plants much lower in price than the plants I sell 
and still maintain high standards of quality. 
I grow all plants sold to you in flower pots. 
They are all well established, vigorous plants of 
blooming size. I handle no young seedlings. All 
my plants are adult plants and will flower on their 
present growth or their new growth. In short, 
you can expect flowers from my plants, anywhere 
from 30 days to 1 year, depending on what time 
of year the plant blooms and what time of year 
vou are buying it. Most Cattleya Orchid plants 
produce flowers once a year. A few of the better 
types produce two sets of flowers a year. The 
amount of flowers a plant produces depends on 
the size and age of the plant. The older and 
larger the plant the more flowers it produces. 
Amateurs cannot, except in rare exceptions, 
grow Orchids from seed. It is a highly technical 
procedure and certainly cannot be recommended 
for a beginner. 
RECOMMENDATION FOR BEGINNERS 
Do not attempt to absorb too much inform- 
ation at one time by purchasing various books on 
Orchids. Further reading is certain to confuse 
you since each grower or writer has his own pet 
theories of how to grow Orchids. Mine is based 
on growing thousands of plants. The next book 
you read may be based on growing a few dozen 
plants by an amateur grower who means well 
but whose experience is very limited. The in- 
formation I have given you in this circular to- 
gether with my other illustrated circular showing 
the stages of growth of a mature Cattleya Orchid 
is more than encugh to get anyone started in 
crowing Orchids successfully. The next step is 
to get some plants and get started. You will 
learn more by growing one plant than a dozen 
books. 
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