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EXOTIC PLANTS *KROPICAL oOppiTies™ — 
GUIDED EXCURSIONS 
TO BEAUTIFUL U.S. Department of Agrieuseuss 
Miami Springs, Fla, ORCHID LANDS Phone 88-2616 
Box 509 348 Whitehorn Dr, 
This list is for those who like tropical plants and want nice specimens of rare plants, 
for the house in winter and outdoors in summer, This enterprise is operated by people 
long fami@liar with tropical plants from around the world, 
It is difficult to publish a permanent list of orchids and other rare plants because 
new things are always being discovered, These plants come from remote places and 
often high water, snakes, alligators and other hazards interfere with prompt delivery 
eee slow in filling an order we put in an extra, beside the surprise in every 
package, . 
The price indicates rarity of the subject of the difficulty of obtaining it, A11 
prices indicate bare root unless otherwise stated, Orchids and Bromeliads_do much 
better if taken on wood, 
We quote special prices to schools, museums and dealers. No order for less than $1.00 
will be accepted, All orders postpaid east of the Mississinpi River unless other- 
wise stated, Add 10% west of Mississippi. Packing guaranteed, All plants are 
blooming size and taken by permit, None are taken from the Everglades Park area, 
Please let us know what you think of your plants immediately upon receipt, especially 
if you have a complaint, 
Orchids and many other plants from the "Big Cypress" region of the "Deep" Everglades 
usually have a sray or whitish growth on them which is merely tropical lichens and 
absolutely harmless, 
Please read this bulletin carefully - many people don't and it causes extra corres= 
pondence, ©, O, D, costs you more, 
The culture of these plants is simple and of necessity our instructions are simple 
and to the point. In shipping plants everywhere we cannot state anything but a 
general and accepted practice, Though orchids and Bromeliads are tough plants 
and take much punishment they react differently in different places, You must find 
the prover location on your premises, then hands off, 
Books on this subject are exnensive and usually highly technical, We are prenvaring 
one in everyday language for beginners, amateurs and even experts will be interested 
because in part it will give interesting tales of plant collecting, If interested 
let us know, It will help in judging the number of volumes to be published. One 
of the best books for indoor gardners, winter or summer, is Jean Hersey's beautifully 
illustrated and very interesting "Garden in Your Window", The chapters on orchids 
are especially good, Mrs. Hersey really tells how to handle plants indoors and out 
and where to get them, Send $3,00 for a fine book, 
The old theory that it is difficult to grow orchids is exploded and there is no 
reason why you should do without them! There are so many types that one may enjoy 
them all year round - indoors and outside - at very little cost. At first you can 
try your hand on the inexpensive wild varieties, which we can supply in abundance, 
Among our customers are beginners, amateurs, professionels, advanced collectors 
and the most exacting connoisseurs. For the latter we advise getting on our 
"special" list as there are new varieties discovered and imported quite often, 
ORCHIDS TERRESTRIAL 
Terrestrial orchids grow in soil especially leaf mold and compost, The vanillas 
should be rooted or grown loosely packed, Use any or all of the following - best 
to mix two or three items, your choice - spaghnum, excelsior, dead leaves, leaf 
mold, compost, osmunda screenings, etc, Many te restrial orchids grow as far 
north as Canada and Greenland but usually in damp places but hard to transplant. Our 
other te~restrials should be grown in compost and started in shade but as bloom 
spike appears gradually move to sun or very strong light, 
Vanilla planifolia (fragrans) . Vanilla extract comes from this orchid. Flowers 
3 to 4 in, greenish yellow, fragrant, Plant vine like, large thick leaves, 
1,00 per cutting of at least 2 eyes, 
Vanilla phaentha, A beautiful, heavy vine tyne orchid, Very rare - don't send 
money = get on waiting list, 
A SURPRISE IN EVERY PACKAGE 
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