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can afford to divide with you at a price that you can afford to pay. 
As we list them, a plant of a Cymbidium consists of one single pseudo bulb with 
its foliage. Where one desires flowers in less than two years time, it is advisable to 
order a clump of 2, 3, 4 or more pseudo bulbs. These will be shipped in one undivided 
clump for 2, 3 or 4 times the cost of one plant. We do not guarantee flowers within 
a definite period but a clump of 3 or 4, maintained in good health, has a very good 
chance to flower in one year after being established. 
Cymbidiums, Assorted Varieties. The labels of these were accidentally lost but 
they are just as good as any of our named sorts. Small plants $3.00 and $4.00 ea. 
Large, $5.00. Clump of 3 for $14.50. Clumps of 4 for $19.00. 
Butterfly. Yellow to buff with red lip. $6.00. 
Doreen. Bronze green. Purple spotted, yellow lip. $7.00. 
Giganteum. Large vigorous plant. Vivid red-brown flowers. Early. $6.00. 
Insigne. Small plants, nice size for pots. White, flushed pink to deep rose. $8.50. 
Jessica. From light to deep pink and up to 45 flowers on one scape. $8.50. 
Moira. Shades of cream to yellow. Crimson markings on lip. $6.00. 
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. $6.00 
Winter Cheer. Cream with pink dots. Red dot on lip. $6.00. 
Zebra. Pink in various shades. $8.00. 
The prices of these named varieties are not proportioned to their relative value, 
since all are underpriced but are governed by the number we can afford to sell. 
Cypripediums or Lady Slippers. These are not the hardy Lady Slippers of the 
temperate zone but their tropical representatives of 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. They are very long lasting, like Cymbidiums 
and are much used for corsages by florists. Culture. They may be grown in the ground 
in So. California 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. Ours are now grow- 
ing in a lath house but as we have had temperatures down to about 28° and we do not 
want to take a chance, we have covered them by heavy white cloth mounted on a frame 
3 ft. tall. A few are now in bloom. They will bloom more freely in a greenhouse or 
house with a temperature of 50° to 70°. 
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. Cypripe- 
diums should not be over watered and should never become completely dry as they are 
in some stage of growth the entire year. 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 green- 
ish 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. These are shipped established in the proper potting medium in paper pots, 
except Epidendrum o’brienianum which are shipped loose roots like Cymbidiums. Be 
prepared with 5” or 6” pots and drainage material with which to pot them. 
Most people are now comparing prices. Many orchids now advertised are un- 
established, dry plants. It takes material, labor and usually several months time to 
establish these and get them growing. Naturally, the established plants cost more and 
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