RYERSON 1950 EXPANSIBLE ORCHID FOLDER - ORCHID SEED Page 5. 
No Orchid Enthusiast is completely satisfied with his entrancing orchid business 
or hobby until he has proved to himself and his friends that he can also grow 
them from seed! Now that you can buy not only fresh, viable seed of choice hy- 
brid crosses =- BUT AISO everything you will need for sowing it = and at such 
reasonable cost, why not tackle this painstaking but fascinating job? 
Pages 3 and 4 will show you how amazingly simple it is to sow the seed flasks. 
All but two of the following new seed crosses are ready as this page goes to 
presse The others should be ripe and tested by the time the list reaches you. 
Seed is tested and percentage of viability written on the packet. A 10-flask 
packet contains sufficient seed for ten 500cc flasks, of 300 seedlings each. 
10-flask packet. e@evesceoe $7.50 
2-flask PACKET cccrevece 3.00 
2-flask packet plus flasks of orchid agar and all sowing equipment...+.+.+-$5200 
#646-A C. ENID ALBA X LC WINTER BELLE - The reverse of #646, made with even 
finer blooms. Boldly beautiful Enid Alba was a crisp 9-inch Feb. white-colored- 
lip bloom; broad lip almost solidly purple, with fine white edging; big yetlow 
zones at sides of throat. The December Winter Belle was one of three 7g-inch, 
well-rounded, heavy-textured white-colored-lip blooms on the stem. 
#647 C. NELL MONTGOMERY X C. SWAN 
This cross of two newly registered PURE WHITE hybrids of excellent size and 
heavy texture is expected to turn out an abundance of fine Whites for Late 
Winter through Early Spring. 

#649 Lc GEORGE CIEJKA X C. ISOBEL SANDER - January blooming Geo. Ciejka is a 
cross of Lo Roger Sander and trianae Edgar Knight. The 7-inch blooms had the 
hybrid's fine shape, plus Ed. Knight's brilliant color and distinctive feathered 
petals; solid crimson-purple lip and throat matching the petal splashes. Bight 
inch Nove Isobel Sander was bright rose-lavender, with lower half of broad, 
ruffled lip a brilliant fuschia-red, edged rose. Grand shape and texture. 
#650 C. BARBARA BILLINGLEY X C. UNDINE = One of my two best Barbara Billing- 
leys, this one bore ten 8-inch PURE WHITE blooms while still carrying this seed 
pod! The most vigorous, highly productive of all my WHITE hybrids. Its one 
weakness being that the petals could have heavier texture. My goal in crossing 
it with C. Undine - the heaviest textured PURE WHITE Cattleya hybrid I've ever 
seen - was to couple the Billingley productivity with the Undine bold shape and 
extremely heavy substance. Both are Winter blooming. 
#651 C. RITA SLADDEN X C. BARBARA BILLINGLEY - Spring blooming Rita Sladden 
had excellent well-rounded shape, equalled Barbera Billingley in size, and was 
of heavier texture than the pollen parent. The cross should produce a good 
percentage of fine Spring Whites. 
#652 C. LEDA VAR. SUNLIGHT X LC CYNTHIA x LC NEW YORK = The very beautiful 
Leda was clear, buttery yellow, with broad, ruffled, crimson-and-gold lip and 
throat like the Dowiana Aurea parent. March bloom. The February Cynthia x New 
York was a striking pink-splashed yellow bloom, the coloring resembling a lus- 
cious sun ripened peach. The ruffled lip was fuschia and gold, with the gold 
zone extending well up into the throate Cross expected to produce some unusual 
Winter yellows. 

#132 ONCIDIUM LANCEANUM X SELF - Very attractive Autumn blooming sprays 
greenish yellow blooms speckled with brown; long lips similar to "Dancing Girl" 
in shape but rose=purple in color. Fragrant and long lasting. 

