Dear Orchid Friends,

It’s Cymbidium time at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate!!

*Classic Cymbidium hybrids grace the sales area and website including Early Harvest (tracyanum hybrid), Gladio (elegans hybrid), Grand Monarch (hookerinaum hybrid), Looker (orange color), Pearl (hookerianum hybrid), & Showgirl (pumilum hybrid).   More varieties to be added over the next weeks and months.

*Spikes are showing on the early Cymbidium hybrids: breeder’s choice Trigo Royale, saturated-pink Via Volcano, yellow Kumamoto

Cattleya bicolor in flower, the stately stars of late Summer are displaying their earth-tone tepals and magnificent fuchsia lips: please e-mail us for an availability list

~~Save the Date~~~

SBOE’s 2025 Fall Open House will be Friday November 7th through Sunday November 9th.
*Laelia anceps, Laelia species & hybrids (including some former Schomburgkias), Cattleyas, Cymbidiums, Botanicals, & more.  Established potted divisions (many in spike), bare-roots.
Special Fall Open House Hours:
*Friday November 7th 8am-3pm
*Saturday November 8th 8am-3pm
*Sunday November 9th 9am-3pm

Saturday November 8th in San Marino, CA : Inaugural Cattleya Symposium: Huntington Gardens & The Orchid Digest present speakers including Art Chadwick, Fred Clarke, Pepe Portilla, & David Toyoshima.
https://www.orchiddigest.org/2025-Cattleya-Symposium

2025 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.)

Future +2 Holiday Weekend:
*Discoverers Day: usual open days plus Sunday October 12 & Monday October 13th 10am-2pm.

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

UPDATED LIST!!! Specimen List June 2025:   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 $200 to $5000.  List updated 6/24/25

UPDATED LIST!!! Epidendrum Pink Champagne Established Keiki List June 2025:  The “poor-man’s” orchid moves up in the world.  Beautiful sunset colors.  Prices range from $30 to $50.  List updated 6/24/25.

NEW LIST!!!   Dendrobium speciosum May 2025 list:  An offering of 14 plants spanning several forms of the glorious Australian species.  Includes notes on provenance if known and pictures of plants in bloom early this Spring.  Prices range from $100 to $1500.  List updated 5/15/25.

Dendrobioum speciosum exceptional divisions in-spike:   Only seven this offering.  Includes the foundational Australian speciosums ‘Windermere’ & ‘Daylight Moon’, two different hillii’s with ‘Don Brown’ as the father, and a magnificent tall, arching yellow.  Prices range from $700-$2750.  List made 2/12/25.
(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)

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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.