
NURSERYMEN’S EXCHANGE 
CATTLEYAS (Cont.) 
Species 
C. TRIANAE 
Sepals and petals blush to purple. Lip purple-crim- 
son, throat orange. A very showy Christmas species. 
The commercial Christmas Orchid. 
C. VIOLACIA 
Spikes 3 to 5 inches, flowered. Slightly fragrant, about 
5S inches across. Sepals and petals deep rose, lip rich 
crimson. Summer bloomer. 
C. WARNERI 
Deep rose sepals and petals and a deep crimson lip. 
Flowers large. Summer bloomer. 
Description 
BRASSIAS 
B. GIROUDEANA, Varieties 
Scapes 12 to 18 inches, 6 to 9 flowers. Sepals and 
petals yellow, green tinted. The two lower sepals about 
5S inches long. Summer bloomer. 
VERDUCOSA 
Scapes 1 to 2 feet long, bearing 5 to 12 flowers. Flowers 
spreading segments narrow, pointed. Sepals about 4 
inches long. Greenish spotted with black-purple. Lip 
white, warted with black-green. Bloom early Summer. 
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B. GLAUCA 
Flowers large, slightly fragrant, sepals and petals 
white tinted green, lip white. Blooms in Spring. 
B. NODOSA 
Sepals and petals white, shaded green, lip spreading 
rounded. Fragrant at night, Autumn bloomer. 
CALANTHE 
VESTITA, Varieties 
Deciduous, flowers large, creamy white, usually with a 
light yellow eye, but variable in coloring. Blooms in 
Winter. 2 and 3 bulbs per pot. 
CYPRIPEDIUM 
C. INSIGNE 
Flowers large varying in color, mostly of greenish 
shades. Blooms in Fall. 
C. FAIRRIEANUM HYBRIDS 
Dorsal sepal white, yellowish green at base, veined 
with purple. Lip green flushed with red. Winter bloom- 
ing. 
CATASETUM 
Cc. SCURRA 
Scapes drooping 5 to 20 flowered, greenish, white, 
scented. Blooms in the Fall. 
DENDROBIUMS 
D. NOBILE 
Flowers in two and threes, from nodes 2 to 3 inches 
across, showy, variable. Segments white, heavily 
tipped with rose-purple. The lip has a deep black crim- 
son blotch in the throat. Hardly two plants bear flowers 
exactly alike. Winter blooming. 
EPIDENDRUMS 
E. ALATUM, Varieties 
Spikes erect, branching, flowers about 2 inches across. 
Sepals and petals shaded with brown purple, lip yel- 
lowish to white, shaded with rose purple. Fragrant. 
Blooms in the Spring. 
E. ATRO-PURPUREUM 
Flowers large, 2 to 3 inches across, 5 to 15 on a raceme. 
Sepals and petals green and brown. Lip white. Fra- 
grant Blooms Spring. 
E. CILIARE 
Scapes erect 2 to 7 flowered. Flowers spreading 3 to 4 
inches across. Sepals and petals greenish white. Lip 
white deeply fringed. Winter bloomer. 
E. COCHLEATUM 
Spikes erect, 3 to 9 flowered. Flowers 2 to 3 inches 
across. Sepals and petals narrow, inclined backward, 
yellowish green. Lip deep purplish black. In bloom 
almost continually. 
E. FRAGRANS 
Flowers in short 3 to 7 flowered spikes, about 2 inches 
across. Sepals and petals creamy white, lip white 
streaked with red-purple. Fragrant. Blooms in Summer. 
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EPIDENDRUMS (Cont.) 
Species Description 
E. LIONETIANUM 
Flowers large, 2 to 3 inches across. On stout erect 
racemes, of 5 to 15 flowers. Sepals and petals greenish 
brown. Lip pink. Fragrant. Summer bloomer. 
E. ONCIDIOIDES 
Scapes erect 2 to 3 feet, branching flowers yellowish 
brown, about 1 inch across, 10 to 50 flowers per scape. 
Blooms in Summer. 
E. SKINNERI 
Flower spikes 12 to 15 inches long, terminal bearing 10 
to 20 flowers about an inch across. Deep rose in color. 
Blooms in Winter. 
LAELIAS 
L. ANCEPS 
Two to 6 flowers per spike, 3 to 4 inches across. Very 
variable as to color. Typical in sepals and petals deep 
rose, lip crimson-purple. Winter bloomer. 
L. CRISPILABIA 
Sepals and petals lilac-mauve, lip deep amethyst and 
white. Dwarf habit. Blooms in Spring. 
L. GRANDIFLORA 
Flowers large to 6 inches across. Sepals and petals 
rosy, lip whitish in center, marked and spotted mauve 
purple. Blooms in May and June. 
L. FLAVA 
Dwarf habit, flowers canary yellow, 8 to 10 flowers per 
spike. Blooms Fall and Winter. 
L. LOBATA (Boothiana) 
Flowers violet-purple, rich crimson veins in the lip. 
Flowers about 5 inches across. Blooms April and May. 
L. LONGIPES, Dwarf Growing 
Flowers about 1l/% inches across. Sepals and petals light 
mauve, lip primrose yellow and maroon. Summer 
bloomer. 
L. LUNDI var REGNELLI 
A dwarf growing species. Flowers 11% inches across. 
Light lilac to white sepals and petals. Lip radiated with 
bright purple. The perfect miniature orchid and but- 
tonaire. Blooming period variable. 
L. PURPURATA 
Fjowers large, 5 to 8 inches across. Sepals and petals 
light rose-white. Lip crimson-purple, throat yellow, 
striped with crimson. Blooms early Summer. 
L. RUPESTRIS 
Spikes several flowered, flowers closely set, over an 
inch across, purple violet in color with a paler throat. 
Fall blooming. 
LYCASTES 
L. AROMATICA 
Flowers golden-yellow on scapes 3 to 4 inches high. 
Lip spotted with orange, very fragrant. 10 or more 
flowers often produced from one plant. Blooms Winter 
and Spring. 
L. CRUENTA 
Bright yellow flowers, similar to L. Aromatica. Blooms 
in Spring. 
L. SKINNERI 
Flowers large to 7 inches, sepals white suffused with 
rose. Lip whitish spotted with rose and crimson. Blooms 
Fall. and Winter. 
MILTONIAS 
M. FLAVESCENS var STELLATA 
Scapes 6 to 10 flowered, sepals and petals narrow yel- 
low lip yellowish white marked red-purple. Summer 
blooming. 
M. REGNELII 
Scapes 3 to 5 flowered, flowers flat, 2 to 3 inches 
across. Sepals and petals white, sometimes rose- 
flushed, at the base. Lip margined with white centrally 
light rose, crest yellow. Fall blooming. 
M. ROEZLII 
Scapes 1 to 4 flowered, flowers flat, large, handsome. 
White with purple blotch at base of each petal. Base at 
lip marked with yellow. Blooms Summer and Fall. 
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