PHALAENOPS!DS (CONT. ) 
NO. 333 P. DORIS X P. TETRAPLOID 
THE DORIS USED HERE WAS PURE 
WHITE, OF EXCELLENT FORM, AND 
MEASURED 5°’ IN DIAMETER: IT WAS 
CROSSED WITHA WHITE PHALAENOPSIS 
(UNKNOWN PARENTAGE) OF EXCEEDING- 
LY HEAVY TEXTURE. THE FLOWERS OF 
THIS HYBRID WILL HAVE GREAT MER- 
IT FOR LASTING QUALITY, SIZE AND 
CONFORMATION. 
34° $12.50; 5° FLOWERING SIZE $25 
NO. 384) P. KAREN (P. Katherine Siegwart, 
NO. 385) Helvetia x P. Doris) 
LARGE WHITE FLOWERS OF HEAVY TEX- 
TURE: A FINE HYBRID FOR GOOD CUT 
FLOWER PRODUCTION. 
#282 34°° $10; 5° FLOWERING S1ZE $15. 
NO. 390 P. KATHERINE SIEGWART, HELVETIA X P. RIMESTADIANA, 
HELVETIA, A.M. 
WE EXPECT VERY LARGE FLOWERS OF EXTRA-HEAVY TEXTURE: A 
FINE CUT FLOWER FOR LASTING QUALITIES. 3t°°7 S10 
° 
DENDROB | UMS 
THIS GENUS CONTAINS SOME OF THE FINEST OF THE SPRAY ORCHIDS. 
THEY ARE OF EASY CULTURE, ALTHOUGH ONE MUST BE AWARE OF THE PARTI- 
CULAR REQUIREMENTS OF EACH SPECIES IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 
FLOWERING THEM. 
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS AND ALL OF ITS VARIETIES SHOULD BE 
GROWN IN THE CATTLEYA HOUSE AND GIVEN ASMUCH SUN AS POSSIBLE WITH- 
OUT BURNING THE FOLIAGE. GIVE THE PLANTS PLENTY OF WATER WHEN THEY 
ARE GROWING. WHEN NOT IN GROWTH, WITHHOLD SOME OF THE WATER AND 
GIVE ONLY ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PLANT FROM SHRIVELING. WEAK APPLICA- 
TIONS OF LIQUID FERTILIZER ARE ADVANTAGEOUS WHEN THE PLANTS ARE IN 
GROWTH. 
NO. 168 0D. PHALAENOPSIS VAR. DELICATA 
AN EVERGREEN TYPE OF DENDROBIUM. 
FLOWERS ARE PRODUCED ON SPRAYS 
FROM THE TERMINAL END OF THE 
LONG CANES. BACKGROUND WHITE 
WITH LAVENDER TO PURPLE SUFFUSION 
ON SEPALS AND PETALS. SEPT. TO 
JAN. FLOWERING SIZE $15-$17.50. 
D. PHALAENOPSIS VAR. DELIGHTFUL 
FLOWERS VERY LIGHT: BACKGROUND 
WHITE WITH LESS INTENSE COLORING 
THAN THE VARIETY ‘DELICATA‘ 
SEPT.-JAN. FLOWERING SIZE $20 
PRERNAS MeN 
DEN. PHAL. 
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