Margaret Ilgenfrit 3 
Ch otc 
ORCHIDS 
monroe , michigan 

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I have just received a shipment of beautiful orchid plants from 
Guatemala and Costa Rica. They are all large clumps, most with new 
growth started and are ready for potting. They should bloom at their 
next normal blooming period. If you need osmunda for potting, send 
an extra $1.00 and I'll include a pound. 
Odontoglosaum grande: Pseudobulbs 3 to 4" high, leaves about S" to 
14" tall, dull. green thick texture, scapes 4 tc 7 flowered, about 12" 
high. Flowers large, 6" or 7" across and very showy... Senals bright 
yeliow, heaviiy barred witn: chestaut-dsrown, lip short, neerly round, 
vynite or paie yellow, sparsely blotched with red-prowm. For potting 
use half osmunda fibre pulisd anart and half spkagnum moss. with a 
little silvers sand mixed in. Autumn is the flowering time. 
$5.75 Ba. 
Cattleya skinneri: Pseudebulbs 12" to 14", swollen at the base, 
leaves 4" to 6" long, spikes 3 to 8 flowered, Blooms about 3" to 4" 
across in clusters. Sepals and petals rose purple with desper lip, 
peler throat. Sheath forms in late summer and remains brown and dry 
tarougn winter. Use oSmurda for potting. Early summer is the bioom- 
ing time. $5.75 Ea. 
Foidendrum atronurpurea: Pseudobulbs 2" to 3" high, ovate, with two 
“eaves about 12" long. Flowers large 2" tc 3" across borne on stout 
racomes of 5 to 15 flowers. Sepals and patals green and chocolate 
brown, Lip pure white with a bright crimson central blotch. Use 
osimmda for potting. Early summer is the flowering time. 
$4.75 Ba. 
Poristeria elata (sometimes called "Dove Orchid") Pseudobulbs about 
é" high, leaves 2 to 3-1/2' high, scapes erect 3' to 6' high. 
Flowers fragrant, 2" to 3" across, waxy white. The lip is sometimes 
spotted with purple. When in full bloom the flower resembles a Dove. 
Use 2/3 loam fibre and 1/3 osmunda for the potting mixture. Summer 
j.s the blooming time. 
Supply limited. &A.75 Ea. 
