NalIVE ORCHIDS 
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ORCHIDS: Contrary to the common belief, are as casily grown as garden 
flowers, and they require less care and ettention, The plants listed 
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herein are the pick of the native orchids most likely to succeed anywhere, 
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EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE--(Butterfly Orchid)-— X V7 
Pseudobulbs the size of small onions, Umm | 
one to two strap shaped leaves from ae 
e€acn bulb, blooming spike from a few ‘Hee 
inches to as much as 18" in length, hig 
on which are borne from: 6 to 2h greenish 
yellow, or white blooms, sometimes 
tinged with brownish purple, The lip 
is usually purple, Fragrant. Blooms 
appear sporadically throughout the 
year but mostly from liay thru July. 
Blooms are miniature blooms. New: 
bulbs should bloom the first yeer. 
Cluster may be divided into individual 
plants if desired, 
> or more bl, size bulbs unmounted ~— 1,00 
twice as mary bulbs mounted on oak ~~ 2,00 
10 or more bulbs in coconut hanging 
basket with osmmda -—- PPS 6, 
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year. Blooms are greenish with dark 
brown or purple throat, A beautiful 
j piant in bloom or out, hequires no 
Ss61i for culture but does nicely in 
osmunda,. Bulbs are large, flattened 
and cdd shaped, A rare orchid. 
2 or more bulbs on oak —~ 2.50 
aN 1O or more bulbs mounted 
\ in osmunda in orchid basket-+3.95 
