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CATTLEYA SECTION 
SEEDLINGS 
The purchase of Orchid seedlings affords the commercial and experienced amateur grower a 
very economical means of keeping his Orchid collection up-to-date by acquiring the modern 
hybrids that are being developed each year. In addition to the exciting pleasure of having 
new seedlings bloom each year, the growing of these little fellows affords a tremendous 
amount of pleasure. 
For the benefit of new Orchid enthusiasts, we would like to explain the ages of the plants 
in various pot sizes and the average time required before the plant may be expected to 
attain flowering size. We apologize to those of you to whom this is baby talk, but please 
bear with us. 
COMMUNITY POTS 
These plants are planted in colonies of ten to twelve plants per pot and the price shown 
is for the entire pot. We cannot accept an order for less than 10 plants of a cross. 
The plants are from 2 to 24 years old and should attain flowering size in about 5 years. 
SINGLE PLANTS 
The following pots contain single plants and may be purchased in any quantity: 
POT SIZE AGE TIME BEFORE BLOOMING 
1-3/4” 3 to 3% Years 3% to 4 Years 
ae 3% to 4 Years 3 to 3% Years 
2” 401 to’ 5 Years 2% to 3 Years 
ig 4% to 5% Years 2 to 2% Years 
3%” 5 to 6 Years 1% to 2 Years 
AY 5% to 6 Years 1 to 1% Years 
yy” 6 to 7 Years Of a size to flower 
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Please bear in mind that giowing conditions and geographical locations may alter these 
frgures, but on the average, we beleive them to be applicable. 
It is our recommendation that amateur growers who have had no previous experience in 
growing seedlings, start with plants in single pots, preferably in the 2” size or 
above. 1-3/4” seedlings are also fairly easy to handle, but the mortality from 
community pot to ]-3/4” is sometimes very high for an inexperienced grower. 
