FENNELL’S ORCHID NEWS 
FENNELL’S ORCHID NEWS 
From The Orchid Jungle 
Published By 
FENNELL ORCHID CO. 
Homestead, Florida 
CULTURAL HINTS 
AIR—Give your Cattleya plants plenty 
of air and light this summer. If pos- 
sible, put them outside as soon as danger 
of frost is over and keep them there un- 
til the weather becomes nippy next fall. 
You can hang the plants by wire hangers 
attached to the pots, under a pergola or 
under a tree anywhere that they can get 
about 50% shade. This can be either 
heavy shade during the 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m. period and no shade before and 
after that, or it can be partial shade 
through which about 50% of the sun’s 
rays filter throughout the day. If you 
have several plants, you can make a 
very satisfactory shade by nailing wood- 
en lath on a light wooden frame—spac- 
ing the lath about 1-in. to 1%-in. apart 
and placing this frame over your plants. 
The above applies to those of you who 
grow orchids in greenhouses, also. As 
many of you will find, the plants like 
the cooler, airier outside better than 
too hot greenhouses during the summer. 
DO | NEED A GREENHOUSE?—If you 
want to grow a wide range of orchid 
plants and quite a few of them, a green- 
house is advisable, and particularly, if 
you like to putter around in a tropical 
garden in the winter. 
You can grow any flowering plant a 
little better in a greenhouse than in your 
home and, of course, you can grow 
some kinds in the greenhouse that you 
cannot grow in the house. Greenhouses 
are not too expensive—the sectional, 
easily assembled ORLYT greenhouse 
costs only about $225 for an 8x10-foot 
house. We are agents for these houses, 
and they can be purchased thru us as 
cheaply as anywhere. To this you have 
to add the costs of the foundation and 
heating, but very reasonably priced oil 
and electric heaters are available. You 
can also obtain very reasonably (through 
us) thermostatically controlled electric 
ventilators which open and close as the 
weather dictates. 
If you are interested, write us and 
we will send you the full details. 
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The Philip Wylie Article 
“ANYONE CAN RAISE ORCHIDS” 
We have had an astounding response 
from the above article. Over 20,000 
persons have written us and several 
thousand others have visited us since’ 
its appearance last September in the 
Saturday Evening Post, and its condensed 
version which appeared in the December 
“Readers Digest.” Many of these people 
are now our customers and are begin- 
ning to enjoy their own orchids. 
The following letters have been re- 
ceived from some of these customers: 
I received my orchid plants in Novem- 
oer and was really pleased with them, 
as I got so much more and nicer plants 
than I expected. -One, of the plants 
bloomed the last of January (three 
blooms on one stem.) * * * 
Mrs. H. G. 
Maryville, Mo. 
I received my order in perfect condi- 
tion. There are two large buds on the 
large plant and I am very pleased with 
the order and the service. 
PSP: 
Forrestville, Conn. 
The plants came through in fine shape, 
and I was most agreeably surprised. 
They are much finer than I had ex- 
pected. In fact, they are gorgeous 
plants * * * 
Mrs. E. P. 
Colorado Springs, Colo. 
* * * J only have about 40 plants but 
the definite slow-down in growth that I 
noticed when I was too ill to fertilize 
makes me sure that now I’m better and 
able to give them their feedings, they 
will really show me how happy they are. 
A. K. 
Oroville, Calif. 
Your shipment of orchids arrived in 
splendid condition. Today the first bloom 
has opened on the hybrid Cattleya. We 
have had so much pleasure from our 
plants we wanted you to know. 
G. D. 
London Bridge, Va. 
Our orchids arrived in good shape. 
We now have 5 beautiful flowers on the 
Cattleya. * * * last Thursday I took the 
plant down to the store. Those people 
who recognized what the flower was were 
much impressed with their beauty. * * * 
Thanks. 
I would like to say that I have already 
noticed the difference in my orchid 
plants. I have a C. Tityus that has one 
bulb with bud sheath and both eyes 
growing like mad since I have been 
using your Fenorco plant food. * * * 
DY, <Oe 
Birmingham, Ala. 
* * = The orchid that you sent me 
arrived in magnificent condition and is 
presently bearing six magnificent blooms. 
I am very much pleased. 
Rac 
New York. N. Y. 
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DENDROBIUM SUPERBUM DEAREI 
—Pure white. Very beautiful and rare. 
3-in. pot, plants 6 to 8-in. long......$10 ea. 
Larger plants, 10 to 12-in. long $25 ea. 
* * * Tt is very difficult for me to 
believe that a package could completely 
cross this country from one extreme 
corner to the other and arrive in such 
perfect condition that it looked like it 
had been sent over from the corner 
florist. I am more than pleased with 
they plants, * * * 
ish. 
Seattle, Wash. 
Kt 
* * One of them bloomed for 
Christmas, and the other big one burst 
forth with twins on one stem, wide open 
New Year’s morning. How do you ever 
train them to do that? * * * 
Wie Ce 
Chicago, Ill. 
(The answer is—We don’t. It was 
an accident.) 
The orchid you sent me arrived in per- 
fect condition. The second day after its 
arrival the two buds began to open. It 
is perfectly beautiful and I am much 
thrilled with it. * * * 
AD: 
Louisville, Ky. 
Two or three months ago you shipped 
me my first orchids. ‘These plants are 
getting along beautifully and I am de- 
lighted with them. I would like an ad- 
ditional shipment. * * * 
(Car, 
Tallahassee, Fla. 
* * = Your shipping package is to be 
highly recommended. It is most un- 
usual to have plants come through 
packed as the orchids were. * * * 
Milwaukee, Wisc. 
THE FIRST REPORT FROM A 
PHALAENOPSIS EXPERIMENT 
“T am enclosing two pictures I took of. 
Phalaenopsis Confirmation which show 
the orchid in bloom. Now it has had 
blooms for three weeks without a sign ~ 
of. wilting.” 
M. K. 
Brooklin, Mass. 
