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A key to Mr. Barnes’s books is that in style as well as form he is a hybridizer, able to combine seemingly contrary temperaments into a single writing voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

James was the hybridizer who helped Gripp create many of the nursery’s famous orchids and now he and Lauris own Cal-Orchid Inc. just across the road from SBOE.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

And there is always the possibility that a hybridizer will introduce a new variety that is not much different from — or better than — what’s already available.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2021

And Leo Sharp is their Don King — a widely admired hybridizer with nearly 180 officially registered day lilies to his name.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2014

The same argument enables us to understand why Cypripeds lend themselves so readily to the hybridizer.

From About Orchids A Chat by Boyle, Frederick