Stanhopea hybrids to look for?

[plantzzzzz]

Everyone knows about the famous Oncidium and cattleya alliance hybrids, are there any very notable Stanhopea hybrids or is mostly about the species?

[isurus79]

There are some Stan hybrids between the species, but they generally don't seem to be more attractive than the species, in my opinion. There are only a small handful of folks working these crosses.

Fred Clarke has started working with Acineta x Stanhopea hybrids, with some pretty interesting results.

Coryhopeas exist, but they incredibly ugly if you ask me.

[plantzzzzz]

Ah neat, I didn't know about those.

Followup: are there any stanhopea species that flower more than once a year?

Edit:

In my search I also found some Paphinia x Stanhopea crosses, which are quite beautiful:

http://www.ecuagenera.com/epages/whi...oducts/PRH7256

[isurus79]

The large Stans and Gongoras I used to grow in Hawaii would bloom throughout the summer.