Billbergia Saundersi 
Billbergia 
Bird of Paradise 
These are bromeliads, air plants, related to the 
pineapple. They naturally grow on trees like 
orchids but under cultivation seem to thrive un- 
der any and all conditions. They may be grown 
in sand, peat, leafmould, moss, osmunda fiber 
or any combination of these ingredients. The 
main point to consider is that they must have 
perfect drainage. They may be grown on limbs 
of trees or may be tied to a piece of rustic wood 
with sphagnum moss and hung. They like fil- 
tered sunlight or light shade, overhead watering 
and not too wet at the roots. They hold water 
in the rosette of leaves and use. it from there 
rather than from the roots. These cultural con- 
ditions apply to all bromeliads we list in this 
catalog unless otherwise noted elsewhere. Deliv- 
ery anytime. 
NOTE—AII bromeliads are mailed dry and 
bareroot. Occasionally they will come without 
any roots but will form roots soon after being 
planted. 
AMOENA. A _ dwarf variety with brilliant 
orange-scarlet bracts. Flowers deepest blue. Well 
established plants will bloom thruout the sum- 
mer. $1.50 ea. 
AMOENA X SAUNDERSI. A _ new hybrid 
combining the brilliant color of amoena_ with 
the attractive foliage of Saundersi. May bloom 
at any time. $1.50 ea. 
BURKHOLTZI. Tall, light green foliage. 
Rose bracts and lavender flowers. Rare. $1.50 ea. 
CALOPHYLLA. (Red, white and _ blue.) 
Foliage wide, bronzy green heavily barred trans- 
versely with gray. Blood red bracts, white ovary 
and dark blue flowers. Everblooming. A grand 
house plant. $1.50 ea. 
DISTACHIA. Long, pointed foliage heavily 
spotted cream. Tall pendant flowers appear in 
the spring. Bracts deep rose, flowers blue and 
green. 50c ea. 
ELVENIA SLOSSON. Formerly listed as nu- 
tans x Alberti. Very long, strap shaped deep 
green leaves. which turn purplish bronze in the 
sun. Flower stems sometimes nearly three feet 
long. Bracts bright red. Flowers deep purple. A 
very thrifty grower and a fine pot plant. Spring 
bloomer. $1.50 ea. 
EUPHEMIAE. A _ stoloniferus plant that is 
ideal for hanging baskets. Wide, reflexed blue 
green leaves 12 inches high. The powdery bracts 
are rose followed by violet colored large flow- 
ers. $2.00 ea. 
LEPTOPODA. This is commonly called Per- 
manent Wave plant because the wide, spotted 
green leaves are permanently curled backward. 
eee red, flowers blue and yellow. 12”. $2.50 
each. 
NUTANS. This is the common variety grown 
everywhere in Southern California. Narrow 
leaves. Compact grower. Winter bloomer. Bracts 
light pink. Flowers blue and green on pendant 
stem. 50c ea. 
PORTIANA. Formerly listed as nobile. Larg- 
est of the varieties listed, both in foliage and 
flower. The leaves are wide, stiff and deep 
green. The pendant flower stem hangs over the 
side and the tips of the flowers touch the ground. 
The bracts are brilliant rose, wide-spread and 
a foot across. The tassel of closely packed flow- 
ers are yellowish green and the petals are tightly 
recurved. Rare. $3.50 ea. 
SPECIOSA X NUTANS. Prolific grower. At- 
tractive foliage. Pink bracts and yellowish flow- 
ers in late spring. $1.00 ea. 
THEODORE L. MEAD. A 
produced by this well known Florida _horti- 
culturist but although widely grown all over 
Southern California has never had a name. We 
are taking the liberty of naming it after the 
breeder. A luxurious grower with low spreading 
shiney foliage and huge pendant spikes of flow- 
ers. Pink bracts and green and blue flowers. Su- 
perb plant for hanging basket culture. Ever- 
blooming habit. $1.50 ea. 
THYRSIFLORA HYBRIDS. A cross between 
B. Thyrsiflota and B. Amoena. We believe this 
is the finest of all hybrid-billbergias to date. 
Light green to bronzy, wide, upright leaves. Stem 
stiff and upright. Large rosettes of scarlet bracts 
and violet flowers. Winter and summer bloom- 
ing. $1.50 ea. 
SAUNDERSI. A very striking foliage plant 
with purplish bronze leaves heavily spotted 
cream. Bracts bright red. Flowers blue. $1.50 ea. 
Brunsvegia Rosea 
Naked Lily 
This name for the older name of Amaryllis 
belladonna seems to have taken root for the 
present so we will use it from now on. South 
African amaryllid blooming in July-August be- 
fore the -leaves “appear. Although. 1t is ‘fairly 
hardy and might survive temperatures down to 
zero it is primarily a winter grower and in the 
colder sections when planted outdoors it does 
not have a long enough season of active leaf 
growth and for that reason fails to flower. In 
such locations it should be treated as a pot plant 
and grown in a glasshouse or conservatory dur- 
ing the winter. Plant shallow in warm sections 
and in an open sunny spot. Summer and fall 
delivery. 
ROSEA. Pure: white flowers edged pink. Fra- 
eran jo Gea. 
MULTIFLORA HYBRIDS. Tall stemmed and 
many flowered hybrids in a wide range of col- 
ors, all with very large fragrant flowers. Fine 
for cutting. $1.00 ea. 
lovely variety 
