FENNELL’S ORCHID NEWS 


VANDA HOOKER 
IANA 
One of the rarest and finest Vandas, 
delicate and hard to grow but one of the 
best parents in the Vanda tribe. Ever- 
blooming. This was crossed with V. 
teres to make V. Miss Joaquim and is 
the reason Miss Joaquim is so florifer- 
ous. We are using it in a number of 
fine crosses both in the terete and semi- 
terete groups. Sorry no plants of this 
for sale. 
FENNELL’S ORCHID 
SEED LIST 
No. 238—Le. Brittannia Rubra «x C. 
Mossiae—This Brittannia is extremely 
dark and has fine shape while the Mos- 
siae is also dark, large and has heavy 
texture. Both are spring blooming. 
No. 239—C. Mossiae x Le. Altesse—(Le. 
Ernie Pyle). Our finest dark Mossiae 
was used here with our beautiful Altesse. 
Should make a late winter, early spring 
dark, with wonderful texture, shape and 
color. 
No. 240—C. Guetemalensis x C. Schroe- 
derae—This should give small to medium 
sized cattleyas in clusters in March and 
April. Color should be lavender suf- 
fused with orange. 
No. 241—C. Speciossissima « C. Rajah 
dark—Rajah has dark brilliant crimson 
purple color, large brilliant lip and 
heavy texture. The Speciossissima has 
very wide heavy petals and medium dark 
color... This should make a fine dark 
winter cattleya. 
No. 242—C. Mossiae «a: C. 
Belgica is a large medium dark heavy 
exhibition type cattleya and one of the 
best parents known while the Mossiae 
used is dark, heavy and large. Should 
make a fine winter-spring hybrid. 
Belgica— 
No. 243—C. Speciossissima « C. Mossiae 
—Should make a fine winter-spring 
bloom with beautiful shape and dark 
color. Probably a sprinkling of these 
will bloom throughout the year. 
No. 244—C. trianaet x C. Furnes— 
Furnes is like a glorified Mossiae and 
the cross should be similar to a fine 
Trimos. Probably late winter blooming, 
No. 245—(C. trianaei x Le. Dominiana) 
xe Le. Marinid—Le. Marinid has a dark 
glowing red-purple color that defies de- 
scription. Size and shape excellent. The 
C. trianaei x Le. Dominiana cross is 
deep velvety purple in color. Should 
make a very fine show dark. 
No. 246—-C. gigas « Le. Altesse—Gigas 
flowers as soon as the new growth is 
completed while Altesse waits like Mos- 
siae. Both parents exceptionally fine. 
This cross should bloom througiuout the 
year and should be one of the best hy- 
brids we have made. 
No. 247—C. gigas Frau Melanie Beyrodt 
x C. Dowiana aurea—This cross makes 
C. Hardyana alba one of the finest and 
best June blooming crosses. Strong 
growing, has white or cream s&p with 
a glorious dark lip beautifully marked 
with gold. You can’t go wrong here. 
No. 248—C. Fabianid x C. tranaei— 
This Fabianid is large, heavy and very 
dark while the trianaei is dark, heavy 
and round. This should make a very 
fine dark for the Christmas season. 
No. 249—C. St. Petersburg var, Excel- 
sior « Brassavola Digbyana alba—C. St. 
Petersburg var. Excelsior is one of 
our very finest show quality pure 
whites while the Brassavola_ Dig- 
byana alba was awarded the first prize 
in the 1949 International Orchid Show 
of the South Florida Orchid Society as 
the best orchid in the show other than 
a cattleya. This should make a very 
fine pure white Brasso-cattleya. Only 
a limited amount of this cross available. 
Prices on All Cattleya and 
Vanda Seed 
(Except No. 249) 
Full Packets .........- eee pee) eee $12.00 
Half: Packets) eee es 7.0U 
Quarter Packets eA tse a 9 5.00 
No. 249—Half Packets .................. 15.00 
No. 249—Quarter Packets ............ 10.00 
DENDROBIUMS 
D. UNDULATUM -@ IDA VERATI- 
FOLIUM—a rare hybrid—nice young 
plants. 
Ine2? ipotseeee wees ee $5.00 Each 
D. AINSWORTHIAE — lavender and 
pink hybrid, flowers in clusters on old 
stems, plants 8—10” tall. 
In'8" pote eitet oan Bee ee 7.50 Hach 
D. MOSCHATUM—-yellow flowers in 
long sprays from old stems, plants 6—8” 
tall. 
8 POth ce ee ee $5.00 Each 
D. FIMBRIATUM OCULATUM— 
bright orange flowers in long sprays, 
plants 8-10” tall. 
So Pots 2... eee ee ee $7.50 Each 
D, NOBILE—lavender and white flow- 
ers in clusters on old stems, plants 8— 
10" tall. In\3” potss = a S750 ach 
D. PIERARDII «x D. SUPERBUM 
ALBUM—»pendant plants with light lav- 
ender flowers. Seedlings in 38” pots, 
stems: 3-5° Jong 22 $5.00 Each 
H 1—D. SHIBATA « D. PHALAE- 
NOPSIS MAUNA KEA—should pro- 
duce long sprays of white or near white 
flowers. Strong young seedlings. 
In! 2~ "DOCS. ....2. cert eee $5.00 Each 
H 13846—D. NELLY SANDER—a 
pure white hybrid of the D. Formosum 
group, plants 14,—2” tall. 
Ty 2 DOES ere pees ee oe $5.00 Each 
Dend. Phalaenopsis dark—Parents very 
dark and fine seedlings 6” - 8” tall 
in 48") Pots! aia eee $5.00 ea. 
Dend, Nobile—A fine old favorite, plants 
6’. 8” fall ‘in’3”* potgaemeae. 3.00 ea. 
10"°- 15”-talltin 4” pote 7.50 ea. 
Dend. Moschatum var Calceolaria flow- 
ers more yellow than the type 7.50 ea. 
Den. Louis Bleriot—A very famous and 
fine hybrid seedlings in 4” pots 6” - 
10” «tall 28h... 26) eee 8.50 ea. 
Dend. Phal. var. Hololewcwm—Parents 
pure white, seedlings 6” - 8 ” tall in 
Bio DOtS) © Ree ie eee eee 6.50 ea. 
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY 
Are you feeding your’ orchids?” 
Tom, Sr., asked a customer who was 
visiting the Jungle the other day. “Yes”, 
she said, “I am feeding my Phalaenopsis. 
I haven’t started feeding the Cattleyas 
yet.” “Gee” Tom replied, “It’s a 
good thing our Mothers didn’t wait as 
long to feed us as some people do their 
orchids! We would have been a puny lot.” 

3. VANDA VELTHIUS 
var. Sunglow 
(V. Sanderiana x V. Miss Joaquim) 
Judged the best Vanda in the 1950 
Sixth Annual International Orchid Show. 
Flowers large, heavy, long lasting, color 
lavender suffused with gold, 
