Dendrobium anosum
The beautiful pink-purple flowers of Dendrobium anosum let us know that Spring is finally here! This species is beloved by our Filipino and Hawaiian customers, who know it as "sanggumay" and as "hono-hono", respectively, and remember its beauty and fragrance from their hometowns. The complex fragrance reminds us of entering an expensive candle or soap store. It is a species that likes it Wintertime temperatures 'just so': mildly cool. Not warm, not cold, but 'just so'. For this species to thrive and bloom it must be provided with this mild cool Winter, when home heating is often too warm and even Southern Californian Winter is too cold; providing this mildly cool Winter is the trick for success with this plant!

One determined SoCal customer of ours, born in Hawaii, figured out that her hono-hono bloomed best if for the winter-half of the year it grew in an attached closed garage, near a closed window!
Please note that like most deciduous Dendrobiums this plant must be provided a 'Winter drought period', when it is allowed to dry out completely between light waterings.

Established blooming size seedlings. 'Seedlings' are the offspring of pollination; as siblings they may be similar, yet each is unique and no two are identical in precise color or shape.

Intermediate growing. May blooming.
Orchid of the Day: April 12, 2024

Dendrobium Aussie Fireflies
These zesty, little flowers are yellow and bronze with dark stripes and a lime-green tint, with minutely ruffled and patterned cream-colored lips, and certainly deserve the twinkling charm of their name! The flowers bloom in clusters throughout the compact, pendant foliage of the plant. This hybrid of resilient Australian Dendrobiums is a great plant for both beginners and collectors of miniatures or "wild-looking" orchids. It makes a particularly beautiful specimen in a hanging basket.

Established blooming-size seedlings. 'Seedlings' are the offspring of pollination; as siblings these may be very similar, yet each is unique and no two are identical in precise color or shape.

Temperature Tolerant. March blooming.
Orchid of the Day: March 1, 2022

Dendrobium Australian Goldrush
Arching plumes of blossoms in golden-yellow hues! We’re expecting great things from this cross between our Dendrobium speciosum fma. grandiflorum ‘SanBar Golden Galaxy’ AM/AOS and the full-flowered complex-hybrid Dendrobium Yondi Tina ‘Goliath’ FCC/AOC. This Australian Dendrobium cross was originally made by David Francis Butler of Australia. The first bloomers have been full flowered medium yellow, and the foliage is particularly attractive, adding to year-round interest. We are unsure yet if they will be fragrant like their species parent. Excellent light-loving, outdoor growing companion for Cattleyas and Cymbidiums.

Please note that the plant example photo shows a single lead-growth plant; double lead-growth plants are also available while supply lasts.

Established blooming-size seedlings. 'Seedlings' are the offspring of pollination; as siblings they may be similar, yet each is unique and no two are identical in precise color or shape.

Temperature Tolerant. February - March blooming.
Orchid of the Day: January 20, 2023

Dendrobium Cheeky 'Sandhills', HCC/AOS
A marvelous Australian Dendrobium! The flowers are strikingly marked with vibrant magenta over the bright white base color. This plant holds its flowers well above its foliage, unlike some other Dendrobium kingianum derived hybrids. Awarded in 2011, from the cross between Dendrobium Rutherford 'Blushing Bride' and Dendrobium Candice. . Temperature Tolerant. January blooming.
Orchid of the Day: January 14, 2016

Dendrobium Delicatum 'Madam'
An outstanding silcockii color-form of this great primary hybrid between Dendrobium kingianum and Dendrobium speciosum. The white flowers have a pink tint on their reverse side, a striking purple lip, and on warm days they produce a lovely and sweetly tangy fragrance. Overall height, when in bloom, is about one foot tall, with mature plants reaching up to eighteen inches. Eager to bloom and resilient, these plants grow well outdoors with the Cymbidiums.

Established blooming-size divisions from our mother-plant.

Temperature Tolerant. March - April blooming.
Orchid of the Day: January 5, 2024

Dendrobium kingianum var. Silcockii
This is an exceptionally elegant color-form of one of our favorite miniature species! The little, crystalline-white flowers have brilliant, lavender-pink lip markings, and they bloom as sprays with and upright to arching stem.

The foliage typically stands between 6 to 8 inches tall. One of the most resilient, compact, and easy to grow orchids. Great for the miniature orchid collection, or an excellent companion plant to Cymbidiums and Cattleyas!

Established blooming-size divisions from our mother-plant.

Temperature Tolerant. February - March blooming. Species from Australia.
Orchid of the Day: February 17, 2021

Dendrobium kingianum 'Connells Point'
One of darkest Dendrobium kingianum (our picture doesn't do it justice!), and also our latest blooming. The bulbs remain short even on a large plant. The foliage has a slight grayish cast, which with its attractive leaf arrangement makes it attractive throughout the year. Temperature Tolerant. Winter blooming. Species from Australia.
Orchid of the Day: March 20, 2015

Dendrobium lindleyi
This species from Vietnam produces showers of quarter sized golden-yellow flowers. Growth habit is compact and attractive with short pseudbobulbs covered with paper-like sheathing. Flowers have sweet honey-like fragrance. Formerly known as Dendrobium aggregatum. Intermediate growing. July - August blooming. Species from Vietnam.
Orchid of the Day: July 21, 2018

Dendrobium prenticei
From the compact cluster of one inch tall, cylindrical pseudobulbs come these miniature, gem-like flowers. The crystalline flowers are pale peach-pink with a bright orange lip. Surprisingly potent for their small size the refreshing fragrance of these flowers is similar to orange zest oil. These great miniature plants grow best as cork mounts. . Intermediate growing. May-June blooming. Species from Northern Australia.
Orchid of the Day: June 15, 2017

Dendrobium speciosum
Known as "Tar-Beri" to the aborigines, and "Rock Lily" or "King Orchid" to other Australians, this magnificent orchid amazes one and all! It blooms extraordinarily flower-laden plumes, like bushy fox tails, of fragrant, creamy white flowers. Here in Santa Barbara, these plants grow wonderfully outdoors with the Cymbidiums, however, many customers also report flowering success in a cool to intermediate greenhouse.
These light-loving plants are very well adapted to garden and landscape use in sub-tropical areas. Please e-mail or call for a pdf list with pictures of divisions available.

Temperature Tolerant. February - March blooming. Species from Australia.
Orchid of the Day: January 14, 2015

Dendrobium Super Ise-Ise
These first bloom seedlings show all the willingness to bloom and the lovely color range of their parents, as shown by the siblings featured in main photo. With flowers blooming two inches across and more and luscious semi-deciduous foliage these seedlings are beautiful examples of their Asian Dendrobium lineage. Flowers with crystalline white blossoms take after Den. Ise, while flowers with dark centers or fuchsia-pink tint take after Den. Super Ise. Great either potted or in hanging baskets.

Established blooming-size seedlings. 'Seedlings' are the offspring of pollination; as siblings they may be similar, yet each is unique and no two are identical in precise color or shape.

Temperature Tolerant. February - March blooming.
Orchid of the Day: January 12, 2023

Dendrobium teretifolium
Vegetatively, more etherial sculpture or mobil than orchid, this Australian species, nonetheless, produces clusters of intriguing one inch fragrant white flowers. In its native habitat, it grows as an epiphyte or lithophyte, making it well suited for mounted or basket culture. Temperature Tolerant. July - August blooming. Species from Australia.
Orchid of the Day: July 29, 2011

Dendrobium teretifolium var. West Sydney form
The "Bridal Veil Orchid"; profuse creamy-white, fragrant blossoms draping from pendant, terete foliage, like skinny green beans. A wonderful, unusual, temperature tolerant orchid species from Australia. This form is reputed to be extinct in nature. Ours are seed grown. Temperature Tolerant. January - February blooming. Species from Australia.
Orchid of the Day: January 13, 2018

Dendrobium tetragonum
For those with a love of the unusual this is one of the all time favorite species. The handsome, vanilla-scented flowers are just one of its charms: this orchid is one of a select few that is also admired solely for the plant itself: uncommon, compact-growing at the base, excellent in hanging baskets, and utterly distinctive!

The species is named for its signature, unique foliage, and the key feature: cascading, slender, pseudobulbs that have squared, angular edges, ending in a tuft of leaves. Hence "tetragonum", for the square pseudobulb Dendrobium!

Established blooming-size seedlings. 'Seedlings' are the offspring of pollination; as siblings they may be similar, yet each is unique and no two are identical in precise color or shape.

Temperature Tolerant. December - January blooming. Species from Australia.
Orchid of the Day: December 4, 2022