
ORCHID GROWING BETWEEN SIPS OF COFFEE—SO ATTRACTIVE—SO SIMPLE 
Name Parent Description Size Price 
SAINT ALBAN (Antigone x Harrisianum) Exciting medium sized flower with deep mahogany red pouch and 3 7.00 
petals. Dorsal sepal has mahogany red sunrise shading to white at sides and top. 4” 10.00 
SAINT MILO—White margin, brown spotted dorsal with green background. Petals and pouch rich polished 4” 10.00 
mahogany brown. 
SIR REDVERS BULLER (insigne x Smithii) Early flowering, long stemmed cypripedium bearing well balanced 4” 20.00 
flowers of good size. Dorsal is light green and rose fading into white, peppered with small light 
brown dots. Petals and pouch light bordeaux. 
VILLOSUM (Species) Vigorous species with pouch and petals of yellow brown and dorsal sepal of brownish 4” 5.0) 
purple shaded with green. 5” 7.0 
CARE OF ORCHIDS IN THE HOME 
LOCATION: Try to give orchid plants a position near a window with as much light as possible, providing there is positive pro- 
tection against DIRECT MID-DAY SUN. Plants while in bloom can be placed anywhere at your pleasure, even in dark hallways. 
WATERING: Water once a week with one cup of water for a 5-inch pot, and proportionately more for larger pots. During sum- 
mer heat spells, watering can be increased. 
TEMPERATURE: Cattleyas like the usual, comfortable, ordinary home temperatures. 
Odontoglossum do well in the cooler rooms, in the cool conservatory or sheltered porch. 
Cymbidiums can stand more cold than any orchid. In the San Francisco area, Cymbidiums flourish in shady or protected gardens, 
in large pots in protected patios, or in unheated glasshouses. 
HUMIDITY: Plants can be set in an ordinary tray or flat bowl, or on wetted pebbles or crushed rock placed in the tray or bowl. 
This rock helps to give added humidity by the evaporation of water kept about the rock in the tray or bowl. At least one inch 
should be allowed between the level of water about the rock, and the bottom of the pot. 
Orchids, being one of the easiest of plants to care for, can be grown quite successfully in the home. They take no fertilizers, 
and are unusually clean. Orchids are now within the reach of everyone. The average plant for the home ready to bloom—$7.50 
to $10.00. 

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