INDEX 
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INTRODUCTION . I 
ORCHIDS . 3 
"Orchids are easy to grow" . 3 
"Orchids are not expensive" . 3 
"Orchids do not demand a great deal 
of attention" . 3 
"Care of Orchid flowers" . 4 
GENERAL CULTURE: 
House Culture . 4 
Greenhouses. 5 
Ventilation . 5 
Shading . 5 
Watering, Syringing and Damping. 5 
Resting Period . 6 
Heating and Temperature . 6 
Benching and Stagings . 6 
Diseases, Insect Pests and Control . 7 
Potting: 
Time to Pot . 7 
Selecting Plants to be Repotted . 7 
Making Ready Compost . 7 
Removing from pots, cleaning, etc. 8 
Selecting new pot size . 8 
Crocking or drainage . 8 
Setting the plant . 9 
Completion of operation . 10 
SERVICE . 10 
FRESHLY IMPORTED ORCHIDS . 10 
EVOLUTION . 14 
LISTING OF STOCK: 
Acampe . 15 
Acropera . 15 
Ada . 15 
Aerides . 15 
Aerido-Vanda . 15 
Angraecum . 15 
Anguloa . 16 
Arachnanthe . 16 
Aspasia . 16 
Bifrenaria . 16 
Bletia . 17 
Brassavola . 17 
Brassia . 17 
Brassocattleya . 17 
Brassolaelia . 18 
Brassolaeliocattleya . 19 
Bulbophyllum . 19 
Burlingtonia . 20 
Calanthe . 20 
Camarotis . 20 
Catasetum . 20 
Cattleya Species . 21 
Cattleya Hybrids . 24 
Chysis . 26 
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Cirrhopetalum . 27 
Coelogyne. 27 
Coryanthes . 28 
Cymbidium . 28 
Cypripedium. 30 
Selenipedium . 36 
Cyrtopodium . 37 
Dendrobium . 37 
Epi-Cattleya . 40 
Epidendrum . 40 
Epiphronitis . 41 
Eria . 41 
Gomeza . 41 
Gongora . 41 
Laelia . 41 
Laeliocattleya . 42 
Lockhartia . 45 
Lycaste . 45 
Masdevallia . 45 
Maxillaria . 45 
Megaclinium . 45 
Miltonia . 46 
Neobenthamia . 47 
Odontoglossum . 47 
Oncidium . 48 
Ornithidium . 50 
Peristeria . 50 
Pescatoria . 50 
Phaius . 50 
Phalaenopsis . 50 
Pholidota . 51 
Platyclinis . 51 
Promenea . 51 
Renanthera .. 51 
Rhyncostylis . 51 
Saccolabium . 52 
Schomburgkia . 52 
Sobralia . 52 
Sophrolaelio-Cattleya . 53 
Stanhopea .. 53 
Stenoglottis . 53 
Thunia . 53 
Trichosma . 53 
Trichopilia . 53 
Vanda . 53 
Vanilla . 55 
Zygopetalum . 55 
HOUSE CULTURE .'55 
A GLASS ENCLOSURE FOR YOUR 
ORCHIDS . 56 
SERVICE . 57 
BEGINNER'S COLLECTIONS . 57 
MATERIALS FOR ORCHID CULTURE . 58 
"AN ORCHID TO YOU" . 59 
