2 BEAHM 

EPIPHYLLUM — PHYLLOCACTUS — PHYLLOCEREUS 
Flowering season—April, May and June 
In order to eliminate any possible confusion arising from the 
use of the name “Orchid Cactus” for Epiphyllum hybrids, we 
offer the following explanation: 
The name “Orchid Cactus” has only been in use for the past 
few years. It was started by a commercial dealer for its obvious 
“trade-pulling” power. This has caused and is causing endless 
trouble in the minds of the uninitiated since the EPIPHYL- 
LUMS bear no relationship to the ORCHIDS beyond the fact 
that both have exquisite flowers. 
Since the publication of “Cactaceae” by Britton & Rose in 
1923, the name Epiphyllum has come into general use in the 
United States while the term Phyllocactus has been used in 
Europe and other parts of the world for well over a hundred 
years and the bulk of reference material will be found under 
that title and not under Epiphyllum or “Orchid Cactus.” 
The term Phyllocereus refers to a definite intergeneric 
hybrid, an epiphyllum crossed with Heliocereus. 
Word descriptions are so inadequate to describe these mag- 
nificent flowers, that we have taken over a thousand Koda- 
chromes. These slides may be viewed at our gardens at any 
time or arrange with us for the loan, by mail, of our Koda- 
chrome Kit with slides and small viewer. A deposit is required. 
Sports are varieties which develop from a mutation on a 
plant thus they are capable of reverting to their original form, 
therefore we recognize them only under their obvious name, 
for example, Conway Giant Sport. An exception to this is the 
long established Amber Queen Sport, MONCHERIE. Some 
varieties which sport more readily than others are: Argus; 
Conway Giant; Dante; Hans Rehm, Fiesta; Flamingo; Her- 
mosissimus; and Richard Diener. We do not list sports. 

MISS SANTA MONICA 
