The culture is easy enough if you note carefully our instructions. But you can’t plant 
them and forget them. The shade of a lath house, lath spaced 1” apart, 50% shade, is 
about right. They do well in this exposure, or even a little more sun in our hot inland 
valleys and in cooler coastal regions the lath may be farther apart. The shade of trees 
giving filtered light and full sun in early morning or evening suits them well. They do 
well in a sandy or gravelly loam of acid reaction. In preparing our soil we dig to a 
depth of 10” and the same distance on each side of plant. We fill this hole with peat 
or peat and leaf mould. This is thoroly mixed with the soil thrown out, wet a little 
and pressed down. The elevation resulting may be rounded over on sides. 
The base of the plant is enlarged into a pseudo-bulb, surmounted by the foliage. 
This bulb must not be covered by soil. Insert it to a depth of only about 14 of its 
length. The plant may need support until roots form. 
Set the plants in moist soil and water after planting to settle soil around them. 
At first, they must only be kept moist until roots have developed. If moisture is 
excessive the pseudo-bulb will rot and the plant is lost. In warm weather, when plant 
is in full growth they will use more moisture. We sprinkle then a little every day or 
two. They make scant growth if allowed to become dry between waterings. But at no 
time should they be kept in a soggy condition. Provision must be made for perfect 
drainage in pots or garden. 
Customers are sometimes alarmed if the roots of plants appear dead when received 
or if roots have been removed. When Cymbidiums are moved, the roots usually die 
back to the pseudo-bulb. Roots usually start in about 6 weeks if you treat plants as 
advised. 
Sometimes when moved, the inexperienced grower neglects his plant a little and the 
foliage dies. This is not fatal, The pseudo-bulb has only become a back bulb. The 
foliage will never be replaced but a new plant will start at base of bulb in from 2 to 
6 mo. if you keep it moist. 
In Pots, they are reasonably easy. They can be grown in the same compost as 
required by Begonias or in soil as we described for outdoor culture. Give them a warm 
situation, not as cool as most plants require. We suggest an 8” or 10” pot. They can 
be set in an 8” pot and shifted when necessary. 
The plants we offer consist of a single pseudo-bulb and foliage. They should 
flower in two years with correct culture. We have had less than 1% flower in a year 
or less, tho it can happen. Even large plants when moved without soil require a year. 
We send out only good plants. We have been held responsible for plants that died 
from no water at all and from too much. We cannot longer accept responsibility for 
wrong handling. 
We ship by prepaid parcel post but we do not accept responsibility for freezing in 
transit to the north. You can avoid this risk by asking for delivery after April 1, or 
have them shipped by express, f. o. b. 
Cymbidium Prices are up. We have been doing a nice business in Cymbidiums. 
There was one discouraging feature. We could never get stock enough to propagate 
our own plants. We always had to buy. We would start the season with our 30x 90 ft. 
lath house full of plants; sell out by end of the season, with mostly the back bulbs and 
a few high priced sorts left on hand. Other dealers sold as many or more. Result: The 
large growers have sold out and I can get no more. There are none in prospect for 
about 2 or 3 years. 
In the following list, I have only a total of 150 large plants and about the same 
number of 1 year old small bulbs started from back bulbs. The latter are from 3” to 
6” tall and I would not expect them to flower for about 3 years, tho some might. 
Butterfly. Yellow to buff with red lip. $12.50. 
Doreen. Greenish orange, yellow lip, spotted purple. $12.50. ; 
Giganteum. A robust, large plant. Flowers are smaller than some but as they are 
first to flower they have no competition. $12.50. | 
Insigne. White, flushed pink to deep rose pink. Very small plant. Thus well 
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