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Mini-Catts
If you're looking for a small and colorful addition to your collection, mini-Catts are excellent choices. Plants stay under 6 inches tall and bloom in 3 to 4 inch pots - perfect for small spaces, and growing under lights. Mini-Catts are known for their beautiful flowers, which come in a wide variety of colors and shapes. Our breeding program has resulted in mini-Catts that are heat tolerant, produce large flowers compared to plant stature, and have a strong and attractive growth habit. Most of these plants can bloom twice a year - a great characteristic!
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2026
SVO 11384
Sl. Minipet
(Sl. Orpetii 'Hidden Treasure 4N' AM/AOS x Soph. coccinea 'SVO' AM/AOS)
This is one of the best solid red mini-Catts available and will easily bloom in a 3” pot. Both parents are tetraploids, which will lead to excellent flower form. Orpetii (L. pumila x Soph. coccinea) is a primary hybrid. The 'Hidden Treasure' cultivar originated at Gold Country Orchids. It is one of the very best, with perfectly flat 3” flowers. The genetic makeup of this grex is approximately 75% Sophronitis and 25% Laelia. These look like super good Soph. coccinea, and the first to bloom have larger flowers than the original cross. As a bonus, the plants are much easier to grow and bloom than either parent.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11383
(L. praestans 'Danni' HCC/AOS x Sl. Lana Coryell Doppelganger 'SVO Pearl')
This praestans is of exceptionally fine quality, 'Danni' has both great shape and color, with a contrasting dark lip and the petals are flat as a board. Plants are just 3” tall. This Lana Coryell Doppelganger (C. walkeriana x Sc. Beaufort) has unique flower color and is also a flat flower. We were inspired by the potential this cross presents for developing mini-Catts that have sold pink flowers with dark pink lips. Let me repeat…flat, pink flowers with dark pink lips, all on a mini-Catt.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11376
Slc. Sierra Doll
(Slc. Pink Doll 'Midnight' x C. walkeriana 'Suprema')
Over 20 years ago Alan Koch of Gold Country made Sierra Doll. It has received 21 AOS awards. That's an impressive number! With this remake we are using Slc. Pink Doll 'Midnight' (Slc. Tangerine Jewel x L. pumila) that came from Alan's breeding stock. We upgraded the walkeriana to the best cultivar we know. It is truly an exceptional example. We are expecting improved flower quality with flowers in dark purple shades, with excellent shape, add twice a year blooming, and you get all that from a mini plant just 6” tall. Very nice.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11367
Lc. Kokubun
(L. praestans 'Danni' HCC/AOS x C. walkeriana 'Suprema')
We believe this primary hybrid is going to be a great pairing of these two well-known species. This L. praestans has the flattest flowers and a shapely tubular lip. This walkeriana is by far the best one in our collection and is among the top ten in the world today (in my humble opinion). It has a large flower size, excellent shape and color. This cross will produce small plants, pink flowers with excellent shape and contrasting darker purple lips. The hybrid will exhibit all the charm of each species.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11353 NEW
(Slc. Circle of Life 'Red Halo' HCC/AOS x Slc. Virginia Dickey 'Diamond Orchids' AM/AOS)
This is a cross between two outstanding parents. Circle of Life (Lc. Culminant x Soph. coccinea) is an excellent breeder known for imparting wide flat petals, good overall shape, and rich red color. Virginia Dickey (Slc. Pink Doll x Sl. Pole-Star) is a small plant that blooms twice a year from a 3” pot. Its sturdy stems display 2-4 bright red flowers of superior form.
The flower color will be a vibrant red, with full shapely lips in darker burgundy red. These will be “off the charts”.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11351
(Pot. Hisako Jewel 'SVO' x Slc. Virginia Dickey 'Diamond Orchids' AM/AOS)
These flowers will be flat, solid red minis with red flowers and bold red and yellow lips. The small plants will have good stems with 3-4 flowers. Hisako Jewel (Pot. Hisako Akatsuka x Slc. Scarlet Jewel) has really flat red flowers. Virginia Dickey (Slc. Pink Doll x Sl. Pole-Star) is used a lot in our breeding, because it's a great breeder. It produces 2-4 well displayed bright red flowers of superior form from handsome plants that bloom twice a year. The offspring of this mating will be quick to bloom in 3” pots.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11347
(Pot. Golden Circle 'OPRL' x Slc. Laszlo's Spark 'Mini Flare')
Golden Circle (Blc. Goldenzelle x Slc. Circle of Life) is one of my most reliable breeding plants. I am often asked what is meant by 'OPRL' Orange Petals Red Lip. It is useful to impart size, shape, color and bloom twice a year. Laszlo's Spark (Slc. Mem. Trudi Marsh x Pot. Sunrise Fantasy) has excellent shape, dark red flowers with bright yellow and red veins, the cultivar 'Mini Flare' first flowered in the plug tray and blooms twice a year. The objective for this breeding is to achieve multiple flowerings per year on large, shapely flowers with bold flares. A top quality mini-Catt.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11332
(Lc. Aloha Case 'Ching Hua' AM/AOS x Sl. Orpetii 'Kathleen's Twin')
Here the nearly perfect shaped, dark purple-pink flowers of Aloha Case (Lc. Mini Purple x C. walkeriana) is crossed to Orpetii (Soph. coccinea x L. pumila). The cultivar 'Kathleen's Twin' is from the awarded 'Kathleen' strain and its dark purple-red flowers are as wide as the plant is tall! Dark purple mini-Catts is the goal with this hybrid. We are confident these will be really nice!
3” pots $18
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SVO 11220t
L. Barbara Tague
(L. alaorii 'SVO II' x L. praestans 'Danni' HCC/AOS)
This is a new hybrid I'm particularly excited about. The praestans is of exceptionally fine quality. The flowers have excellent shape, are flat as a board, and have great color with a contrasting dark lip, on a small plant size. The alaorii has been used for years in our breeding program. It imparts a small plant habit, twice-a-year blooming, and a nice lip. These mini-Catts will produce light lavender-colored flowers with dark purple lips and excellent shape. Very easy to grow and flowers easily in a 3” pot. This is a super nice mini-Catt. We are really looking forward to offering these again.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11211 NEW
(Lc. Sacramento Rose 'SVO Royal Purple' HCC/AOS x Pot. Rubescent Doll 'Intense Perfection')
Sacramento Rose (Lc. Mini Purple x L. alaorii) was a novel development in breeding with L. alaorii. Plants are small, bloom 2-3 times a year, and have flowers with a nice purple color. Rubescent Doll (Slc. Purple Doll x Pot. Rubescence) has vibrant color, great shape and flowers twice a year. This combination will deliver flat flowers of excellent shape with intense magenta-red colors on plants just 6” tall.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11210
(C. Victorian Lace 'Diamond Orchids' x L. pumila f. alba 'Kathleen' AM/AOS)
The C. Victorian Lace (Moon Festival x walkeriana) is white with wide, full-shaped petals and heavy substance. The plants are about 8” tall. The pumila plant is just 3” tall with a 4” flower in pure white! This breeding is all about pure white mini-Catts with fantastic lips! Very cool.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11032
(Slc. Angel Candy 'POE Keeper' x Slc. Candy Sparks 'Shut Down')
This next advancement in mini-Catt breeding will be reaching new heights in quality. Slc. Angel Candy (Cosmic Angel x Cosmic Candy) has nearly perfect shaped flowers, in bright red color with a hint of flaring. Slc. Candy Sparks (Mem. Trudi Marsh x Angel's Fantasy) is a vigorous grower, breaking multiple new leads each season. It is floriferous, and the flowers are bright red with a contrasting bright yellow lip. Another good feature of this cross is each parent flowers twice a year. This grex will deliver flowers of well-rounded shape in colors of red and yellow, all from mini plants that bloom twice a year.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11015
(Slc. Angel Eyes 'SVO' HCC/AOS x Sc. Lana Coryell 'Pink')
Angel Eyes (Slc. Bright Angel x Lc. Little Dipper) has been in our breeding program for over 20 years and has created many successful crosses. Just recently, I fully realized how good a parent it is! It imparts beautiful flaring, flat, full petals, good flower size, reduced plant stature, and ease of growth in its offspring. That's a lot of good qualities. Within the year you should be seeing their many hybrids. Lana Coryell (Sc. Beaufort x C. walkeriana) is a parent we became familiar with in our trips to Australia. Several Australian hybridizers have used it to great effect. As a result, we acquired a number of fine cultivars to use for breeding. In this pairing we are expecting excellent flower shape with wide rounded petals, splashed in red, from small plants, easily blooming in 3” pots.
3” pots $18
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SVO 11010
Slc. Love Fresh
(Sc. Beaufort 'Big Circle' x L. briegeri 'SVO')
Check out the reciprocal. It's available as SVO 10970
3” pots $18
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SVO 10849
Pot. Shinfong Fresh
(Pot. Little Toshie 'Gold Country' AM/AOS x Slc. Love Fresh 'Select')
Little Toshie (Blc. Toshie Aoki x Sc. Beaufort) is remarkable in that it flowers 2-3 times a year and produces excellent quality bright-yellow flowers with red lips. The plants are just 6” tall and have a nice, tidy growth habit. It's also an excellent breeding plant, imparting these good qualities to its offspring. Love Fresh (Sc. Beaufort x L. briegeri) is a super cute miniature. The plants bloom with 3-4 bright yellow flowers with red lips above the foliage. I like this style of mini-Catt breeding. This cross started to bloom just 20 months from flask! The flowers have been super cute and bright yellow with red lips.
3” pots $18
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SVO 10815
(Slc. Virginia Dickey 'Diamond Orchids' AM/AOS x Slc. Richard Stone 'Diamond Orchids')
Virginia Dickey (Slc. Pink Doll x Sl. Pole-Star) has become an outstanding breeding plant in our mini-Catt stable. It represents ease of growth, a small compact plant habit, blooms twice a year on sturdy stems and displays 2-4 bright red flowers of superior form and shape. All this from a 3” pot! Richard Stone (C. Circle of Life x C. coccinea) is a deep solid red flower. It looks a lot like a huge S. coccinea. They are going to have solid red flowers with some very wide petals, sturdy stems with carry 2 flowers.
3” pots $20
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SVO 10802
Sl. Pink Diamond
(Sl. Orpetii 'Hidden Treasure 4N' AM/AOS x Soph. wittigiana 'Pink Opal' AM/AOS)
Orpetii (Soph. coccinea x L. pumila) 'Hidden Treasure 4N' is an awarded cultivar from the breeding of Alan Koch at Gold Country Orchids. Its dark purple-red flowers are as wide as the plant is tall! It's a vigorous grower, flowers twice a year, and the plant develops multiple leads easily. This cultivar of Soph. wittigiana has to be one of the best examples of this species. It is the best grower and the most reliable bloomer. The flowers have excellent shape. This check out this PHOTO of a previous flowering. The flowers of Pink Diamond have all the charm of the Sophronitis species, and the plants are easy to grow and flower in a wide range of conditions.
3” pots $20
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SVO 10771
Sl. Minipet
(Sl. Orpetii 'Hidden Treasure 4n' AM/AOS x S. coccinea 'SVO' AM/AOS)
The is the same as SVO 10381. We liked it so much we made it twice more! Also check out SVO 10773. There should be no shortage of this hybrid!
3” pots $18
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SVO 10751
(Slc. Purple Doll 'Midnight Velvet' AM/AOS x Lc. Sacramento Rose 'SVO Royal Purple' HCC/AOS)
Purple Doll (Slc. Pink Doll x Lc. Mini Purple) has flowers with amazing, intense magenta-purple color. It blooms 2-3 times a season with flowers of excellent shape on a small plant. Sacramento Rose (Lc. Mini Purple x L. alaorii) was a novel development in breeding with L. alaorii. Plants are small, bloom 2-3 times a year, and have flowers with a nice purple color. There are some crosses that I can hardly wait to see bloom, and this is one of them! These will have flat flowers with deep rich magenta-purple colors on plants just 6” tall and will flower several times a year. We also made the reciprocal cross, with capsule and pollen parent reversed.
3” pots $18
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** Some pictures are representative of the cross and not actual parents.
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