house is not quite warm enough sometimes in So. Calif. in winter for 
Stanhopea. Last winter was an unusually cold one and our plants lost 
much of their pretty plicated foliage but did not harm the pseudo- 
bulbs. They can be safely wintered her in an unheated house or green- 
house but an I. house is better. 
The flowers are large and very showy. Gorgeous in fact. The 
sepals are deep blood red. Petals pure yellow, sometimes spotted near 
lip with wine red. The large lip is orange yellow, blotched maroon pur- 
ple and other markings of ivory white, red and purple. Colors are vari- 
able. Summer bloomer. 
Small plants in a 6” wire basket, $2.50. Large plants in 8” gal- 
vanized wire basket $6.50; 10” baskets, $7.50. 
Terrestial orchids. Cymbidiums, Cypripediums and Zygopetalums may 
be grown as terrestial plants in a lath house safely in So, Calif. and 
other climates where winters are equally mild. Near the coast where 
temperatures do not go under 32° all are winter hardy. Cymbidiums 
have not been damaged here in a lath house, protected by large trees 
on north side, but no side lath walls, at 26° ouside temperature. The 
Cypripediums and Zygopetalums were protected by frame 3’x38’x12’, 
covered by waxed canvas. All three bloomed well last winte: wder 
these conditions. 
Our soil for these terrestials, like that for Epidendrum obrienia- 
num and other Euepidendrums is equal parts very sandy loam and peat 
with sometimes leaf mould. All do well in pots in a similar soil or a 
mixture containing osmundine. Charcoal should be added to compost 
for pots. All need a fairly constant supply of moisture. 
Further culture advice will be found in our catalogs and the 
booklet, “How To Grow Orchids,” (price 25c). 
Cypripedium insigne. C. The tropical Lady Slipper. The most popu- 
lar species and parent of most hybrids. Flowers are slipper shaped 
and variable in color but typically green and yellowish green with 
brown-purple markings and white areas. Winter bloomers. They grow 
well in pots in a compost of pure osmundine but better to add some 
sphagnum and even sand. They must be always damp but not water- 
logged. Small plants that will make a start but not flower the first 
year, $3.50. Medium size, $5.50. Good blooming size, $7.50. Plants are 
shipped in their compost in paper pots. 
Zygopetaium mackayi. I. Flowers 3” wide; yellowish green blotched 
and spotted purplish brown and violet purple; many on an 18” to 30” 
erect scape in winter. This is a very fine, fragrant, desirable, easy 
orchid. Small plants, $5.00. Medium, $10.00. Largest for $20.00. Shipped 
in paper pots with compost to which you can add some small pieces of 
broken crock and if necessary some leaf mould. 
Cymbidiums are more often used for corsages than any other 
orchids. They are beautiful first of all and they can be produced in 
much larger number and at a much lower cost. We have a large 
clump, planted as a medium size clump perhaps 4 or 5 years ago. Now 
the bulb base is about one foot wide. It bore six scapes last winter 
with $35.00 worth of flowers. We have a ready sale for the flowers. 
There are usually from 12 to 30 flowers on a scape. Cypripidiums 
have one flower usually on a scape. The gorgeous Cattleya usually 3 
to 5, and only a large plant will have over 1 or 2 scapes. Cymbidiums 
are the most profitable, whether flowers are grown for your own use 
or to sell. 
We are offering you a rare opportunity to acquire plants, single 
pseudo-bulbs or blooming size clumps at a lower price than any offer- 
ing I’ve seen, ever. 
For fuller culture information and descriptions of varieties consult 
our catalogs and the booklet “How To Grow Orchids,” (Price 25c). 
Named varieties. At the prices quoted below we can hope to meet 
the demand on only those sorts that we have in large quantities. These 
are not the less valuable ones but those of which we have carefully 
built up largest stocks because of their value. They are: Butterfly, 
yellow; Giganteum, red-brown; Insigne, small plant, white and pink fls.; 
Winter Cheer, cream, dotted pink; Zebra, pink. Prices, single mature 
bulb with foliage and sometimes offsets started, $5.00. Clump of three, 
$14.00. Clump of four, $18.00. These are called blooming size clumps. 
If moved now, either size has a good chance to flower next season 
but the larger the clump,—the more sure they are. Also the sooner 
moved, the better. 
Assorted varieties. The labels on these were lost. They are every 
one excellent and a large percentage are rarer sorts even better than 
our named ones. Prices, single mature bulbs, $4.00. Clumps of three 
for $11.50. Clumps of four, $15.00. 
ORCHID SUPPLIES 
Culture medium for growing orchid seed. This consists of pow- 
dered Agar and all the nutrients required by the Knudson formula. 
Enough to make 1000 ce. or slightly more than 1 qt. with directions. 
Price $2.50. Half quantity for $1.50. 
Poe ne Excellent grade for orchids. Price 75c per lb., post- 
paid. 
= Sphagnum Moss. Top quality bales, about 14 lbs., $3.50, f.o.b., La 
erne. 
Canadian Peat. The best we can get. Buy locally if able and save 
express. Approximate weight, 100 Ibs. Per bale, $5.00, f.o.b. Screened 
peat, 10 lbs. for $1.00 f.0.b. 
Danish Peat. This is more fibrous and lumpy and probably more 
acid. It is a good component in the compost for many of the orchids. 
Per 100 lbs. bales, $9.00, f.o-b. La Verne. (All peat dries out and 
sometimes weighs less than 100 lbs. per bale). 10 lbs., f.o.b. (or by 
mail, C.0.D. for postage only) $2.00. Warning. Express costs on a 
- bale are likely to be greater than cost of peat for long distances. 
Please inquire from your agent the cost of 100 lbs. from La Verne, 
but please don’t ask me as this is quite unnecessary. 
White’s American Orchid Culture. An excellent handbook with 14 
beautiful color plates and many other illustrations. 276 pp. $6.00. 
How To Grow Orchids, by Cecil Houdyshel. This small booklet, no 
illustrations, is condensed information, built on experience, about the 
culture of many easily grown orchids. 25c. 
This is an ideal time to move orchids. Please order as soon as 
possible. In the winter they must be shipped by express. 
CECIL HOUDYSHEL 
La Verne, Calif. 
