The Stanhopea Pages

Seed/Plant/Flask Sources:

Listing here is provided only as a service to growers. No particular recommendations should be inferred. Please note that the plants are listed as they appear in the price lists/catalogs and are not necessarily taxonomically correct. If you find mistakes or outdated information, please let me know and I will correct it. Don't forget to provide the URL of the page. Thanks.

SPECIES:

Seeds for S. graveolens, haselowiana, insignis, oculata, tigrina, and S. wardii are available from the Orchid Seedbank Project (OSP), P.O. Box 1873, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 USA. Contact: A.J. Hicks
Website: Orchid Seedbank Project

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Listed alphabetically, by business name:

Plants of S. costaricensis, ecornuta, frymirei, grandiflora, graveolens, hernandezii, inodora, insignis, jenischiana, martiana, nigripes, nigroviolacea, oculata, panamensis, saccata, shuttleworthii, tigrina, wardii, warszewicziana are available from Akerne Orchids, Laarsebeekdreef 4, B-2900 Schoten, Belgium. [Attn: Kenneth Bruyninckx]
Website: Akerne Orchids

Plants of S. panamense and S. pozoi are available from Andy's Orchids, 734 Oceanview Ave., Encinitas, CA 92924 USA. Attn: Andy Philips
Website: Andy's Orchids

Plants of various Stanhopeas are available from Baker & Chantry Orchids, Inc., recently moved from Woodinville to Monroe, Washington. New phone number not yet available; the old number has been reassigned to a non-orchid person named Christina Camp - please do not bother her. The new owner of Baker & Chantry, since 2003, is Shannon Bolling.
Website: http://www.bcorchids.com/

Plants of Stanhopea tigrina Superba and Stanhopea wardii aurea (and flasks of many other species) are available from Burleigh Park Orchids, 54 Hammond Way,Thuringowa, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4815. Phone/Fax 07 47 740 008; International 61 747 740 008. Contact Ian and Pat Walters, email:bporchid@ultra.net.au OR at ian@speciesorchids.com

Plants of various stanhopeas at Chula Orchids, 230 Chula Vista Street, Chula Vista, Ca 91910-1825 USA. Attn: Harry Tolen
Website: Chula Orchids

Plants of S. candida and an undescribed Bolivian species are available from Countryside Orchids , PO Box 958, Corrales, New Mexico 87048 USA. Attn: Bill Schneider. Tel. 505-792-9806, fax: 505-792-9807
Website: Countryside Orchids

Plants of S. anfracta, connata, embreii, florida, gibbosa, grandiflora, inodora, jenishiana, lietzei, martiana, nigroviolacea, occulata, panamensis, pozoi, saccata, and shuttleworthii are available from Dennis de Silva in Australia. Contact: Guy Cantor. See additional list under "Flasks" (species only).

Plants of various stanhopea species and hybrids are available from Doug Pulley, M.D., 245 Vista Del Monte, Los Gatos, CA 95030-6342 USA. 408/399-3123; Fax 408/395-1182. Contact: Doug Pulley.
Website: Doug Pulley Orchids.

Plants of S. tricornis and S. wardii are available from Dragon Agro Products, PO Box 33, Kendall Park, NJ 08824-0033 USA. Attn: Tito Wee.
Website: http://www.dragonagro.com/daphmpg.htm

Plants of at least two Stanhopea species (impressa and S. tigrina) are available from
Florafest Pty Ltd, Orchids and Exotics, 29 Darling Street (East), Drayton, Toowoomba 4350 Australia.
[mailing address: PO Box 583 Bulimba 4171 Australia]
Website: http://www.florafest.com.au
Phone hot line: 0412 192362 .. .. Fax: 07 4630 1102
Open by appointment only, and they no longer ship out of Australia.
"Florafest is situated at Toowoomba which is in the mountains 100 kms. West of Brisbane in the State of Queensland, Australia. At 2000 ft. elevation it has a sub-tropical environment with a cool to cold nights in winter."
This is one of the two companies that emerged when Florafest Orchids ceased trading on 31 Dec 2000. The other company is Woolf OrchidCulture.

Plants of Embreea rodigasiana are available from G&B Orchid Laboratory & Nursery, Inc., 2426 Cherimoya Dr., Vista, CA 92084. Attn: Barry Cohen.
Website:

Plants of Stan. oculata in 6" baskets are available from George Dabbert Orchids & Lab, 1620 Melodee Lane, Englewood, FL 34224 USA Tel/Fax: 941-475-9687
Website: www.georgedabbert.com George Dabbert Orchids
(see also under Hybrids and Flasks)

Plants of Stan. graveolens and oculata; and Stan. nigroviolacea forma albescens 'Greenleaf Gold' are available from Tom Kaschak, at Greenleaf Orchids, 2654 Rhoanoke Drive, Duluth, Georgia 30096 USA (Atlanta area) Tel/Fax: 678/474-9001
Website: greenleaforchids.com
(see also under Hybrids [8 Sept 99]

Plants of S.oculata are available from Guy Wrinkle Exotic Plants, 11610 Addison Street, North Hollywood, California, 91601 USA; Tel. 310-670-8637; Fax: 310-670-1427.

Plants of various stanhopeas are available from Hausermann's Orchids, Illinois.

Plants of Acineta chrysantha, Embreea rodigasiana, Paphinia cristata, Stanhopea oculata, S. saccata, S. tigrina, and S. wardii, as well as several unidentifed species are available from Hoosier Orchid Company, 8440 West 82nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46278-1062 Tel: 317-291-6269, fax 317-291-8949. Attn: William Rhodehamel.
Website: Hoosier Orchid Company
(see also under Hybrids and Flasks)

Plants of S. nigroviolacea are available from J & L ORCHIDS, 20 Sherwood Road, Easton, CT 06612 USA.
Website: J & L Orchids

Plants of the Columbian species Embreea rodigasiana, Stanhopea candida, S. impressa, S. reichenbachiana, S. tricornis, and S. wardii are available from Klehm Growers, 44 W 637 State Route 72, Hampshire, IL 60140-8268 USA. Attn: Arnold J. Klehm.
Website: Klehm Growers
The plants come from Orquideas del Valle, in Cali, Colombia.

Plants of various Gongoras, Acineta chrysantha, and Sievekingia fimbriata are available from Mountain Orchids, 1658 Rt 100 North, Ludlow, Vermont 05149 USA. Attn: Darrin Norton.
Website: Mountain Orchids

Plants of S. wardii are available from The Orchid House, 1699 Sage Avenue, Los Osos, Calif. 93402 U.S.A. [Attn: Norris H. Powell]
Website: The Orchid House

Plants of S. tigrina var. nigroviolacea are available from Orchidanica, PO Box 13151 Oakland,CA 94661 USA. [Attn: Larry Moskovitz]
Website: Orchidanica Orchids

Plants of various South American stanhopeas are available from Orquideas del Valle, Calle 10 Norte, No.9N-31, Cali, Colombia. Tel.: 57-2-667-4942 [Attn: Andrea Niessen]. In the United States, these plants are provided through Klehm Growers, Illinois (see above).

Plants of S. oculata are available from Petite Plaisance, P.O. Box 386, Valley Ford, CA 94972 USA.
Website: Petite Plaisance Orchids

Plants of S. devoniensis, grandiflora, oculata, saccata, tigrina, S. embreei, & wardii, are available from Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, California 93111. Tel.:805-967-1284, Fax: 805-683-3405, Orders: 1-800-553-3387.
Website: Santa Barbara Orchid Estate/

Plants of S. martiana (mounted, BS US$30), S. nigro-violacea, S. wardii, and several unidentified, BS stanhopeas from the Rebecca Northen collection are available from Stewart Orchids, Carpinteria, CA. Fax: 805-566-6609 [Attn: Steve McNerney].
Website: Stewart Orchids

Plants from Barney Greer's collection are available from The House of Phalaenopsis, 56 Wood Street, Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW Australia 2066. E-mail: orchid@fl.net.au; Tel. +61 2 9427 3659 [Lou Mayer].
Website: http://fl.net.au/~orchid/catalog2.html

Plants of several different stanhopea species are always available from Tropical Orchid Farm, PO Box 170, Haiku, HI 96708 USA. Tel:808-572-8569, Fax: 808-572-8917. [Jeff Parker & Kathy Klett]
Website: http://www.tropicalorchidfarm.com/
** They have a beautiful, clean operation and they sell healthy, seed-propagated plants - Nina **

Plants of a wide variety of stanhopea species, including some which are relatively rare, are available from Woolf OrchidCulture, P.O. Box 6018 Toowoomba West, Queensland Australia 4350.
Ph +61 07 46301788 Fax. +61 07 46302762
**They are willing to ship overseas**
Website: http://www.woolforchidculture.com/main2.htm
John T. Woolf, Jeannie Woolf, and David Woolf.
"WOOLF ORCHIDCULTURE is situated at Toowoomba, in the mountains some 80 miles west of Brisbane, the Capital of Queensland in " The Sunshine State " Australia. At an elevation of 2000ft. we enjoy a cool Sub-Tropical environment, Warm nights and hot days in summer and cool to cold nights and warm days in winter, usually with crystal clear blue skies."
This is one of the two companies that emerged when Florafest Orchids ceased trading on 31 Dec 2000. The other company, which does not offer as much variety in stanhopeas, is Florafest Pty Ltd.

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HYBRIDS:

Various stanhopea Plant divisions are occasionally available from Autre Vie Orchids, 8801 Burkhart Drive, Houston, Texas 77055-6613 USA; [Nina Rach]

Plants of Stan. Ronsard (oculata x wardii)("cream to yellow flowers with red rings") are available from George Dabbert Orchids & Lab, 1620 Melodee Lane, Englewood, FL 34224 USA Tel/Fax: 941-475-9687 Website: www.georgedabbert.com
(see also under Species and Flasks).

Plants of Stan. Assidensis (tigrina x wardii; S. Penelope (ecornuta x oculata; S. Ronsard (oculata x wardii; are available from Hoosier Orchid Company , 8440 West 82nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46278-1062 Tel: 317-291-6269, Fax 317-291-8949, Orders: 888-291-6269 [Attn: William Rhodehamel].
Website: www.hoosierorchid.com
(see also under Plants and Flasks).

Plants of S. Assidensis (tigrina x wardii) in teak baskets, flowering size are available from Petite Plaisance Orchids, P.O. Box 386, Valley Ford, CA 94972 USA.

Plants are occasionally available from Venger Orchids, 1220 Pando Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80906 USA [Attn: Rod & Susan Venger]

Plants of Coryhopea Freckle Face (Cory. elegantissima x S. oculata) are available from JEM Orchids, 6595 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach, Florida 33446-2308 USA [Attn: Gene Monnier].

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FLASKS:

Flasks of Stanhopea Assidensis x Paphinia cristata are available from A World of Orchids, 2501 Old Lake Wilson Road, Kissimmee, Florida 34747 USA.

Flasks of a very large number of Stanhopea species are available from Burleigh Park Orchids, 54 Hammond Way,Thuringowa, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4815. Phone/Fax 07 47 740 008; International 61 747 740 008. Contact Ian and Pat Walters, email:bporchid@ultra.net.au OR at ian@speciesorchids.com

Flasks of S. anfracta, connata, embreii, florida, gibbosa, grandiflora, graveolens, haseloveana, hernandezii, inodora, insignis, lietzei, martiana, occulata, pozoi, saccata, shuttleworthii, tigrina, wardii aurea, wardii, and warscewicziana are available from Dennis de Silva in Australia. Contact: Guy Cantor, or see the sale list.
See additional listing under "Plants" above (species only).

Mini-Flasks of Stanhopea nigripes ("beautiful pumpkin colored with two big brown eyes") are available from George Dabbert Orchids & Lab , 1620 Melodee Lane, Englewood, Florida 34224 USA. Tel: 941-475-9687.
Website: www.georgedabbert.com

Flasks of Stanhopea tigrina 'Traders Point' AM/AOS x self and S. saccata are available from Hoosier Orchid Company, 8440 West 82nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46278-1062 Tel: 317-291-6269, fax 317-291-8949 [Attn: William Rhodehamel]
(see also under Plants and Hybrids)

Flasks, spread plates, protocorms and seedlings of Stanhopeas and related genera are occasionally available from The Orchid Seedbank Project , PO Box 7042, Chandler, AZ 85246 [Attn: Aaron Hicks]
Website: http://www.orchidseed.com/

Flasks of various stanhopea species are available from Woolf OrchidCulture,
P.O. Box 6018 Toowoomba West, Queensland Australia 4350; Ph +61 07 46301788 Fax. +61 07 46302762
**They are willing to ship overseas**
Website: http://www.woolforchidculture.com/main2.htm
John T. Woolf, Jeannie Woolf, and David Woolf.
"WOOLF ORCHIDCULTURE is situated at Toowoomba, in the mountains some 80 miles west of Brisbane, the Capital of Queensland in " The Sunshine State " Australia. At an elevation of 2000ft. we enjoy a cool Sub-Tropical environment, Warm nights and hot days in summer and cool to cold nights and warm days in winter, usually with crystal clear blue skies."
This is one of the two companies that emerged when Florafest Orchids ceased trading on 31 Dec 2000. The other company, which does not offer as much variety in stanhopeas, is Florafest Pty Ltd.