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NEW USES FOR FENORCO 
PLANT FOOD 
Many of our friends are finding that 
Fenorco Plant Food is very helpful in 
getting strong and early growth on 
vegetable and flower seedlings. The best 
method is to soak the seed beds or pans 
in the regular solution just after the 
seeds are planted and regularly each 
week thereafter. 
One of our friends fed his prize 
Dahlias with a gallon of the Fenorco 
solution (1 teaspoonful Fenorco to 1 gal- 
lon water) each week and had the finest, 
strongest stemmed and largest flowers 
he had ever grown, while another man 
fed his tomato plants the same way and 
reports that he had the largest, meatiest 
and best tasting tomatoes he had ever 
seen. 
Fenorco solution is also very useful in 
helping newly transplanted plants (either 
annual or perrenial) to become estab- 
lished. 
If you want the biggest and finest. 
roses you have ever seen, water your 
rose bushes weekly with a gallon of 
Fenorco solution per bush. 
Of course, Fenorco Plant Food should 
be considered as an adjunct to and not 
a substitute for good cultural practices, 
good soil, good plants, etc. 
HOW AND WHY YOU SHOULD 
FEED YOUR ORCHIDS 
Orchids are very little different from 
other green plants in their requirements. 
They need heat, light, air, water and 
food. We growers often pay great at- 
tention to the first four requirements 
and neglect the fifth. Our experiments 
here at the Orchid Jungle, over a period 
of six years and on many thousands of 
plants, show that we can greatly in- 
crease both the flower productivity and 
speed of growth of our plants by feed- 
ing. 
The experiences of thousands of our 
amateur customers also prove that reg- 
ular feeding makes the difference be- 
tween success and failure for most of 
them in growing and reblooming the 
plants. 
If you want faster growing, larger 
plants, with more and better flowers, feed 
your plants regularly each week with 
Fenorco Plant Food. 
DENDROBIUM NOBILE 
FENNELL ORCHID COMPANY, 
The Anatomy of Orchid Plants 
(Continued From Preceding Page) 
their leaves every year. At the joint 
of bulb and leaf, the flower sheath de- 
velops. This flower sheath is a leaf- 
like envelope that protects the flower 
buds while they are forming. The buds 
grow up through this sheath and break 
out through the top. If a plant makes 
a flower sheath, this is a good sign that 
it is going to bloom. The buds take 
about six weeks to develop from the time 
that they are first visible at the bottom of 
the sheath until the flowers open. These 
buds do not necessarily start to develop 
as soon as the sheath forms, however, as 
some types wait for several months un- 
til their flowering season comes along. 
At the bottom of the front, or lead, 
bulb there are two “eyes” or buds. These 
are the growing points which will grow 
and make the new growth which will 
bloom the next time. Normally only one 
of these buds develops into a new bulb 
and the other one stays dormant. These 
dormant buds will live for several years 
and can develop at any time if the plant 
is strong enough. Sometimes when a 
plant is growing strongly both of the 
buds on the lead bulb will develop. This 
results in a branching of the plant and 
really strong plants will branch on al- 
most every lead bulb. As these new buds 
develop and grow, the rhizome sowly 
creeps across the pot. The old, or “back- 
bulbs, at the back of the plant gradually 
weaken and die of old age. Usually the 
leaf turns yellow or brownish, shrivels 
and drops off. The bulb then usually 
will live for two or three years longer 
until it, too, shrivels and dies. This is a 
normal process and nothing to worry 
about as long as the plant is growing 
well at the front. A strong and healthy 
plant will usually put out two new 
growths for every one that dies. In this 
way the plant is steadily increasing in 
size. As long as the plant holds its own, 
it is doing alright, but if old bulbs die 
faster than new ones develop, then some- 
thing is wrong and the plant and its 
growing conditions should be checked 
thoroughly for the reason. 
DENDROBIUM NOBILE  Feb.-Mar.) 
Beautiful lavender flowers in short 
spikes. 
3-in. pot, plants 4 to 6-in. tall....$5.00 ea. 
FENORCO 
HYDROPONIC PLANT FOOD 
Thoroughly proven by four years of experiments on 
thousands of plants and over three years constant use 
on our whole collection. 
Used Successfully by Thousands of Orchid Growers Around the World 
1 pound Postpaid 
5 pounds Postpaid... 
10 pounds Postpaid 
HOMESTEAD, 
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OSMUNDA — Obtainable from most 
large seed stores or directly from us. 
Bags with sufficient for 3 or 4 6-inch 
pots, $3.50 postpaid; bales, enough for 
40 to 50 pots, $15.00 FOB Homestead. 
CHARCOAL or COKE—For drainage 
(or use broken pots) obtainable from 
coal companies, hardware and sporting 
goods stores at times. 
VANDA STRAP LEAVED HY BRIDS-- 
We have many kinds of strap leaved 
Vanda hybrids. We believe the best to 
be the blue Gilbert Triboulet and Mar- 
garet Fennell because they preduce 3 
or 4 flowers for every one any of the 
others have. On the other hand, the 
Vanda Sanderiana hybrids such as V. 
Rothschildrana and Vanda Tatzeri 
have somewhat larger and showier 
flowers but do not produce nearly so 
many flowers per year. Strap leaved 
Vanda hybrids are priced at from 
$3.50 to $25.00 per plant according to 
size. We have them in blue, pink, and 
yellow shades. 
Vanda terete hybrids.—These plants 
produce quill-like leaves and are very 
free flowering under outdoor tropical 
conditions. They are no good north of 
Florida. Collection of three cuttings 
each 15-in. tall, two Vanda Miss Joaquim, 
one Miss Van Deun, and one seedling, 
6-in. to 8-in. tall, in a 2-inch pot, total 
$10.00. 
Vanda _ semi-terete hybrids. — These 
are hybrids between the strap-leafed 
Vanda and the terete Vanda. They also 
require full tropical sun and should not 
be attempted north of Florida. 
Vanda Dorothy Warne.—15-in. to 18-in. 
plants, flowering size in 5-inch pots, 
$17.50 each. 
Vanda Miss Joaquin X Vanda Suavis— 
Plants 15-in. to 18-in. plants flowering 
size in 5-inch pots, $17.50 each. 
Aranda Mars—Long sprays of long 
lasting pink flowers—interesting and un- 
usual 15-in. cuttings ___....... $10.00 ea. 
Aranda Queen of the Purples—An in- 
teresting and rare hybrid—flowers as 
above but lavender-blue in color—free 
flowering—long lasting—15-in. cutting, 
tomers Sees Mee SN eee $15.00 ea. 
As Part of An- 
other Order Sent 
Express Collect. 
FLORIDA 
