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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY FENNELL ORCHID CO, © ROUTE 1, BOX 230, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA 


Volume 1 



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NEW SEED POLICY 
Small Packets Now Available 
Many of you have asked for smaller 
packets of seed and in response we now sell 
three sizes of packets. Full packets from 
which 10 to 15 flasks can be planted, half 
packets and quarter packets. 
All packets contain printed instructions 
for handling small quantities of seed. 
As always—all seed is fresh and tested 
for viability. You can’t buy old seed from 
us, we don’t have it. 


AN ENTIRELY NEW SEED LIST 
An List of Fine New 
Crosses. 
Exciting 
Plenty of fine modern Phalaenopsis. 
Brasso-laelio-cattleya, Laelio-catt- 
leya, and Cattleya crosses. 
Our new seed list contains the best crosses 
money can buy. The finest possible parent- 
age, many of them obtainable only thru us, 
combined to give large brilliant flowers, - 
winter and spring blooming season and 
strong growth. We always breed for flori- 
ferous hybrids also keeping in mind that 
three flowers per stem instead of two will 
give you nearly 50% additional income. 
Then also there-is the question of texture, 
heavy texture means long life for your 
flowers, good shipping records and satisfied 
customers. 
We use our famous hybrid BLC Dorothy 
Fennell very often in our crosses for all 
of the above reasons—it is winter bloom- 
ing, it is floriferous with two to four flow- 
ers per stem from good plants, it has won- 
derful heavy texture, with long lasting 
bold flowers, and it is a strong growing 
plant. 
We also use, and these are exclusive 
with us, our fine types of Cattleya Trianae, 
Schroderae, Mossiae and Gigas. These 
plants are excellent for setting the bloom- 
ing season of the advanced hybrids and as 
the varieties we use are better than most 
hybrids seen we know that you will be 
pleased with the results. 
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Le Altess — beautiful flower fully 7” 













in diameter, very well held and of wonderful shape and 
texture. Medium lavendar s & p, darker lavendar lip. One of our better stud plants. 

HOW TO SELECT PLANTS FOR A COMMERCIAL COLLECTION 

If you intend to grow orchids commer- 
cially grow the best. Fine Orchids cost no 
more to grow and not much more to buy 
as seed or seedlings and quality certainly 
tells when you start selling. Here is a good 
example of what I mean. 
NEW YORK PRICES 
(Wholesale) 
Thanksgiving 1946 
Species cattleyas 
Rerc tralia ae eee eee Oe sle5! 
Bialeuoe Vout Cee), Rim ce eae Ne oe ece Bee eee ea Ob7 25.0) 
Gotoredimbbyitids se eee 9 O02 = 6, 00 
\WAnwirs olkoveetel Wise: cea eee ease 3.00- 7.50 
Pure we Wil tem ase ee eet ne eee 6.00 - 10.00 
IN fel TCI aS tenets eee eee eee eee 1.56 
New Years 1947 
Species cattleyas 
Penrcivalllia mals seesss ss tess eee see L/D 4200 
AM Bi NETOe Secret teehee eree eee eee 2.50- 4.00 
@olored erly bricsyes ene 3.00- 6.00 
Wylie, Collopael Why 2285 5 ee 4.00 - 10.00 
Phalaenopsise pier tetas eo ees 1.50 
GG) GiG TUT eee eee ee MOvics- ss 
Easter 1947 
Species cattleyas 
IMOSSIa Sie eee se ee see ees ee eee 1.00- 2.00 
@oloredimel vinnicswace sere ee 3,00 7.50 
Wine, OlosaXe! W§OY ee sec cect cedeese ae ee 4.00- 7.50 
Pirrem, Wihiite see sest eee eee ee 4.00 - 10.00 
As you see good colored hybrids averaged 
over twice the species average while white 
with colored lips brought still more. Pure 
whites usually top the market but there is 
Some Interesting Comparisons 

danger of getting too many in your collec 
tion, the demand for them is limited, mostly 
to weddings, and good colored hybrids with 
a quantity of whites with colored lips 
should form the body of your collection. 
I admit that representatives of all the 
good species should be in every collection 
but many more hybrids should be there if 
you want to get the best returns. But be 
sure the hybrids are good, orchid flowers 
are sold according to quality not pedigree 
hence our top trianaes, mossiaes and gigas 
are sold as top hybrids not species. Many 
hybrids are poorer than average species 
and are sold as such. 
SEEDLINGS 
200—C. Clementine Goldfard x C. Eucharis. 
A very fine winter flowering white, both 
parents fine types. Strong young plants 
in 214” pots. 
Plants 314” to 414” tall 
Plants 414” to 614” tall 
es o1uoleach 
eG $7.50 each 
201—Phalaenopsis Doris—some beautiful young 
plants of this grand white hybrid. This 
is the original strain. Plants in 3” pots, 
leaves overall 314” to, 5” for August 
delivery ube eee ees See $6.00 each 
206—C. Amantic x C. Angelina. The finest 
alba cross we've offered yet. C. Amantic 
has white s & p and a deep, fine lip, 
while Angelina is pure white. Only a few 
of these. Plants 31%” to +4” tall in 214” 
DOUS Ste NS ee eae eee $5.00 each 
