PAPHIOPEDILUM COMPLEX HYBRIDS

"You have the best complex Paph hybrids in the United States at this time!".... that is what a world-renowned Paph grower and breeder told us at the Huntington Orchid Symposium in San Marino, California in June, 2009. To be sure there are a few other hybridizers of note working on complex Paphs in the US, and we appreciate being listed among them.

Woodstream Orchids is pleased to be offer a terrific selection of high potential complex standard Paphiopedilum hybrids. This is the new golden age for complex Paphiopedilum hybrids. After more than two decades the standard complex Paph hybrids are seeing a resurgence in popularity. No wonder... new emerging breeding lines have been bringing spectacular results and treasured cultivars!!! We will be offering an increasing number of new line complex crosses, as well as exciting novelty combinations between complex hybrids and species. These offerings will whet your appetite! It takes a while to get these seedlings up to blooming size, but we have done much of the waiting for you! If we had our way, we would keep them all!

Prime time blooming season for these exceptional flowers is December through April. During this period we have many plants coming into flower on our breeding and sales benches. Blooming plants are generally $25-35. First bloom seedlings and divisions with very good quality may go for $50-$500 or more. Consequently, puchasing seedlings 2-3 years from blooming may not be a bad idea. Often when a cross is blooming out and receiving awards, the seedlings from the cross may have already been sold and there may not be additional seedlings for sale.

Do not forget to visit our Select Divisions for the Conniseur page by clicking the Papa Aroha Paphs button. These divisions are available on a first come first serve basis.

Please note the crosses below marked with "PA" before are original hybrids from the innovative breeding lines of Barry Fraser's Papa Aroha Orchids! These are becoming very limited, so please do not wait to order them. Barry Fraser retired in 2005, and Woodstream Orchids has purchased the significant portion of his elite breeding stock and thousands of seedlings. Look below for many new offerings!

Brushed hybrids represent combinations of breedling lines designed to provide new looks for complex Paphs. We are looking for crisp colors and of course fine form.

NEW! Alhambra (Vashon Legacy 'Suntan' x Gigi 'Malibu' AM/AOS) - A true Pacific Northwest creation. Looking for bold bronze halo-type flowers on a tell stems. Very limited, 3 available!
3.5" pot 6-8" ls Seedlings $30

PA Ashburton River (Xanana 'Papa Aroha' BM/CSA x Coastal Pass '#1') - Two striking parents should yield a range of very large blooms with unique coloration. Potential for unusal spotting and median lines on petals and dorsal sepal. We liked the concept so much we have remade the cross! Very limited, 1 available!
3" pot 3-5" ls Seedlings $15

PA Peter Pernar 'Bronze' x Chaldy [Mandy-Lu x Challow] 'Coro' HCC/NZOC - Large green-bronze flowers with fine spots overlaid with dark median strokes of color on dorsal and petals. The pod parent has a natural spread of 15 cm and 6 cm wide petals! These could be really good! Compact-growing plants. 2 available!
3-4" pot, 5-7" ls, $25

PA-1306 Chaldonna (Chaldy [Mandy-Lu x Challow] 'Coro' HCC/NZOC x Donna Hanes 'Bob's') - These should be nice halo-type flowers with a golden background and darker overlay on the dorsal sepal, wide petals and "show bench form"! Amanda 'Joyance' is in the background of Mandy-Lu. Combines New Zealand, Ratcliffe and California breeding lines. Very Limited, 4 available.
3" pot, 5-7" ls Seedlings $15; 4" pot BS Seedlings $25

PA Coro Vista (Chaldy 'Coro' HCC/NZOC x Ruth Wright 'Coro') - These should be beautiful pastel halo-type flowers, large dorsal sepals wide petals and "show bench form"! Very limited, 1 available.
4" pot, blooming size Seedlings $25

NEW! PA Coro Vista 'Nice' (Chaldy 'Coro' HCC/NZOC x Ruth Wright 'Coro') - Nice! Very limited, 1 available.
5" pot, blooming size 2 growth Division $50

PA Kenai River (King Frank 'Papa Aroha' x Chaldy [Mandy-Lu x Challow] 'Coro' HCC/NZOC) - Impressive potential for dark brushed and reds with white border on dorsal sepal. King Frank is Gala King x Frank Pearce. The first to bloom have been excellent, with very wide petals and round form (see image). Several have been huge!! Very limited.
3" pot, 4-6" ls $15; 4" pot 8-12" ls BS Seedlings $25

PA Kenai River (Chaldy [Mandy-Lu x Challow] 'Coro' HCC/NZOC x King Frank 'Papa Aroha') - Reciprocal of the above cross. Impressive potential for dark reds or brushed tones with heavy median lines. White border on dorsal sepal. 2 availaable.
4" pot Blooming Size Seedlings $25

PA-1313 Ranchaldy 'Wide Smile' (Ranchero 'Roots' x Chaldy [Mandy-Lu x Challow] 'Coro' HCC/NZOC)
Division. 5" pot, 1 bloomed growth/ 1 mature growth/ 1 new growth $50 NEW! Wichita Jack Straw 'Poe Creek' x Hellas 'Sunset' HCC/AOS - Large brushed flowers with great potential on tall stems. The first to bloom was excellent! Very limited.
3-4" pot, 8" ls Seedlings $25

WOW! There is not a better selection of red complex hybrid Paph seedlings offered anywhere in the US!! We expect some flower quality awards from this group! We are blooming some of these in 3-4" pots!

PA Anna Szabo '#1' HCC/NZOC x Maggie Anne 'Papa Aroha' BM/CSA - Anna Szabo is proving to be a terrific parent for producing glossy reds and spotted flowers with wide dark petals and dark pouch. Here it is crossed with another excellent red with very good form. 1 available.
3.5" pot, 5-7" ls Seedlings $25

PA Buller River (Hama Chilwin 'T-7' BM/CSA x Anna Szabo '#1' HCC/NZOC) - Two of Barry's best parents crossed to yield very large shapely flowers with wide petals and dorsal sepal. This cross breeds both reds and spotted dorsals with dark red petals and pouch. Combines proven Japanese and New Zealand breeding lines. Very limited, 5 available.
3" pot, 4-6" ls Seedlings $15; 4-5" pot BS Seedlings $25

NEW! WSO 3368 Fiordland Sunset ('Quake Lake' x 'Big Fishing Creek') - Fiordland Sunset used two of Barry's best parents, Kimberley Szabo and Kllvanna and the results were some of the best reds ever. Several received AOS flower quality awards. Here is a sibling cross using two of the best. This cross breeds both reds and spotted dorsals with dark red petals and pouch.
2.5" pots, 3-5" ls Seedlings $25

PA-1286 Fraser's Fire (Kimberley Szabo 'Papa Aroha' HCC/AOS,BM/CSA,BM/JOGA x Anna Szabo 'Coro') - Two of Barry's best parents crossed to yield large shapely flowers with wide petals and dorsal sepal. This cross breeds both reds and spotted dorsals with dark red petals and pouch. The first to bloom have been outstanding!!!
3" pot 5-7" ls Seedlings $25; 4" pot blooming size Seedlings $35

NEW! NMX 4119 Hama Chilwin 'Title Nine' HCC/AOS x Seven Mountains 'Penns Creek' AM/AOS - Another of many terrific red complex hybrids we are producing. The Hama Chilwin used was recently awarded. Seven Mountains is a unique and wonderful cultivar. We can not wait to see these!
2.5-3" pot 4-5" ls Seedlings $25; 3.5" pots 5-7" ls Seedlings $35

PA Hutt River (Greenshank 'Coro' SM/CSA x Hama Chilwin 'Title Nine' HCC/AOS) - Both reds and spotted flowers with wide dark petals and dark pouch. Greenshank is a baeutiful Ratcliffe hybrid with spotted green dorsal sepal and red petals and pouch. Only 2 available.
3" pot, 5-7" ls Seedlings $15; 4" pot blooming size Seedlings $25

NEW! Keyeshill (Carl Keyes 'Splendid' BM/CSA x Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' FCC/AOS) - Remake of a classic cross that has been a great show plant and parent. They will come out red or red with spots. Limited.
4" pot BS Seedling $35

NEW! WSO 3197 Madison River (Seven Mountains 'Penns Creek' AM/AOS x Tiger Girl 'Cove's Red Giant') - Among the first of many terrific red complex hybrids we are producing. Seven Mountains is a unique and wonderful cultivar, while Tiger Girl adds size (15.5 cm natural spread) and stem height. We can not wait to see thesevloom out! The first to bloom (pictured) won blue ribbons at the Longwood Gardens International Orchid Show and at the Orchid Society of Wesetern Pennsyvlania Show in March, 2011!
2.5-3" pot 4-5" ls Seedlings $25

PA Mount Darwin [provisional] (Sandra Mary x High Hat) x Anna Szabo '#1' HCC/NZOC - Another red cross with good potential! One left.
4" pot, NBS Seedlings $25

PA Mount Tongariro [provisional] (Keyeshill 'Jaunty' HCC/AOS x Firing Line 'Papa Aroha') - Excellent potential for large shapely flowers with wide petals and dorsal sepal. This cross breeds reds with dark red petals and pouch. 'Jaunty' is an incredible dark solid red with high gloss. The first to bloom were very good! Very Limited, 1 available.
3" pot, 5-7" ls Seedlings $25

NEW! WSO 1667 Orchilla 'Chilton' FCC/AOS,RHS x (Winston Churchill x Personella) 'Tokyo' - Classic glossy red hybrid crossed with an exceptional red spotted complex hybrid, pollen curtosy of our friends at Tokyo Orchid Nursery in Japan. Few to be released, 2 available.
3" pot, 4-5" ls Seedling $25; 3.5" pot NBS Seedling $35

NEW! PA Pacific Midnight [provisional] (Great Pacific x Maudiae) - Large full spotted complex crossed with a beautiful colorful Maudiae. Very limited, 1 available.
3-4" pot, NBS Seedling $25

PA Spanish Jam (Maggie Anne 'Papa Aroha' BM/CSA x Winston's Flame 'Red')- Expect glossy reds and spotted flowers with wide dark petals and dark pouch. 1 available.
3" pot, 4-6" ls Seedlings $25

PA Tongariro River (Hama Chilwin 'Title Nine' HCC/AOS,BM/CSA x Kilvanna 'Josie' - Two excellent reds from the Papa Aroha collection are crossed here. Very limited. 1 available.
3" pot, 4" ls Seedling $25

PA Unlimited Devotion (Hama Chilwin 'Title Nine' HCC/AOS,BM/CSA x Lovely Inuyama 'Tony 99') - An excellent red hybrid. The first two to bloom were keepers! We should probably bloom all of these out! Very limited.
3" pot, 5-6" ls Seedlings $25; 4" pot BS Seedlings $40

PA Whangapoua - (Anna Szabo '#1' HCC/NZOC x Winston's Flame 'Red' - Anna Szabo is proving to be a terrific parent for producing glossy reds and spotted flowers with wide dark petals and dark pouch. Here it is crossed with another excellent red with very good form.
2.5"-3 pot 3-4" ls Seedling $15; 4" pot, NBS-Blooming Size Seedlings $25

Breeding spotted complex Paph hybrids is both a challenge and an opportunity to develop some of the world's most stunning orchids. Many of these crosses produce huge flowers on tall stems when bloomed on mature plants. There are many different "looks" in this genre due to the large and diverse palette of background colors and spots that are available. A "good cultivar" is worth hundreds of dollars.

PA Coro Leopard (Leopard Spots 'Tony' x Mohaka (Sharnden x Seacliff) 'Giant' ) - A superior spotted cross for bold heavy spotting on sepal and petals. The first to bloom had huge dark spots! Striking! We hate selling these! Very Limited.
3" pot, 5-6" ls Seedlings $15; 4-5" pot, Blooming Size Seedling $30

NEW! Coro Magic Magic Dust 'Shapely' x Peter Pernar 'Bronze' - Large flat round flower. Spots over a green or yellow background with bronze petals and lip. Combines Japanese, California and New Zealand breeding lines. Limited.
4" pot BS Seedlings $40

PA Coro Spots (Revelry 'Coro' x Leopard Spots 'Tony') - A superior spotted cross for heavy spotting on sepal and petals. Striking! We hate selling these! Limited.
3" pot 4-5" ls Seedlings Seedlings $25; 4" pot NBS Seedlings $35

PA FC Puddle 'Bodnant' FCC/RHS x Peter Pernar - Small glossy white crossed with heavily lacquered spotted gold-green and bronze with orange-tan petals and pouch. Exciting novelty hybrid with interesting potential. Small growing plants. Very limited.
3" pot, 4-6" ls Seedlings $25; 4" Pots, Blooming Size Seedlings $35

Garibaldi 'John' AM/AOS (Bronzino x Earle of Tankerville) - Fertile antique breeder that is useful for producing compact hybrids. One of the original "pygmy Paphs". Good grower.
4" pot 1 mature unbloomed growth $150 (net)

NEW! How Sweet It IsPeter Pernar 'Bronze' x Kayday 'Coro' SM/CSA - Two our best breeders combined targeting large round flat flowers and spotting over a green or yellow background. The first to bloom was a keeper! Another received an AM/AOS in Phily!
2.5-3" pot $25; 4" pot BS Seedlings $35

PA Hutt River (Greenshank 'Coro' S/CSA x Hama Chilwin 'T7' B/CSA ) - Spotted cross with green dorsal sepal and contrasting red petals and pouch. Very nice!
3" pot, 5-6" ls Seedlings $15

WSO 1210 Laurel Run (Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' FCC/AOS x Hamana Ace 'Tokyo Dome' B/JGP) - These should be large full-formed reds on good stems. Amanda 'Joyance' is one of the parents of Hamana Ace. One left!
3" pot, 4-5" ls seedlings $25

NEW! MacKinnon Pass Peter Pernar 'Bronze' x Coastal Pass '#1') - Two our best breeders combined targeting very large round flat flowers and spotting over a white or green background with bronze petals and lip.
4" pot BS Seedlings $35

PA-1282 Magic Time [Provisional] (Somewhere in Time 'Papa Aroha' x Magic Mood 'June' HCC/NZOC) - Outstanding large spotted flowers with yellow backgrounds. Contrasting dark petals and pouch.
3" pot, 6-8" ls Seedlings $25

NEW! WSO Mahaska 'Spellbinder' AM/AOS x Coro Spots 'Penns View' HCC/AOS) - Heavy spots, some with spotting on petals. Dark red pouch. Limited, 2 available.
2.5" pots, 3-4" ls Seedlings $20

NEW! Mama Tried (Big Boss Man 'Killer' x Coro Spots 'Penns View' HCC/AOS) - Heavy spots, some with spotting on petals. Fine form. Some true winners here! Limited.
3-4" pot 5-6" ls Seedlings $30

PA Orewa Beach [provisional] (Kimberley Szabo 'Papa Aroha' HCC/AOS,BM/CSA,BM/JOGA x Mohaka (Sharnden x Seacliff) 'Giant') - Looking for huge flowers with monster spots (from Mohaka)!
3" pot, 7-9" ls Seedlings $25

NEW! Pacific Ocean x Weltz World BIG flowers with bold spots on dorsal sepal, red petals and pouch.
3.5" pot NBS Seedlings $35

NMX 4148 Royale Splendour(Bold Eagle 'Windstar' x Pandemonium 'Dynamite' AM/AOS, B/CSA - This is a remake of a fantastic spotted complex Paph cross, made with exceptional parents. The first make produced some of the best spotted complex Paphs we have seen. Tall stems and vibrant color. Few to be released. 3 available.
2.5-3" pots 4-5" ls Seedlings $25

PA Sonia Pernar '#3' BM/CSA x Anna Szabo '#1' HCC/NZOC - Two excellent spotted parents. Looking for more of the same. 1 available.
4" pot, NBS Seedlings $25

PA Sonia Solo (Solo Flyer 'Greengold' SM/CSA x Sonia Pernar '#3' BM/CSA) - Lovely cross with apple green dorsal sepa with fine spotting, red petals and pouch. The first to bloom were very exciting and unique!
3" pot, 4-6" ls Seedlings $15; 4" pot, BS Seedlings $30

PA Tarewara [provisional] Sonia Pernar 'Penny' B/CSA x Mohaka (Sharnden x Seacliff) 'Giant' - Another outstanding spotted cross with huge flowers!
3" pot, 4-6" ls Seedlings $15; 4" pot, 8-10" ls BS Seedlings $25

PA Tree of Coro [provisional] (Tree of Beauty 'Sands' x Kerry Anne 'Papa Aroha') - Large round flat flowers with fine spots and red petals and pouch on tall stems. Combining the spotted breeding of Japan's Mootoo Kimura with Barry Fraser's New Zealand breeding line. Both parents are exceptional! Very limited. Classic!
4" pot, BS ls seedlings $35

Vixen 'Valley Girl' AM/AOS (Milmoore x Parry Gripp) - Awarded in 2007. An outstanding spotted cultiver!
5" pot 1 mature growth/1 new growth $350 (net)

PA Waipunga (Kerry Anne 'Papa Aroha' x Mohaka (Sharnden x Seacliff) 'Giant') - This cross is producing the biggest boldest spots we have ever seen with great consistancy!! (Some have spots so large that the spots have spots!) 1 available.
3" pot, 4" ls Seedling $15

NEW! WSO 3594 Waipunga 'Rifle Creek' x Waitaki River 'Elk Creek' Amazing spots! Waipunga has spots so large the spots have spots! Waitaki River 'Elk Creek' is the best spotted hybrid we have bloomed. Hate to sell these. Luckily for you we have enough. Expect strong growing seedlings.
2.5" pot 3-4" ls Seedlings $25

PA Whakatane (Peter Pernar 'Pete' x Sonia Pernar 'Penny' B/CSA ) - Huge green-bronze flowers with fine spots. The pollen parent has a natural spread of 15 cm and 6 cm wide petals! 1 available.
3" pot, 5-7" ls Seedling, $15

Whites and pinks command the spotlight in the world of complex Paphs. Here we offer some unique approaches to delivering beautiful white/pink flowers.

PA Coro Puddle [provisional] (F.C. Puddle x Donna Hanes 'Papa Aroha' SM/CSA) - Easy to grow and bloom whites with gold background coloration. Pollen parent has 15 cm natural spread! Small growing plants!
3" pot 4-5" ls Seedlings $15; 4" pot Blooming Size Seedlings $25

PA Coro Silver (Silver Mood x Billy Bunter 'Tereapi') - Nice gold-white crossed with the large round lovely 'Tereapi'. Some of these will be sensational!
3-4" pots NBS Seedlings $25

PA Donna Hanes 'Papa Aroha' x Susan Tucker - Easy to grow and bloom whites with gold background coloration. Pod parent has 15 cm natural spread!
3" pots 4-5" ls Seedlings $25; 3.5" pot, NBS Seedlings $30

PA Estimated Prophet (Tomas Garcia 'Dappled' x Sunline) 'Tony' - These should be very nice pinks! The first to bloom have been keepers!!
3" pots 4-5" ls Seedlings $25; 3.5" pots, NBS seedlings $30

PA Freckles x Joan Thomas 'Primo' - Joan Thomas is a ripping big solid gold flower. These should be medium large cream/yellow whites with some speckling. Limited.
3" pot 4-6" ls Seedlings $15

PA Garcia Mountain (Tomas Garcia 'Dappled' x Magic Mountain) - The first to bloom were blush pinks over a cream/green background.
3" pots, 5-7" ls seedlings $25

PA Magic Mood 'June' HCC/NZOC x Freckles - These should be medium large cream/yellow whites with some speckling.
3" pots, 5-7" ls seedlings $25

PA-1278 Whanganui (Tomas Garcia 'Dappled' x Jack Tonkin 'Val's Choice' AM/AOS) - A highly awarded white hybrid crossed with a purple spotted white.
4" pot NBS Seedlings $30

White Castle 'Checkmate' (Mem Toshio Miyata x Skip Bartlett) - Lovely white with frilly sepals and petals.
4.5" pot 1 bloomed growth/1 mature unbloomed growth/2 new growths $200 (net)

White Castle 'Witchcraft' (Mem Toshio Miyata x Skip Bartlett) - Lovely white with frilly sepals and petals. Good breeder!
4" pot 1 mature unbloomed growth/2 new growths $200 (net)