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Welcome to our Summer 2012 catalog. This most recent catalog is packed with new hybrids,
mericlones, larger sizes of current favorites and specially priced items. All are healthy, well grown and
ready to be added to your collection. Warm weather is here and the plants are loving it!
For more information about the items listed here or in recent catalogs please visit our
website, www.carterandholmes.com. Also, from our website you can download a full color digital
copy of this and other catalogs for browsing and shopping on the go. Our Spring 2012 is still visible
on our website and most items are still available, including the special cattleya collections.
See below for a brief key to the abbreviations and symbols used in our catalogs and on the website.
“ *L* ” Indicates plants are suitable for artificial light culture or for growing on window sills,
due to mature plant size and/or light requirements.
“Blooming Size” indicates plants that are large enough to flower in season, within 12 months.
“Near Blooming Size” indicates plants that are large enough to flower within 12-18 months.
Items with “M” preceding the number are mericlones (produced from tissue culture) and are
expected to be identical to the photo shown. Seedlings (produced from seedpods) are simply
listed with the four-digit number. As is normal, you should expect variations in size, shape, color,
markings and form among these plants.
For standard sized cattleyas we generally estimate time till first flowering as the following:
2.5”-3” pots - 3+ years 4” pots - 12-18 months
3.5” pots - 2-3 years 5”+ pots - 12 months or less.
Miniature cattleyas are Blooming Size in a 2.5”-3” pot.
Compact cattleyas are Blooming Size in a 3.5” pot.
Blc. Carolina Orange Glow
‘Lenette #2’
M8062 Blc. Carolina Orange Glow ‘Lenette #2’. New!
Our customers have long asked for this stunning orange clone.
Standard sized plants with medium sized blooms in clusters. A
standout plant and must have for your collection. (Winter)
Recently established 2.5” pots, $16.00.
Pot. Susan Fender
‘Covergirl’
Lc. Mary Ellen carter
‘Dixie Hummingbird’
M8068 Slc. Mae Hawkins ‘Mendenhall’ AM/AOS.
Even though this winning clone has fiery red sophronitis
coloring, expect warmth tolerant plants that will mature
into 8” pots. Blooms can be five inches across with as
many as seven per stem. Show-stopping! (Fall-Winter)
2.5” pots, $16.00.
Pot. Frank Gilmore
‘Mendenhall’
M8242 Pot. Frank Gilmore ‘Mendenhall’ AM/AOS.
The long awaited first release of this awarded plant. Large heavy
concolor yellow blooms with a faint touch of rose high in the throat.
We have produced several quality crosses with this as the parent.
Very Fragrant! (Winter) Recently established 2.5” pots, $18.00.
M8053 Pot. Susan Fender ‘Cover Girl’. Striking
orange and gold art-shade coloring on sturdy growing
plants. Blooms have broad petals and wide deep red lips.
This clone has the added bonus of blooming on young
plants. Fragrant. (Summer) 3” pots, $18.00.
M5596 Lc. Mary Ellen Carter
‘Dixie Hummingbird’ HCC/AOS.
We are the original home of this world famous mericlone.
Blooms are golden-yellow with a heavy overlay of
deep orange shading. The ruffled lip is edged with red
and shows gold veining in the throat. Blooms twice per
year. Fragrant. (Summer-Various) 2.5” pots, $16.00.
Item pictured on our cover:
Psychopsis papilio ‘Mendenhall’ FCC/AOS -Page 19
Blc. Chia Lin ‘Shinsu #1’
M8494 Blc. Chia Lin ‘Shinsu #1’
AM/JOGA/AOS. SM/JGP. AM/ORSC
Everything you could want in a showy red cattleya
and it has the awards to prove it: Vigor, size, substance
and fragrance. (Fall-Winter) We offer here
Bare-Root Dug-ups ready for 3” pots, $12.00.
Slc. Mae Hawkins
‘Mendenhall’
Pot. Newberry Pumpkin Pie
7773 Potinara Newberry Pumpkin Pie.
(Blc. Saint Helena Sound x Pot. Susan Fender)
We have seen impressive dusky oranges from this
grex. Most have spade shaped lips with rose-red
coloring. Fragrant. (Summer) Blooming Size
4” pots, $22.00.
Blc. Waianae King
8898 Blc. Waianae King
‘Orchidheights’ HCC/AOS x ‘Kosaki’.
This new sib cross should yield very round
peaches and oranges on strong stems. A vigorous
grower. Fragrant. (Summer)
2.5” pots $12.00.
Blc. Kure Beach
8777 Blc. Governor Nikki Haley . *
(Blc. Kure Beach x Blc. George King).
Our stunning yellow Kure Beach combined with
the famous peach George King. These should be
fantastic and extremely Fragrant! (Fall-Winter)
2.5” pots, $18.00. *(Registration pending)
Pot. Marlene Lundquist
9046 Pot. Marlene Lundquist ‘Orange
Delight’ x Blc. (Bouton D’Or x Mount
Yellowthorne). Round ruffled medium
sized blooms. Varying shades of peach, orange
and yellow. New from Keith Davis. (Winter-
Spring) 2.5” pots, $12.00.
Blc. Mem. Cecil Barrier
‘Black Luster’
M8974 Blc. Memoria Cecil Barrier ‘Black Luster’ AM/AOS.
This amazing clone is like no other we have offered. Blooms are
deep red with velvet like texture and almost black coloring on
the lips. The heavy substance and strong citrus scent complete
perfection. Fragrant. (Summer) 2.5” pots, $18.00.
M8058 Blc. Eagle Island ‘Sangria’ AM/AOS.
For years this has been our most requested clone. Richly
colored six inch blooms on large growing plants. Already
proven as a parent plant, it passes on size, texture and intense
fragrance to its offspring. (Summer-Fall)
2.5” pots, $16.00.
Blc. Eagle Island
‘Sangria’
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