Fair Orchids

+1 973-495-4863
Photos, clockwise from top left:

  1. Paph. Vexillarium 'Fair Orchids' AM/AOS (83 pts)

  2. Vanda Ambrosian Discovery 'Fair Orchids' AM/AOS (82 pts)

  3. Cym. Memoria Amelia Earhart 'Scott Valine' HCC/AOS (79 pts), Best in Show @ SEPOS, 2018

  4. Bullara Blue Ridge Sunset 'Golden Honey' AM/AOS (81 pts)

  5. Rth. Pure Love 'Maplewood' AM/AOS (83 pts)

  6. Dendrobium annae

Orchids

While my personal interest centers on Paphiopedilum, Vandas, Cymbidium & Laelia anceps (both species & hybrids), I also offer an extensive range of Cattleya & Dendrobiums, as well as a few other 'odds and ends'.  My inventory is very broad, but shallow, so I cannot support a 'shop' on the web site.  I will post updated price lists from time to time; please download PDFs to see what is currently available, but be aware that some items will sell out quickly as often I have only 1-3 pcs of each.
I normally ship via USPS Priority Mail; most smaller plants can ship for $12-15, with additional plants adding $3-5 each.                                    I have heat packs available if necessary (add $3.50 ea).
As I complete/update price lists, they will be posted below; when you click on a price list, you will download the PDF.  To place an order, please send a mail to fairorchids@aol.com, and text me at 973-495-4863 to let me know that you have done this.  Payment can be via check (at posted price) or CC/Paypal (+4% to cover fees charged by providers).

Pots, Net Pots, Wire Hangers & Fertilizer

I buy these items in bulk to keep the costs down.  However, I do not sell these items individually, unless it is a substantial order.  Please click on the header to upload the price list.  NOTE:  Many of these items are imported from Asia.  With the fluctuating tarifs imposed by the White House, prices might change with little notice.

As mentioned above, Laelia anceps (species & hybrids) are one of my passions.  Here are photos of some of the better ones I have acquired; the top row are all original divisions, while the bottom row are mericlones.  Divisions are released from time to time; currently (June 2025) I have divisions available of both 'Celtic Queen' and 'Paloma Blanca' (a true alba with only green in the throat), as well as 'Pastel Fragrant' on which I earned a CCM/AOS some years ago.  On the hybrid side I have divisions available of both Coastal Sunrise and Izumi Sunset.  Unbloomed seedlings of Ryc. Picotee Passion are available.

Some Special Selections (not for sale)

One of the advantages to having a small nursery, and travelling to orchid shows, is the opportunities to select plants with exceptional flowers. 

When I come across interesting seedlings, I usually buy 4-10 plants, and then select the one(s) I wish to keep when they bloom.  In the first group photo below, Nos. 2 & 4 were in-house selections; the other 4 were selected at shows or during visits to other nurseries.  No. 4 is included for its unique parentage (C. G. Roebling [1895] x Horace), making it genetically 50% coerulea.  This plant should be able to breed vastly improved coerulea flowers when paired with a coerulea partner.

In January 2025 I attended the World Slipper Conference in Hawaii.  One of my ulterior motives was to visit the nurseries I do business with on the Big Island.  

At Hilo Orchid Farm (aka 'HOF') I selected 6 Paphiopedilum hybrids, all 'complex' or 'bulldog' types.  The photos shown here were taken after they had been packed and shipped to New Jersey, so the flowers are not exactly pristine; once they re-bloom, I will have to update the photos in the second group.

Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 6 are very good quality.  No. 5 will never get an AOS award, but the flower is enormous, so I couldn't pass it by.