complete discussion of their culture than is possible in this catalog. In the following list 
the prices unless otherwise stipulated are for one full sized psuedo bulb with foliage. 
Butterfly. Yellow to buff with red lip. $10.00. 
Doreen. Orange, tinted green. Purple spotted, yellow lip. $10.00. 
Giganteum. Large vigorous plant. Vivid red-brown flowers. Early. $8.50. 
Insigne. Small plants, nice size for pots. White, flushed pink to deep rose. $12.50. 
Moira. Shades of cream to yellow. Crimson markings on lip. $10.00. 
Veichi. Good grower and multiplier. Flowers large and pretty but only 8 or 9 on 
a stem. The stems are so freely produced that plants yield a good average number of 
flowers. $9.00. Smaller size, $7.50. 
Winter Cheer. Cream with pink dots. Red dot on lip. $9.50. Small, $7.50. 
Assorted. These are all good varieties but labels were lost. A few are even more 
rare than our labelled varieties but I am unable to identify them. $8.00 ea. Smaller plants, 
$5.00 and $6.00 ea. 
Cypripediums or Lady Slippers. These are not the hardy Lady Slippers of the 
temperate zone but their tropical representatives from India. More properly they are 
Paphiopedilums. In horticulture they are known as Cypripediums. They have the typical 
slipper shape, one flower on a stem but a large plant may produce several stems. The 
flowers are 4” to 5” wide or more. Culture. They may be grown in the ground in 
So. Calif. in the same lath house and soil as for Cymbidiums. They will not survive quite 
as much cold but are safe at 30° and possibly lower. They may be grown in pots and 
‘in a soil medium of peat and chopped sphagnum, equal portions, but are usually grown 
by commercial growers in osmundine. The plants we sell are established in one of these 
mediums and are shipped in paper pots. Shift into a 5” or 6” clay pot. 
Cypripedium insigne. 4” to 5” flowers in winter. The dorsal sepal is glossy greenish 
yellow, spotted purple and orange and tipped white. Petals, pale yellow green, veined 
brown-purple. Lip, yellow green, shaded brown. Very variable, with many named 
varieties. Price, $7.50 each. 
Tropical American Orchids 
The following are imported plants established in pots. They include only those that 
are easy to grow in the hands of amateurs, and many of them are useful corsage varieties. 
We import most of our own stock and have them shipped here by air express so that they 
reach us in a better condition than those brought in in cars or trucks. As soon as received 
they are potted. These are shipped, established in the proper potting medium, in paper 
pots. You need only to be prepared with a 5” or 6” pot to shift them into. 
Most people compare prices. Remember that established plants cannot be sold at the 
price of loose, recently imported plants. Most of these have been drying out for many 
weeks and frequently for several months. It usually takes a long time to get them 
started and some customers have reported no success. But our plants are collected and 
shipped at once by air express instead of the slower transportation of a truck. Usually 
this method of handling does not interfere with blooming at their normal season. But we 
have priced the following orchids very conservatively and as near the prices of unestab- 
lished plants as possible. They are jong lasting flowers, useful for cutting and as corsage 
flowers. | 
Culture. All of the following Orchids will be shipped in paper pots. The plant with 
adhering potting medium will be placed low in the pot with dry material around them. 
Unpack carefully and use all the material as your potting soil. If the material is entirely 
broken away from the plant, little harm will result but be careful not to break or bruise 
the living roots. Use 5” or 6” clay pots which are 4 full of good drainage material. 
Set the pots in a cool, shaded place, as under trees. They should be on tables and off 
the ground as snails and slugs enter the pots and devour the roots or tender growth 
especially of Laelias and Odontoglossums. 
They should be sprinkled every evening especially after a hot day. These are all 
“cool house” orchids. They must be kept cool in summer and Odontoglossums in 
particular. Sprinkle the ground round about and see that the space is an open one that 
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