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CYMBIDIVM ORCHIDS - SPRING 1043 ! ; 
For the amateur as well as the vorofessional, there is no finer 
flower and none so easy to grow as the Cymbidium. ‘We have grown 
these Orchids over a period of years under the following ¢c »nditions: 
In Southern California we grow Cymbidiums out of doors urder lath or 
tree shade, however some of ow friends grow them under glass,either 
“one just so long as they have a good circulation of air but no direct 
wind. Cymbidium do well planted in raised beds or grown in nots. 
Plant high so the base of the pseudo bulbs are -t surface level, 
mulcn with leaf mold to keep the compost on the acid side. Cymbidium 
must have good drainage. We use a potting goil of 2 parts leaf mold, 
1 part top soil and 1 part pea gravel ar detomposcd granite. Use 
plenty of broken pots or coarse gravel in the bottom of the pot. 
Keep them reasonably moist during the growing season, thereafter re- 
duce the amount of water in orcer to encourage bloom. Svray foliage 
lightly during hot weather. Cymbidiums are not varticularly sensitive 
to cold. We find our plants withstanding a temoerature of 25°. Addi- 
tional protection is sugsvested if temnerature falls below this, Like 
most Out Door Urchids, Cymbidium is comparatively free from nests. 
Never water Cymbidium after 4 o'clock im the afterno n. Although we 
grow our olants out of doors, Cymbidium make « fine house plant, and 
are grown successfully throughout the @ast as such. 
We endeavor to keep the following in stock at all times, as we 
consider these plants cssential in every collectirn. They are all 
free bloomers and strong growers:-~ 
NAME “FLOWER Blooming UY Pot 6" Pot 
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TRACYANUM Bronze Dec. -Jan. eee | vp? 
- LOWIANUM ; Green May -June Be eo 7650 
SYLVIA Pink Mch.-April 425 i 
BUTTERFLY Yellow Meh.-April Weeds 3.50 
MADBLINE Rose | Feb,-Aoril 5.u0 10.00 
ZEBRA NShite-pink Jan.-March 5.00 LOO 
CAPELLA ' Yellow Meh,-April 5.00 10,00 
MOIRA Yellow-Green Mch.-April i, OO 10,86 
DORE: Bronze Dec.-Jan. 7.50 12.50 
SCHLEGLII Rose Meh. -May 50 L2n50 
PAUWELSII Yellow Mch, -May Puy 8 7. Lace 
ERICA SANDER Chartreuse Feb.-April 10,00 28,00 
DOTTRRAL Variable April-May 10,00 
MIDAS x VFRONIQUE Chartreuse Mech. -May 10,00 15400 
MARGARET Pink Mich. -May 10.00 Oe 
EAGLE White-Lavendar Mch.-April 10.00 15.00 
CYGNET Yellow Mch.-May 10,00 £5.00 
‘HUGH EVANS Char.-Green April-May 10.00 LR PO 8) 
CERES Red Mch. «May 10.00 15.00 
PRES. WILSON Bronze Feb,-Avril £2.50 Lvs TO 
CERES x CERES Red-Brown —- Meh. -May 12.50 17.50 
We have hundreds of other Cymbidium stock vlants too numerous 
to list. We sugzest you write us for any Cymbidium plant you may 
desire. we will inform you at once the size an’ price, if available. 
SCHIRMER'3 ORCHIDS 
P. 0. Box 566 : Fallbrook, Calif. 
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