up date. Please phone or email if you have any questions.