Site Updates
We have recently updated these sections:
Flasks May 2012
Cattleyas April 2012
Australian Dendrobiums Feb 2012
Cattleya Divisions Oct 2011

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Sunset Valley Orchids now produces all its electrical needs via 124 photo voltaic solar panels,
click here to view the electrical output from SVO's solar panels.

The Judge, the Hunter, the Thief, and the Black Orchid A Feature Documentary Movie Gaze into the seductive stare of an orchid at your own risk.  Many who do quickly fall under its captive spell.  In the orchid world it’s known simply as orchid fever. www.blackorchidmovie.com

Are you a member of the American Orchid Society? All American Orchid Society members will receive an additional 5% discount on their order from Sunset Valley Orchids (this is in addition to existing purchase volume discounts).  All you have to do is type in your membership number on the shopping cart page and I’ll make the adjustment to your invoice at the time of billing.   How can you not afford to be a member? Sunset Valley Orchids also honors the $30 discount coupon for new or renewing two year memberships to the American Orchid Society. If you would like to become a member of the American Orchid Society click here for details www.aos.org

Sunset Valley Orchids is a firm dedicated to the breeding of orchids. Our breeding lines are focused in three ways:  1) the development of new flower colors and shapes:  2) vigorous, robust, and compact growing plants: 3) AOS award quality flowers.

Our primary effort is in the hybridizing of the Cattleya, Catasetinae, Australian Native Dendrobiums and Paphiopedilums. We also have several other smaller genera that we are working with like Sarcochilus, Zygopetalum and Stanhopea.

Orchid hobbyists from around the world have realized how interesting the Catasetinae alliance is. Sunset Valley Orchids is the top breeders of the genus and our plants have been shipped and growing worldwide. The development of the “blackest orchid seen” the Fredclarkeara After Dark (Mo. Painted Desert x Ctsm. Donna Wise) has really captured attention. The expectation for the next generation of Catasetinae hybrids is spectacular!

Our Cattleya breeding has been under development for over 25 years and our efforts have developed many unique hybrids as well as hundreds of AOS awards.  We hybridize for the orchid hobbyist (not the mass market). This requires that we do something different, it distinguished us and our customers.  Our specialty is compact sized cattleyas where the plants are less than 12” tall and bloom in 4” pots.  We also breed miniature and standard sizes.

All our Orchid hybrids are grown from seed in our laboratory at the nursery and we raise them to maturity in our 30,000 sq. ft. of greenhouse space.

At Sunset Orchids Orchid’s we take pride in offering only the best grown plants.  We implement a rigorous selection process where only the best plant are moved on in each phase of the production cycle. This process starts in the lab with replating, deflasking, potting up and through to maturity; only the most vigorous plants are moved on. We only sell well grown plants.

Please take some time to look at the orchid listings and the pictures of the parents. You will see our breeding stock is exceptional; this is an exciting orchid hybrid list of high potential.

 

Fred Clarke