WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GROW ORCHIDS 
in your own home? Unless you are a cave dweller, living where the sun 
never shines, Cattleya Orchids will thrive and be happy in your Ryerson 
Orchidarium. eh 18 a | 
As a matter of fact, orchids are much; MUCH. sturdier than most 
people think. Personally, I’m convinced the mature Cattleya is the tough- 
est plant under cultivation, surviving more mistreatment than a cactus. 
The plants would no doubt live if you grew them on the living room 
table, or on a shelf in the kitchen. But. most artificially heated homes and 
apartments are too DRY for Orchids to grow vigorously and produce their 
maximum of blooms. 
The ORCHIDARIUM is scientifically designed to provide the neces- 
sary humidity. The glass case is 30” long, 24” high, 20” deep. Table top is 
27” from the floor. 
Even the Orchid Grower whose plants are grown in a greenhouse 
will enjoy having an ORCHIDARIUM in his home, as the ideal spot for 
displaying the choicest plants in. bloom. 
PLANTS HOLD THEIR BLOOMS PERFECTLY a full week longer 
in the ORCHIDARIUM than they do in the average heated home. When 
sepals dry out and turn brown at tips—long before blooms should be 
fading—the air is too dry. 
Behind the drop door in the front of the ORCHIDARIUM TABLE 
are the MOISTURE TRAY and THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLLED 
HEATING CABLE. The cable should be held in place in the tray by 
gravel or pebbles, which also will help increase evaporation. 
Potted plants are placed on the lattice-type rack, through openings 
of which moist, warm air rises. Cool, dry air near your floor enters this 
humidifying compartment via intermittent round openings in the Marine 
Plywood base holding moisture tray. 
Glass doors at front of case slide open at a touch, for easy care of 
your plants.*— . : 
THE ORCHIDARIUM accommodates eight average size plants, 
plus eight seedlings in 3-inch pots. 
CARE OF PLANTS IN YOUR ORCHIDARIUM 
Do not keep your Orchid plants TOO warm and wet. While they are 
tropical plants, they bitterly resent being drowned or cooked. Soggy. 
soaking fiber, will-make the roots rot, instead of stimulating them to 
vigorous growth. 
. Orchid plants like plenty of light, but direct noon or afternoon sun 
will burn the foliage. Place the ORCHIDARIUM near a South or East 
window and give it filtered sunlight (through curtain or Venetian blind). 
