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Vanilla articulata (barbellata) - Leafless vine orchid, flowers white, purple and 
yellow, fragrant - cuttings ~ at least 3 eyes $1,00, 
Vanilla grandiflora, best of all-rooted cuttings $1.50. 
Bletia tuberosa - Lovely, palm leaf orchid with multiplying bulbs and loose panicles 
of many lavender bi»ssons on tall stems, Af ter bloom rest bulbs. Bulbs .25¢ 
each or 5 for $1.00, 
Eulophia alta (platypus cltus) - Though Bletia is beautiful this one is best, Many 
reddish purple flavers in racemes on tall erect stems, Bulbs .30¢ each - 5 for 
725% 
Calapagon puchellis » Many lovely lavender flowers on spikes in spring, Bulbs .30¢ 
each or 5 for $1.25, 
ORCHIDS » EPIPHYTIC 
Epiphytic plants grow on trees, logs and rocks with aerial or exposed roots, If 
bought growing on wood or tussock they are much easier to handle, If bare root 
pot in rotten wood, fern root or other loose material, with charcoal and broken 
poctery in the bottom of the pot. Quick drainage is necessary, Use neavy material 
for heavy rooted plants and fing material for fine rooted plants, Water by fins 
spray awl keep ple ss in humid atmosphere, Some of these plants like more light 
then others but the light or sun in your locality is the determining factor. 
There are two recent books en orchids that are really good, We rarely recommend 
a svrictly orchid book, These however, are different and to the point, The 
lovely pictures in these books may excite you but take it easy. Read them and 
be prepared, "ABC of Orchid Growing" by Dr, Watkins $3,00 and "Orchids Are Easy 
To Grow" by Logan and Casper, a really complete and colorfully illustrated book 
for non commercial growers, 6,00, 
These inexpensive native plants grow just like the faney, large flowered type and 
so they are best for beginners, After learning there is little gamble in buying 
the more expensive type. Our plants are also interesting to collectors and dealers, 
People are really going for orehids, Many orchids do not look good when out of 
season or dormant, but that is the best time for shipping, Don't throw away a 
dead looking plant if the roots are alive, 
Cyrtopodium punctatum (A curved foot that punctures), Bull's horn or cigar orchid, 
A mammoth of the orchid family, most robust and easy to grow orchid native to the 
United States - South Florida only, A real spray orchid with long spreading panicles 
of yellow, black and brown spotted blossoms, very showy even when not in bloom with 
large bulbs and palm like leaves, January to April, 
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Epidendrum tampense - We can't say enough for this rugged "spunky" ready blooming 
plant, The best for beginners and it wins the admiration of all orchidists, Takes: 
punishment, may bloom anytime, will stand cold and some freezing, Small fragrant, 
yellowish green flowers with white and purple lips, Many blossoms in loose sprays 
which are good as cut flowers or corsages, Do not remove old bulbs until plant 
is established, 
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Epidendrum cochleatum (var, triandrum) + Found only in South Florida, Lovely and 
easy to grow with attractive bulbs and foliage, May bloom anytime with small] 
blackish purple, shell like flowers in short sprays. Especially nice on 
tussock or wood, 
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Epidendrum difforme - Gentlemen's orchid = fine for boutonnicre, Very attractive, 
running orchid with rich green sueculent leaves and many lovely greenish white 
flowers in clusters at the stem ends, May bloom anytime. 
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Epidendrum rigidum ~- For beginners and collectors, Much like difforme with many 
stems and roots standing away from the wood, Not found in many places but very 
luxurient where found, Price same as difforme, 
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