No. 01African Species & Angraecoids
Mark your calendar Santa Barbara International Orchid Show · March 20–22, 2026 — this year all sales are at the show, three booths in the center of it all. See the show schedule →
Santa Barbara, California · est. 1987
Cal-Orchid
A breeding house, not a reseller.
A retail & wholesale orchid nursery owned by James and Lauris Rose, with more than forty years of experience — home of the famous Pacific Line of reedstem Epidendrums, world-class Lycastes, African species, Cattleyas, Laelia anceps, and Neofinetia falcata, the wind orchid of Japan.
The collection
Orchids by genus
No. 01 · 7 specimens
African Species & Angraecoids
Ansellia · Aerangis · Aeranthes · Angraecum
No. 02 · 7 specimens
Cattleyas
The Queen of Orchids
No. 03 · 5 specimens
Pacific Line Epidendrums
Reedstem hybrids bred in-house
archive image · photography being refreshed 
No. 04 · 15 specimens
Laelia anceps
The 'SanBar' & 'Marblehall' lines
No. 05 · 11 specimens
Miscellaneous Hybrids
Intergeneric crosses & oddities
No. 06 · 4 specimens
Neofinetia falcata
Fukiran — the wind orchid of Japan
archive image · photography being refreshed No. 07 · 9 specimens
Sobralia
Day-blooming reed orchids
archive image · photography being refreshed 
No. 08 · 18 specimens
Species
Botanical species from around the world
No. 09 · 14 specimens
Botanicals
Succulents, caudiciforms & ant-plants
From the breeding bench
Selected crosses
More than 500 registered cultivars over four decades. Photography is drawn from the nursery records and is being refreshed.
No. 01
No. 02African Species & Angraecoids
elephantinum
No. 03African Species & Angraecoids
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No. 04African Species & Angraecoids
Mic. stotzii
No. 05Cattleyas
volcno pride
No. 06Miscellaneous Hybrids
wilbur chang
In memoriam
James Rose · 1948–2025
We at Cal-Orchid thank everyone for their kind thoughts and condolences. James had a huge impact on all of us in the orchid world. We are proud that the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show dedicated its 77th Show to James — a past director of the show and a regular exhibitor whose displays won many Best Display and Best Orchid in Show trophies. He was internationally recognized for his knowledge of orchids and his eye for hybridizing, and lectured around the world, including at World Orchid Conferences.
On the road
Upcoming shows & events
JUN 27 2026
JUL 17 2026
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