Orchids from J & P Orchids
Note: Due to the increase in shipping cost, I must change my shipping charges for the first time. Base shipping will remain at $8.50. If your order cost more than $8.50 I will send you a request to pay the additional charges. If you would like an estimate of shipping before ordering send an email to jim@jporchids.com listing the plants you would like to order.
The flower pictures are for reference only most ARE NOT IN BLOOM at this time
On page 4, I am listing divisions from my personnal collection. When the plant says div it means that this is a division of one from my collection. I will either take the division when it is ordered or have already divided the plant and repotted it.
J & P stands for Jim and Pam, and we are the owners of
J & P
Orchids. We have been growing Cattleya orchids for many years, and offer orchids for sale by mail order. We bought our first
Cattleya orchids in 1976 when living in Honolulu, Hawaii. We now live in Pensacola, Florida and enjoy the sugar white
beaches in our spare time. Jim is President of the Greater Pensacola Orchid Society and is a member of the American
Orchid Society.
While Pensacola has its challenges when it comes to growing and blooming Cattleya orchids, we "hard grow" all of our Cattleya
orchid plants for sale. This means that they are allowed to acclimate to an ever changing climate. Temperatures range from 48 degrees
to 95 or more. The orchid plants are toughened under the wind and thus grow
sturdier pseudobulbs and inflorescence. We find many of our Cattleyas have larger and stronger flowers than
when grown in the protected environment of a greenhouse. The orchid plants we offer for sale may have slight blemishes
caused by weather conditions, but the Cattleya orchid flowers are superior when they bloom.
William Cattley of Barnet, England, is credited with blooming the first Cattleya
orchid in Europe in 1818, and Cattleya orchids are named after him. Legend has it that his first Cattleya orchid
plants were actually used as packing material for other plants, and that he potted them up out of curiosity. One
of the Cattleya orchids bloomed, and it started his life-long obsession with collecting and cataloging the Cattleya
orchid species.
The term, " Cattleya species," refers to specimens descended from the
original plants collected from nature (and still growing there). "Cattleya hybrid" is a man-made cross
pollination of different orchid species (or a cross-breed between other orchid hybrids). Many of today's Cattleya
hybrids are cross-breeds of cross-breeds of orchids, but all can trace their parentage back to the original orchid
species from which they were derived. The first hybrid orchid plant that was created is C. Hybrida, and it was registered
on January 1, 1863. It is so beautiful that it is still produced today
The goal of orchid hybridization is to create a better and more beautiful orchid
flower, and some of the hybrid Cattleyas for sale in our catalog are the results of the latest cross-pollination
of orchids. Several of the Cattleya orchids for sale are so new that we don't have photographs of their
blooms. However, you can generally predict what their orchid blooms will look like from their parentage. These
new crosses of Cattleya orchid hybrids are also listed for sale on our New Cattleyas page, along with some classic, favorite Cattleyas.
Cattleya orchids are commonly called "corsage orchids" because
the blooms are frequently used in corsages due to their exceptional beauty and fragrance. Some of the new Cattleya orchid
hybrids are bred more for the beauty of their blooms and may not be as fragrant as others, so we note in our catalog
those Cattleya orchids for sale that are particularly fragrant. In either case, we are certain that you will be
delighted whenever your Cattleya orchids are in bloom.
We hope you enjoy our web site and learn more about orchid care and how to grow Cattleya orchids. Be
sure to visit our Culture page to learn about Cattleya care and how we grow our Cattleyas, with our new section on How to Bloom Cattleyas. We offer many Cattleya orchids for sale,
both Cattleya hybrids and Cattleya species, and you may buy orchids from our catalog online with our convenient shopping cart.
If you have any questions about Cattleya orchids, Cattleyas hybrids, Cattleya species,
or have any special requests, please feel free to email us at: orchids@jporchids.com