LOCATION 
WATERING 
TEMPERATURE 
CLEANLINESS 
HUMIDITY 
BLOOMING 
HOW TO GROW ORCHIDS IN YOUR’HOME 
Try to give the plants a northern exposure near a win- 
dow. If that is not convenient, vrovide protection 
against any direct midday sun, possibly with Venetian 
blinds. 
Water once a week with one cup of water for a six-inch 
pot, and provortionately more for larger pots. During 
summer heat spells, watering cen be increased. 
Cattleyas lixe-the usual. comfortable living, home 
temperatures. 
Odontoglocsums do well.in tne cooler rooms, in the cool 
conservatory or sheltered worch. 
Phalaenopsis should be kept inthe warmest room or con- 
servetory. They like a higher temperature than any of 
the other orchids. 
Cymbidiums can stand more cold than any orchid. In the 
San Francisco area, Cymbiciums flourish in shady or pro- 
técted gardens, in large tots in protected vatios, or in 
unheeted glasshouses, 
Seedlings lixe the added humidity of our plastic case cr 
humidifier in the home's warmest room. 
The orchid plant can be kept clean by occasionally win-: 
ing all surfaces lightly with a damp cloth, DDT gard«: 
spray is ell the plants would ever need, if at all, for 
control of turip or scale, 
Plants can be set in an ordinary tray or flat bowl, or 
on wetted gravel or white crushed rock pvlaced in the 
tray of bowl, This rock helps to give added humidity 
or the jungie atmosphere by the evanoration of water 
kept about the rock in the tray or howl. At least one 
inch should pe allowed between tne level of water about 
the rock, and the bottom of the vot. 
Caution: Orchid plants need no vlant food or fertilizer! 
From 5 to 7 says after flowers oven, they are ready for 
picking. You cen cut your own orchid corsage at this 
time without injury to plent cr flower. On the vlant 
they will last from 2 to 6 weeks without additional 
attention. 
The orchid pvlant with its touch of the tropics makes it the unusual, 
ideal gift for the hone of "those who have everything." 
Tor further knowledge of BE. W. McLELLAN Co. 
orchids, we have 
Box 2@9, Colma 
San Francisco 25, Calif. 
a BC of ORCHID GROWING 
by John V. Watkine, 3,00 one mile south of the 
cemeterics on 
AWERICAN ORCHID CULTURE BL CAMINO REAL 
a 
by Edward A. White, $6.00 
