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ENNELL’S 
Published Quarterly by FENNELL ORCHI 
Orchid Importers, Growers val a Raat Over 40 Veren 
VOL. 6 
NO. 1 
BLUE 
RAREST 
OF 
ALL 
ORCHID 
COLORS 
EXCLUSIVELY 
IN 
VANDAS 
The only really blue orchid 
which occurs in the wild is 
Vanda Caerulea. It is found 
in the mountains in India, and 
is generally hard to grow and Sn in 
the United States. When crossed with 
other Vandas, its blue color is generally 
dominant and many fine blue hybrids 
that grow easily and flower profusely 
have been developed from it. 
Of these Vanda Gilbert Triboulet and 
Vanda Margaret Fennell are two of the 
best. Each of these flower several (5 
to 7 times) yearly with 1 to 2 spikes of 
& to 16 light blue or lavender long last- 
ing flowers marbled with darker spots. 
One peculiarity that all blue vandas 
have is that they open as small white 
or very light bluish grey flowers and do 
not develop their full size or color for 
several days. They never develop their 
full color in weak light—they need 
plenty of sun. This sometimes causes 
persons to become disappointed in their 
plants before the plants have had a 
chance to develop their flowers fully. 
However, here at the Orchid Jungle 
nothing attracts more attention from our 
thousands of visitors than our blue 
Vandas. 
BLUE VANDA HYBRIDS 
We have both Vandas Gilbert Triboulet 
and Margaret Fennell at the following 
prices: 
2}-in. or 3-in. pots, plants 24; -in. to 3-in 
tall $ 3.50 
3.in. pots, plaate. ‘3}- -in. to oe: -in. cb es 5.00 
4-in. pots, plants 5-in. to 6-in. tall : 7.50 
4-in. pots, plants 6-in. to 8-in. tall __—-_: 10.00 
4-in. pots, plants 8-in. to 10-in. tall _ 12.50 
5-in. pots, plants 12-in. to 16-in. tall * 25.00 
* Flowering size. 
SPRING-SUMMER.—.-1952 
WHITE PHALAENOPSIS HYBRIDS— 
(left), Phalaenopsis Blizzard x Phalae- 
nopsis Doris, and (right) Phalaenopsis 
Doris x Phalaenopsis Winged Victory 
growing in Fenorco Plant Food solution. 
With the methods described below these 
plants are easily grown and flower freely. 
Their flowers are long lasting. 
SOMETHING NEW 
Some months ago the results of ex- 
periments in growing Phalaenopsis in 
water at Cornell University were pub- 
lished. This was a completely new and 
interesting approach and we tried it 
under our conditions here at the Orchid 
Jungle. Strangely enough, it works. 
We have tried many adaptations and 
have found one way that seems to be a 
considerable improvement over the 
original method. 
You simply pot the plant in a 50-50 
mixture of broken charcoal and peat 
moss in a tall flower pot, then set this 
pot in a shallow pan of water containing 
Fenorco Plant Food. 
Phalaenopsis seem particularly adapt- 
ed to this method, though we have 
Cattleyas, Vandas, and many other 
genera of orchids growing experimental- 
ly in this way. A number of our cus- 
tomers are succeeding with Phalaenop- 
sis in water culture, after several of 
them had failed using conventional 
methods. 
WOULD 
TOWm IKE 
URS) 
EXPERIMENT? 
A NEW 
AND EASY 
WAYS Ti@ | 
GROW | 
ORCHIDS 
We are carrying on a rather 
large experiment on the grow- 
ing (and feeding) of orchids 
by sub-irrigation. Though 
this is a method almost never seen in 
nature, it is easily adapted to the house 
and our preliminary experiments show 
that it seems to be particularly adapted 
to Phalaenopsis. We know it works with 
them here. We would like to know if it 
will work with them in your homes in 
the North, hence the following pro- 
posal: We will send you a complete kit 
consisting of two fine young Phalaenopsis 
plants 3 to 4 inches across their longest 
dimension, sufficient potting com- 
pound and one pound of Fenorco 
plant food and full directions. Every- 
thing you will need except a pyrex bak- 
ing dish and 2 6-in. pots from the “dime” 
store. We will send all of this to you post- 
paid (total value $20) after April 15 for 
$12.50, provided you will write us giving 
us a report and a snapshot showing how 
your plants have grown when they bloom 
next winter or spring. 
Phalaenopsis plants are very beauti- 
ful and showy when in bloom. In many 
ways they are better adapted to house 
culture than most other orchids, but un- 
der the old fashioned methods, they have 
dried out too much in the house and 
have not done well. With our new 
method we think they will grow and 
bloom easily and well with you. 
Therefore, we are willing to send a 
limited number of you this special ex- 
perimental offer — two regular $8.50 
plants, plus plant food and _ potting 
material postpaid all for only $12.50. 
