SUCCULENTS, continued 
Euphorbia arboreus. MONKEY CANDLE. An 
odd, naked plant with fleshy branches and green 
stems but almost no leaves. A curious subject for 
adding variety to your collection. Old plants 
reach 8 to 10 feet in Florida. Small plants 25c, 
medium 50c, large $1.00 to $5.00. 
Kalanchoe sp. BLUE KALANCHOE. The 
bunches of fleshy leaves become light blue tinged 
purplish in full sunlight. Odd salmon flowers. 
Small plants 25c, medium 50c, large $1.00. 
K. Daigremontiana. CHINESE PAGODA- 
PLANT. Wide pointed fleshy leaves with mot- 
tled brown markings. From the edges of the 
leaves are produced quantities of small plants 
which drop to the ground as they develop. The 
general shape of a small plant suggests a Chinese 
pagoda with several stories or off-sets. Small 
plants 25c, medium 50c, large 75c. 
K. globulifera. Large type with brilliant red flow- 
ers. Reddish tinted leaves. A fine pot plant of 
much easier culture than the dwarf type. Small 
plants 35c, medium 50c. 
K. somalinensis. A rare pink-leaved type. Makes 
an excellent indoor subject, which develops an 
intense brilliant pink color in full sun. Small 
plants 35c, medium 50c, larger $1.00. 
K. tomentosa. 
brown. edges. 
large 75c. 
K. tubiflora. TUBE-LEAVED KALANCHOE. 
Cylindrical mottled fleshy leaves producing small 
plants from the leaf tips. When plants are about 
one year old they produce large, long-lasting 
clusters of bright pink to red, lantern-like flow- 
ers, which are very showy. Small plants 25c, 
medium 50c, larger 75c to $1.00. 
Kalanchoe sp. YELLOW-FLOWERED KAL- 
ANCHOE. Grows 12 to 18 inches tall and pro- 
duces bunches of yellow flowers. In the full sun 
the leaves become yellowish pink. Small plants 
25c, medium 50c, large 75c. 
Mesembryanthemum roseum. ICE-PLANT. A 
low-growing, trailing, sun-loving plant with 
tubular crystaline fleshy leaves covered in spring 
with a mass of brilliant rosy pink blooms about 
1 inch across. Small plants 25c, medium 50c, 
large $1.00. 
Pedilanthus tithymaloides. DEVILS BACK- 
BONE; REDBIRD-CACTUS. Another curiosity 
for your collection. Green stems from 2 to 10 feet 
tall, with zig-zag joints extending from one node 
to the next; hence its names. Small bird-shaped 
red flowers at ends of branches. Small plants 25c, 
medium 50c, large 75c to $1.25. 
P. tithymaloides variegatus. A form of the above 
with beautiful white and green variegated leaves 
turning pink tn cool weather. Small plants 25c, 
medium 50c, large 75c to $1.25. 
Portulacaria afra. ELEPHANT FEED. Unique 
small, glossy green-leaved, very attractive suc- 
culent plant with many branches as the plant be- 
comes older. Small plants 25c, medium 50c, 
larger $1.00 to $1.50. 
Stapelia gigantea. GIANT STARFISH-FLOW- 
ER. Stiff, erect, cactus-like, four-sided stalks 8 to 
12 inches tall. Enormous star-shaped flowers of 
light yellow marked with brown, up to 12 inches 
in diameter. Small plants 50c, larger 75c to $1.00. 
S. variegata. DWARF STARFISH-FLOWER. A 
dwarf type with fleshy starfish-like flowers about 
2 inches across. A strange denizen of the South 
African deserts. Flowers are light yellow heavily 
marked with velvety rich brown. Small plants 
25c, medium 50c, large 75c. 
Heavy white felted leaves with 
Small plants 25c, medium 50c, 


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ORCHIDS AND AIR 
PLANTS 
Dendropogan usneoides. SPANISH MOSS. The 
well-known native Florida moss found hanging in 
long festoons swaying in the wind from the live 
oak, pine, and cypress trees. Small bunches 25c, 
larger 50c to $1.00. 
Epidendrum O’Brienianum. A smal! narrow- 
leaved climbing orchid. Should be planted in a 
pot of soil and given a wooden support 2 to 3 feet 
long. Beautiful, bright orange to orange-red flow- 
ers. Small plants $1.25, larger $2.00 to $4.00. 
E. Tampense. BUTTERFLY ORCHIDS. These 
dainty and graceful little orchids are found grow- 
ing mostly on the bark of oak, cedar, and cypress 
trees in the dense Florida jungles. Each spring 
they put forth great numbers of neat greenish 
brown flowers variously marked with bright rose- 
purple and creamy white. Each fragrant flower is 
about 1 inch across and lasts for many days. The 
plants are easily grown when fastene to rough 
bark and sprinkled with water once or twice each 
week. Miniature plants 25c, larger 50c to $1.50. 
Attached to wood, 50c extra. 
Habenaria sp. WATER ORCHID. A true orchid 
with green fringed flowers. The plant grows in 
very wet soil or is found among the water hya- 
cinths and floating upon the water. The hyacinths 
act as a support for the orchids. 75c each. 
Tillandsia sp. AIR PLANT or AIR PINE. These 
native Florida pineapple-like plants grow on the 
limbs of trees and produce spikes of flowers rang- 
ing from bright red to blue and white. Small 
plants 25c, medium 50c, large $1.00 to $2.00. 
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