CATTLE YAS 
CATTLEYAS 
AND ALLIED GENERA 
The most familiar orchids are cattleyas, laeliocattleyas, brassocatt- 
leyas, and other cattleya combinations such as brassolaeliocattleya. 
That's what we mean by cattleya and "allied genera''. We abbreviate 
the foregoing in our catalog as c., lc., bc., ble. If you are interested 
in growing good sturdy plants that will produce beautiful corsage type 
orchids, you will find them in the list that follows. If you are inter- 
ested in little ''botanicals" (i. e., small native species) that produce 
unusual foliage and unique blooms, turn to our Other Genera section in 
the catalog. 
THE TERM "'SEEDLING" includes all sizes of plants from tiny begin- 
ners in flasks to individual plants of ready-to-bloom size. A plant is 
considered mature when it blooms. 
THE SMALLEST SIZES we list for sale are in transplanted flasks and 
community pots. Transplanted flasks contain plants of six to eighteen 
months growth. Each flask contains thirty sturdy plants. Community 
pots contain ten plants each, two to two and one half years of age. 
Plants from transplanted flasks and community pots are not sold indi- 
vidually. Our small seedling culture has been unusually successful and 
we can recommend the strength and vitality of these plants. 
OUR LARGER SEEDLINGS are in individual pots from one and three- 
quarters of an inch to four inches in diameter. No matter what size 
you purchase you may be sure of well potted, healthy stock of ''pedi- 
greed" parentage. 
The chart below may help in determining the lenthh of time required 
for different sizes of seedlings to bloom. Growing conditions and geo- 
graphical location may alter these figures. 
ESTIMATED TIME 
POT SIZE AGE BEFORE BLOOMING 
1 3/4" 3 to 3 1/2 years 3 1/2 to 4 years 
2 3 1/2 to 4 years 3 to 3 1/2 years 
2-1/2" 4 to 5 years 2 1/2 to 3 years 
3"! 41/2to 51/2 years 2 to 2 1/2 years 
31/2" up 5 to 7 years 6 to 18 months 
READY TO FLOWER SEEDLINGS are not included in this listing. If 
you are interested in these "in betweens'' that are larger than most 
seedlings and smaller than most mature plants, write us for a special 
offering to meet your requirements. We have only small quantities; 
hence no general offering. 
