FENNELL’S ORCHID CATALOGUE 
1951 
FENNELL’S ORCHID 
SEED LIST 
No. 250—C. Gigas fine var. (large fine 
flower, very floriferous deep brilliant 
lip with bright yellow spots s&p lght 
flesh colored) x C. Guttata Leopoldi 
(plant tall strong growing lip spatulate 
white with deep lavender markings s&p 
light chartreuse with lavender spots, 
texture heavy and waxy. An experi- 
mental cross, but one that should give 
some interesting hybrids, should pro- 
duce heavy medium sized flowers several 
to the spike. 
No. 251—Le. Gaillard (an exceptional- 
ly fine large strong growing free flow- 
ering Le. dark big lip prominent yellow 
throat wide dark s&p) x Be. Galatea 
(medium lavender sepals and petals lip 
large and dark crimson purple marked 
gold). Both parents are exceptionally 
fine and both bloom in the Feb. 15th - 
Apr. 15th period when orchid flowers are 
scarcest and hardest to get. Should make 
an exceptionally fine hybrid. 
No. 252—C. Belgica (an exceptionally 
large fine shape medium dark with 
darker lip, free flowering strong grow- 
ing cattleya) x C. Barres (medium large 
very dark fine shape heavy texture free 
flowering). Both are late winter, early 
spring bloomers; should make an ex- 
ceptionally fine cross for the early 
Easter season. 
No. 253—C. trianaei var. Jungle Queen 
(this is our fine prize-winning trianei 
texture very heavy, shape very round 
ruffled petals, sepals wide, lip large, 
plant strong growing) x C. Lueddeman- 
niana (fine large dark round petalled 
type). This should make a hybrid of 
fine shape texture and color that will 
bloom over a long period. Both parents 
strong growing and compact. We are 
planting a lot of this, as we believe it 
will bloom nearly the year round and 
we know the plants will be compact 
and free flowering. 
No. 254—Le. Mermoz (medium size, 
fine shape, heavy texture, dark color) x 
C. Lueddemanniana (large dark fine 
shape compact free flowering. This 
should also make a very fine dark free 
flowering hybrid to bloom around the 
year. 
No. 255 Ome (CeGigas aC: Leda) 
(a very fine dark brilliant flower 
blooming in August when good darks 
are scarce) x C. Gigas Fennell’s var. 
(a free flowering late Gigas with fine 
texture and large dark flowers. This 
should make a very fine dark for the 
June to September season, probably 
producing most of its flowers in August 
and early September, as both parents 
bloom at that time. 
No. 256—C. Dowiana Rosita (she finest 
darkest Dowiana we have seen, lip 
large deep blood red with gold mark- 
ings s&p orange yellow, heavily 
sprinkled and splashed with red) x 
C. Gigas Fennell’s var. (probably our 
best, largest and darkest Gigas). This 
should make an exceptionally fine dark 
C. Hardyana, one of the best of the 
proven favorites. 
No. 257—C. trianaei var. Naranja (a 
very large strong growing prize win- 
ning trianaei, s&p light, wide and heavy 
textured, lip extremely large, brilliant 
crimson purple with a large yellow 
area in the throat, a proven fine pa- 
rent) x C. Belgica (strong growing, pro- 
ducing large dark heavy textured flow- 
ers freely). This we expect to make 
a fine hybrid for the late winter season. 
No. 258—C. Clotho very dark var. (This 
plant of the cross of Enid and Trianaei 
is large and free flowering, dark and 
heavy textured blooms at Christmas 
for us) x C. Admiration (very large, 
beautifully shaped and medium laven- 
der in color, lip large and dark Christ- 
mas bloomer). We believe this will be 
a very fine hybrid for the Christmas 
season. 
No. 259—Le. Altesse Fennell’s var. 
(Our best Altesse, large, very heavy 
textured, strong growing, free flower- 
ing, very dark brilliant lip s&p me- 
dium lavender) x C. Lueddemanniana 
Orchid Jungle. (This Lueddemanniana 
was judged the best Cattleya species in 
the 1950 International Orchid Show. 
The flowers are very large, wide pe- 
talled and dark, plant compact and free 
flowering). We expect a large beauti- 
fully shaped flower varying in color 
from medium to very dark. Texture 
should be good and the plant should be 
both compact and floriferous. Prob- 
ably will bloom several times a year. 
CATTLEYA ST. PETERSBURG var. Excelsior 
No. 260—C. Bob Betts var... White 
Cloud. (This seedling of C. Bow Bells 
and C. Mossiae Wagneri has very heavy 
texture with wide heavy petals and a 
good lip) x C. St. Petersburg var Excel- 
ior (has heavy texture, fine shape and a 
very large frilled lip; it is more florifer- 
ous than Betts). This combination of two 
very fine whites should result in some 
exceptionally fine white seedlings. 
No. 261—V. Gilbert Triboulet—This 
cross of V. tricolor with V. caerulea re- 
sults in light blue flowers spotted with 
dark blue 3” to 4” in diameter on long 
sprays of 10 to 12 flowers. Very free 
flowering producing 5 to 7 spikes year- 
ly. Grows well with cattleyas. 
PRICES ON ORCHID SEED 
Y% packet (plants 2 to 3 flasks) $5.00 
% packet (plants 4 to 6 flasks) $7.00 
Full packet (plants 10-12 flasks) $12.00 
REMEMBER all Fennell Orchid Seed 
is guaranteed to germinate. If it doesn’t 
grow we'll replace it with new seed of 
an equivalent cross. 
FLOWER PRODUCTION 
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5. Larger plants. We believe Cattle- 
ya plants shown be grown into fairly 
large specimens for best flower produc- 
tion per square foot. Today we have a 
C. Enid in a 7 pan with 14 large 
flowers on it. It has also produced 
eight other flowers within the past two 
months. If this plant were divided into 
4 or 5 pieces in 4” to 5” pots it would 
take 3 to 4 times the space and prob- 
ably would not produce as many flow- 
ers. We will divide this plant when 
it finishes blooming this year, putting 
it into two 6” or 7” pans only. 
This is an outstanding variety of this grand hybrid. Notice texture 
and the way the flower presents itself. 
strongly. (See Seed list.) 
Flowers freely and grows very 
