Each 
P. elata ( Holy Ghost Orchid. Espirilu Santo). 
The erect flower scapes are from 3 to 5 feet 
iD height. The flowers are waxen white and 
globular in shape. The inner parts of each 
flower resemble a dove with outspread wings. 
Colombia and Central America. (See illustra¬ 
tion, page 2.).$2.50 to $5.00 
PESCATOREA 
P. cerina. A bulbless plant, flowers some 3 
inches across; of a pale waxy straw color, lip 
yellow, sometimes with a band of deep purple. 
Costa Rica. 3.50 
P. Dayana. Colombia.$5.00 to 7.50 
P. Klabochorum. Flowers large, white, with 
purplish crimson lip. September.$7.50 to 10.00 
PHAIUS 
P. grandifolius. A stately evergreen terrestrial 
species, with radical scapes 3 to 4 feet high, 
bearing long, erect racemes of showy flowers. 
Winter and Spring. China.$2.50 to 
P. X Cooksonii. 
5.00 
15.00 
P. X Norman (P. grandifolius X Humblotii). . 15.00 
PHALAENOPSIS 
These plants grow in the hottest regions of the globe 
and' mostly very near the water, where the air is quite 
moist. They grow best in a temperature of about 
70 degrees, in baskets filled with moss and charcoal. 
The flowers are extremely beautiful. Philippine 
Islands. 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei —Sec page 39 
ONCIDIUM—Continued 
Each 
>0. tigrinum. Flowers about . 3 inches across, 
fragrant, bright yellow, heavily blotched with 
brown, except lip, which is wholly yellow. 
November-December. Mexico. $2.50 
‘O. tigrinunTunguiculatum . 2.50 
O. varicosum Rogersii (GoldenButterfly Orchid). 
One of the most beautiful and useful Orchids, 
with spikes often attaining 5 feet in length and 
branches bearing an abundance of golden-yel¬ 
low flowers; very fine for decorations and ex¬ 
hibition purposes. October-December. Brazil. 
(See illustration, page 45.).. . 
P. amabilis. Flowers pure white, 4 to 5 inches Each 
across. One of the most beautiful of all Or¬ 
chids. Dccember-March. Luzon. (See illus¬ 
tration, page 46.).$3.50 to $5.00 
P. X Cynthia. Supposed natural hybrid be¬ 
tween P. Schilleriana and P. amabilis. Flowers 
large, rose-colored. 35.00 
P. Esmeralda. Flowers variable, about an inch 
across, light or dark amethyst-purple, lip deep 
purple on many-flowered scapes; 15 to 30 
inches high. Fall. Cochin China. 5.00 
P. Luddemanniana. A beautiful sweet-scented 
Orchid with variable flowers; whitish, marked 
with transverse amethyst bars and marks. 
Philippines.$5.00 to 10.00 
$2.50 
<0. Wentworthianum. Flow¬ 
ers yellow blotched with red- 
brown. Lip yellow, spotted 
with red-brown. Summer . . 2.50 
ONCIDIODA 
O. X Charlesworthii (Coch- 
lioda Noetzliana X On. in- 
curvum) . 25.00 
ORNITHIDIUM 
O. densa . 2.50 
O. fragrans . 2.50 
PERISTERIA 
IP. cerina. Scapes short, pen¬ 
dulous; flowers in dense ra¬ 
cemes; light citron yellow .. . 5.00 
Odontoglossum pulchellum —See page 39 
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