upper sepal is a soft rose suffused with white; the lower two 
are larger and are a tawny-yellow, crossed and recrossed with 
prominent sanguineous-red veins. The petals are smaller 
than the sepals and are colored like the upper sepal but with 
a tawny-red blotch near the base. The lip is comparatively 
small but remarkable in structure. The basal half is concave, 
not spurred, and is a dull tawny-yellow streaked with red; 
the front part is bluntly cordate, recurved apically, colored 
chocolate-purple, with three prominent ridges. (Description 
taken from Sander's Orchid Guide.) It blooms late summer 
and winter. Although the plant has been actively collected 
recently in the jungles of Cotabato Province of Mindanao in 
the Philippines, it is still very scarce. From $20.00 up. 
VANDA SUAVIS is a fine species. It grows up to five 
feet tall, with leaves from 12 to 15 inches long. It has six 
to 14 flowers to the spike and the flowers measure two to 
three inches across and are fragrant. The sepals and petals 
are white, spotted and barred with purple, with a purplish 
suffusion. The lip is rose-purple. V. suavis is often taken 
for V. tricolor, which resembles this orchid and may be a 
form of V. suavis. The plants respond to feeding and should 
be splashed with water on bright, warm days. From $5.00 up. 
In addition to these and many others that are rare and 
unusual, we have many fine varieties of CATTLEYAS from 
one of the best orchid hybridists in America and from the 
oldest concerns in France and England. 
In our stock of CYPRIPEDIUMS you will find many of 
the finest English hybrids, some that have been given the 
Award of Merit or F.C.C. Award in the Royal Horticultural 
Society. We received this year some 450 fine plants by 
air from England, among them fine, free-flowering, early- 
blooming reds such as we have in our display; whites 
(Cypripedium Albion, F.C.C. var., and Cypripedium F. C. 
Puddle) and many hothouse varieties; also large-flowering 
cool types. 
Along with this shipment of Cypripediums we received 
a good-sized shipment of CYMBIDIUMS. The shipment in- 
cluded many large plants of Cymbidium Dorchester of 
selected varieties. The large quantity of the order enables 
us to sell these plants and the propagations from them at 
the lowest prices ever offered in this section of the country. 
Almost monthly we receive importations from Hawaii 
and the Far East, where the rare and fine DENDROBIUMS 
and VANDAS originate. 
We also stock ORCHID SUPPLIES for the amateur as 
well as the commercial grower. We are Southern California 
distributors for what is recognized to be one of the finest 
orchid sprays on the market today. We have what is con- 
sidered by many to be the best osmunda fibre in this area, 
and at a very reasonable price. Also, we stock Taylor 
thermometers in four or five different sizes. For Cymbidium 
hobbyists — Sudbury Soil Test kits. For heating, we have 
heaters and thermostats and information for installing. 


THE ORCHID HOUSE 
BETTY POWELL NORRIS POWELL 
2009 EAST BROADWAY 
TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA 
Phone * CUmberland 3-3968 
