Here are a few hybrids that bloomed January Southern Hemisphere (Summer).
Blc, Daffodil
Lc. Interceps
Eplc. Mae Bly
Lc. Maris' Song
C. Fitz Eugene Dixon
Ctna Hunabu Fairly Flare
Otaara Hidden Gold

Best ask your supplier. Generally the ones that flower mid winter are the most difficult. If you have enough "Cattleyas" there will be always something in bloom but there are Autumn and Spring peaks.

Vendors usually only sell stuff in bloom. There are 2 types of vendors. Growers and jobbers.

Jobbers import thousands of plants from the orient, or whenever, who are forces into bloom as soon as possible and at convenient times. There are specific regimes in order to bring plants into bloom for Valentine Day. Buying a blooming plant from someone like that will not assure you that the plant will rebloom next year at the same time.

Growers, like Santa Barbara Orchid Estates have plants growing under similar conditions than they will experience in our yards. If you buy a plant from them which is in bloom in May, you stand a reasonable chance that it will bloom again next May.

A simple strategy is to look at websites of growers who feature a page entitled "Currently in bloom" or something like that. If you buy a blooming cat every month from someone like that you'll subsequently have something in bloom all the time.

I know that some of my plants bloom to the month without fail every year. We have our installation banquet in June, a show in March and an other show in Sept. I can rely on certain plants to always be ready for these events. If you belong to a society where members bring in blooming plants for display, you again will see what's in bloom and when it blooms.

The first one on Arthur's list, Blc Daffodil blooms all spring for me, March until end of May, not huge flowers but many. By the way it's growing in a 6" pot and was given to me by someone in 2003 who told me the last time he re-potted it was in 1990. It's hanging and spilling over the pot in all directions so you can't even see the pot anymore. Another good example of leaving plants alone and letting them do their thing. I don't know what's in that pot, nor do I care, that plant will only be be re-potted if Charlie Brown successfully kicks that football. That will never happen. I take it to talks at the show and demonstrate it as an example of 'Old orchids never die, they just get bigger'.

Good luck, Nick

Hi Arthur and Nick,
Interesting points. Thank you for sharing a few thoughts about this.
I'll check Santa Barbara Estates.
I tend to order from Hawaiian growers but I think their seasons are a little earlier than the blooming season here. I grow under lights indoors, so that also would create different conditions.
It just would nice to have at least ONE flowering catt here in December!

Here is a bloom in june list from an orchid society database. (Winter in Australia) Rough list, some names may be incorrect and some on the list may flower more than once in a year.

B. cordata x sib
B. nodosa ÂMas Major x self
Blc Zilzie Fry
Blc. California Girl x Mount Sylvan
Blc. Cassino
Blc. Chancemaker x Lc. Angel Heart
Blc. Dream Trader ÂAranbeemÂ
Blc. Dream Trader ÂElviraÂ
Blc. Dream Trader ÂNo 9Â
Blc. Golden Tang
Blc. Memoria Crispin Rosales x self
Blc. Momilani Rainbow
Blc. Sylvia Fry ÂOlgaÂ
Blc. Zilzie Fry
C. Hawaiian Crystal
C. Little Susie x Lc. Land of Enchantment
C. Tokyo Magic x Tangerine (something)
C. Toowong  SherwoodÂ
C.(Lucy Begbie x Estelle) ÂWhite EmpressÂ
Cattleya percivaliana ÂSummitÂ
Cattleya walkeriana
Cookara Tropical Snowflake
Ctna. Why Not
Ctna. Brandi ÂOCÂ
Epi Gold Valley ÂHildosÂ
Epi. Pretty Princess ÂYellow ButterflyÂ
Hawkinsara Ruby Gem
Laelia anceps
Lc. Angel Heart x Blc. Orange Nuggett
Lc. Little Susie ÂOrchidglenÂ
Lc. MariÂs Song x Fire Fantasy
Lc. Mini Purple 'Tamami'
Lc. Tokyo Magic x Slc. Tangerine Imp
Lctna. Roy Fields ÂCaesars CreekÂ
Otaara Hidden Gold
Pot. Amangi x Slc. Kauai Starbright
Pot. DalÂs Success x Other Hybrids
Pot. Hoko Gem ÂFrecklesÂ
Prosthechea cochleata
Schomburgkia splendida
Slc. Kauai Starbright x self
Slc. Kauai Starbright x Slc. Hazel Boyd
Slc. Mango Spice 'Burnt Orange'
Slc. Red Jewel
Sophronitis coccinea

Understand a cattleya's ancestry.

Those with heavy influence of C. trianae will be winter bloomers.

C. percivaliana also winter bloomer.

Those with C. warrscewiczii (gigas) in the "blood" will be mostly summer bloomers.

C. mossiae for Spring and C. labiata autumalis (Fall)

Arthur and Toyo,
Thank you for the information. Its very useful!