Rapella’s Orchid Cabinet Will Fit 
Almost Any Room 
(StM‘ Tllii-tralions) 
3. In this cahiiifl there is a metal pan vvitli 
ends and sides an inch or two smaller than 
the cahinet. The |)an is alioiit two inches 
deep and in it are placed some broken 
crock-^ or moisture-holding bricks. The pan 
is raised about three inches above the floor of the 
cahinet On the pan is a wooden rack on which the 
potted orchid jjlants are set. For humidity, keep the 
rocks and rack moist. For heat place a 2.S-watt electric 
light globe in an empty flower pot under the |>an. Use 
th“ light at night when the temperature falls below 
•o.T degrees. 
4, The ton of the cahijiet is on hinges so that to|> air 
may he admitted by raising it, and the front panel is 
also on hinges so that it may he let down. You keeji 
the front of the cahinet open hy day and closed at 
night. Orchids are air-loying plants—they should haye 
plenty of air hut no drafts. By placing a light glohe 
under the jian with moist crocks adequate condensa¬ 
tion is |)royided. Needless to say, all kinds of tropical 
nlants will thriye in this cahinet along with the orchids. 
Maiden Hair ferns for instance. 
It’s Easy ami Lots of Fun 
3. ^ ou should check the plants at least once a week, 
giving them a good watering. On sunny days the 
fol iage should he syringed several times a week with 
a hand sprayer. When watering the plants, saturate 
the material in which they are potted. Do this in the 
morning, as the rising temperatures will evaporate any 
water which lodges between the leaves. Don’t do any 
more orchid watering until the peat has fairly dried 
out. \e ver keep a j)Iant sop|)ing; it causes the roots 
lo d(‘cay and your specimen to die. Never water after 
1 p.m. or when the weather is cloudy. 
RAPELLA’S ORCHID CABI>ET — A JOY TO O^ N 
Here it i.«—the (ircliid garden for everybody. I’llACTKFM.— 
[)l KABLE. .Measurenient.‘i 2-1 in. wide hy 30 in. high hy 30 in. 
long. Rests easily on ordinary stand or table. Read iiaragraph 
three. Price as shown below (at Nursery I .112..30 
With 3 adult Orchid Plants... 20.00 
6. During warm summer days water in between the 
pots. I'his means that the atmosphere will he moist 
when the temperature is high anti comparatively dry 
when the temperature is low. 
7. In the Phili|)pines and South America yott see all 
orchids growing out where the air is cool and fresh. 
In South America the Cattlevas are only found at high 
elevations. In the daytime it is rather hot in the sun 
and in the eveing it is surprisingly cool. At night the 
condensation is so heavy that everything in the open 
becomes saturated, hut a few minutes after the sun 
rises all is dry again. 
Orchids Arc Not Parasites! 
8. Orchids growing on trees derive no nourishment 
from the tree itself—save that which may wash down 
on the outer hark. Orchid roots about the tree are 
there merely for support. The writer collected quite 
a few fine Cattleya trianae plants growing on limestone 
in Colombia. A very large plant hearing white blooms 
was found on an old decayed tree trunk. 
9. Orchid culture is not at all difficult, hut it does 
require a little study and understanding. For instance, 
you should know what the plants need. They may he 
grown in regular clay pots of either the dee|) or shallow 
shape. However, for the larger plants the shallow type 
seems more suitable. Some orchids, particularly the 
dendrohium and phalaenopsis. grow well in hanging 
baskets made ol wood or tree ferns. All our orchids 
are established in pots and are growing, vigorous 
Greenhouse No Longer Necessary 
1 . Old theories have gone up the flue. It 
long has been thought that orchid plants 
required specially constructed and elab¬ 
orately equipped greetdiouses. It was as¬ 
sumed. too. that the plants had to he kept 
at a very high, constant temperature. There 
was even the cpiestion of Humidity . . . 
close to saturation to equal that of the 
orchid’s habitat. As for the average ama¬ 
teur being successful in growing orchids— 
it was absolutely unthinkable. 
2. 't on can have orchids right in your own 
home as yvell as in a greeidiouse. All you 
need is a sunny room or a hay yvindoyv yvith 
a favorable exposure. It’s just as simple as 
that—this matter of orchid success. 
If grown in hay windoyy the direct rays of 
the sun should he diffused hy using an 
ordinary rattan shade or hy jiainting the 
glass. 
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