CYCNOCHES CHLOROCHILON 
SWAN ORCHID (SEE COLOR CUT ON BACK COVER) 
The Swan orchid has all the oddities expressed in one plant a person could wish. 
The flowers besides being unique and beautiful in color and form have a pleasant 
fragrance. The flowers average 4 to 5 inches across and may attain 6 inches. This 
species is generally dioecious. That is, a plant will flower with all male or all female 
flowers. However, both sexes of flowers have been known to appear on the same 
plant. The picture shows perfect flowers (both sexes in same flower). The pollen 
of the male flowers will fly thru the air a short distance if molested. 
Our Policy — Color Slides 
We do not sell orchid seed—flasks or stud plants. We do not have di- 
visions to sell of the color illustrated cattleya hybrids shown in this 
catalog. It is our policy to sell seedlings from our finest stud plants and 
to exhibit the parents used in our breeding. We have collections of 
Kodachrome transparency slides which we shall be glad to loan to Orchid 
Societies or Garden Clubs for programs if you will pay the postage or 
transportation charges. These slides have been given wide acclaim and 
will give a program of an hour or more. We are always glad to help with 
cultural problems and invite your correspondence on special selected 
plants in flower. 
Cultural Directions 
Plant growth generally begins in February at which time begin watering once a 
day. After April increase the watering to twice daily. Give a light airy position in 
the greenhouse or sunporch. They grow naturally on large trees that shade the coffee 
plantations in Tropical America. An Eastern exposure is considered best and Southern 
next best. This orchid will take fertilizing once a month (see Phalaneopsis cultural 
directions on page 19), 
Osmunda fibre may be used for potting but a liberal amount of broken pots should 
be used to provide good drainage. Some growers like to use pieces of Cypress wood or 
bark (or other wood upon which orchids grow naturally) wedged in container with 
osmunda. Do not over-pot in too large a size container. The watering schedule above 
may be reduced if osmunda does not dry out readily from one watering to the next. 
Watering should be reduced when flower spike appears—but kept moderately moist. 
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Greenhouses at Mandarin on the St. Johns River 

