ORCHIDbabies Awarded Plants

We are pleased to have gained a few awards and have been using these plants when possible for our breeding program. As our new plants and crosses are listed on the website, please check here and you'll find the photos of some of the parents taken at the judging center or show. Elsewhere in the website you may find other pictures of these same plants, taken by us at different times.

In this section of our website we show details of these awards and also new registrations, as our new crosses are beginning to bloom for the first time. It is an exciting time for ORCHIDbabies!

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Phragmipedium exstaminodium ‘ORCHIDbabies Gandalf’ CHM/AOS

The Phragmipedium exstaminodium species won a Certificate of Horticultural Merit, with 82 points.

Exhibited at Atlanta, Georgia, on May 14, 2005.

Phragmipedium Super Rubies 'ORCHIDbabies' HCC/AOS

Our Phragmipedium Super Rubies used besseae 'Black Falls' AM/AOS x warscewiczianum 'Windy Hill'. Seventy-seven points made this award a Highly Commended Certificate.

Exhibited at Atlanta, Georgia on March 13, 2004.

Phragmipedium Ashley Wilkes 'ORCHIDbabies' AM/AOS

The Eric Young 4N crossed with warscewiczianum and was named Ashley Wilkes. It received 84 points, and an Award of Merit.

Atlanta Judging Center, Atlanta, Georgia, on April 14, 2007.

Phragmipedium Cape Sunset 'ORCHIDbabies' AM/AOS

This Cape Sunset (Eric Young x schlimii) was awarded an Award of Merit of 82 points.

Exhibited by ORCHIDbabies, LLC at Memphis, Tennessee on May 17, 2003

Paphiopedilum Princess Bianka ‘ORCHIDbabies Tiara’ AM/AOS

This Princess Bianka was Bianka 'Statuesque' crossed with henryanum, and was given 81 points and an Award of Merit.

Exhibited at Atlanta, Georgia on June 10, 2006

Paphiopedilum Junior Coxwell ‘ORCHIDbabies Golden Moon’ AM/AOS

The pod parent, Francisco Baptista 'Crystal Green' was crossed with armeniacum 'Achental' FCC/RHS) and received 80 points earning an Award of Merit.

Exhibited at Atlanta, Georgia on May 13, 2006.

Vanda merrillii 'ORCHIDbabies Black Magic' AM/AOS

Our species Vanda was awarded 86 points and an AM/AOS.

Louisville, Kentucky Orchid Show, September 29, 2007.

Phragmipedium exstaminodium 'ORCHIDbabies Wotan' AM/AOS

The species exstaminodium, obtained an Award of Merit with 83 points.

Exhibited by ORCHIDbabies, LLC at Atlanta, Georgia on May 14, 2006

Phragmipedium Dragon's Year 'Susan Fern' HCC/AOS

Dragon's Year is a besseae cross between Phragmipedium Rosalie Dixler and longifolium. It was awarded 78 points.

Atlanta and South Metro Orchid Society Show, Atlanta, Georgia, November 12, 2004.

Phragmipedium Inca Fire 'ORCHIDbabies' AM/AOS

Andean Fire 'Daddy Mac' AM/AOS crossed with besseae 'Black Falls' AM/AOS forming the Inca Fire 'ORCHIDbabies.' It received 82 points and the Award of Merit.

Atlanta Center Monthly Judging, Atlanta, Georgia, on March 11, 2006.

Paphiopedilum lowii 'Dragonfly' AM/AOS

This species plant was made using Paph. lowii 'Krull-Smith' AM/AOS x lowii 'Superfly' AM/AOS.

An Award of Merit of 82 points was granted in Nashville, TN on April 5, 2008.

Paphiopedilum micranthum 'ORCHIDbabies Angel' AM/AOS

This species was given an Award of Merit in 2008.

This Paphiopedilum micranthum was awarded 80 points in Huntsville Alabama on March 29, 2008

Phalaenopsis wilsonii 'ORCHIDbabies' AM/AOS

Species plant from Australia, 1999. Photo is of plant 2-3 years earlier, before award.

Mobile Area Orchid Society Show, Mobile, Alabama. March 3, 2007

Phragmipedium Cahaba Claire Elizabeth

A cross of Eric Young 'Rocketfire' 4N x Robert Palm 'ORCHIDbabies' and named after our granddaughter, Claire.

Registered at the Royal Horticultural Society, 31 December, 2007

Phragmipedium Cahaba Dragonfly

Phrag. Green Hornet was the pod parent, with pollen supplied by Phrag Saint Ouen.

Registered 10 March, 2009, Royal Horticultural Society.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Earl Spence

Phragmipedium Sunset Glow 'Twilight' AM/AOS x Phragmipedium Fantasy Dream Chaser 'Musick' HCC/AOS made this new cross.

Registered and named in August, 2008 at the Royal Horticultural Society.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Fire

Phrag. Cahaba Fire was made with Rachel Kirk x Sunset Glow.

Royal Horticultural Society, 26 November 2007

Phragmipedium Cahaba Glow

ORCHIDbabies' first registered cross: Phragmipedium Sunset Glow x besseae.

Royal Horticultural Society; 10 June 2007

Phragmipedium Cahaba Gold

Registered in August, 2008, Cahaba Gold was named for the golden glow evidenced in the bloom.

Andean Fire was the pod parent, and has many besseae hybrids in its background; while boissierianum was the pollen parent.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Jim Bailey

Registered in August, 2008, this cross was named after our son, Jim Bailey (and the Little Cahaba River where we live). Photo taken by Terrence Thompson.

Sunset Glow was crossed with Lutz Rollke to make this beautiful new hybrid.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Katie Rose

Phrag. Cahaba Katie Rose was named for our granddaughter, Katherine Rose Mattison, and we used Sunset Glow crossed with Sedenii.

Royal Horticultural Society; November 26, 2007.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Morning Mist

OUr pod parent, Hanne Popow, turned out to be white, and used the pollen of Lutz Rollke 'Emily' AM/AOS to create a beautiful new plant.

Registered on 11 February, 2009. Photo by Brenda Costello.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Riffle

Phrag Cahaba Riffle was made with Robert Palm as the pod parent, and Sunset Glow as the pollen parent.

Registered at the Royal Horticultural Society, 26th Novemeber, 2007.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Sharon Bailey

Registered in August, 2008 at the Royal Horticultural Society.

The species lindleyanum hosted the pollen from Phrag. Robert Palm, producing this new hybrid.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Sunrise

ORCHIDbabies' 2nd registered cross: Phragmipedium Sunset Glow x richteri.

Royal Horticultural Society; 11 June 2007

Phragmipedium Cahaba Susan Mattison

A cross of Phrag. Robin Redbreast x Phrag. Lutz Rollke, was named after our daughter Susan.

Registered 21 January, 2008 at the Royal Horticultural Society.

Phragmipedium Cahaba Volcano

Phrag Cape Sunset was the pod parent and Phrag longifolium the pollen parent.

Registered 11 February 2009.
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