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NEW YORK, BOSTON, FARGO OR CHICAGO! 
Orchids can be grown in any city in the 
United States. If you live in the North and your 
home is heated in the winter you can grow Or- 
chids. Generally speaking, Cattleya Orchids do 
well at temperatures comfortable to the human 
body, altho they can take lower or higher tem- 
peratures when necessary. In the winter I recem- 
mend a low of 60 in the home, with a high of 75. 
In the summer, they can easily take the highest 
temperatures, since by heredity they are all jun- 
gle plants. 
It takes absolute freezing, 32 degrees,'to kill 
an Orchid plant. I have exposed thousaids of 
plants to 36 degrees without harm to the plants. 
If the plant is in bloom a temperature lower than 
D0 degrees will wither the flowers. At 45 degrees 
the tender buds will wither if the plant is getting 
ready to bloom. At low temperatures plants will 
go dormant, and as soon as heat is given they 
will begin to grow rapidly again. Orchids seem 
to like a short cool spell and chance to rest and 
do not appear the worse for it. They catch up 
quickly with speedier growth after a short rest. 
BANISH YOUR DOUBTS! 
Most people interested in growing Orchids 
approach it with too much anxiety and apprehen- 
sion. An Orchid is actually easier to grow than 
most house plants. It is simply that they grow 
under conditions that are not familiar to the 
average person. Once you learn the conditions 
that they grow under you will find them easier 
to grow than most things. 
Cattleya Orchids, for example, grow without 
soil. They are grown in a special fibrous material 
called Osmunda or Osmundine. This material 
is the root of a tropical fern found in the Florida 
Everglades, Australia, Hawaii, and a few other 
places. When this material was discovered the 
crowing of Orchids on a large scale in a green- 
house or home became a practical reality. Here- 
tofore, the potting medium had been the greatest 
problem. 
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