HOLMES ORCHIDS OFFER ENDLESS VARIETIES 
HOLMES ONCIDIUM 
The “Dancing Girl” Orchid 
$2.40 up 
Oncidiums are the gayest of all Orchids, and prove it with their 
abundant blooming and bright buttery yellow colors! Nicknamed 
“dancing girls,” they look the part—slim-waisted, with huge billow- 
ing skirts and multi-colored covering for their arms and heads 
(stamens). One of the most interesting and fascinating of all Or- 
chids. Include them when you buy! 
ONCIDIUM Ampliatum. Brightest canary-yellow color—and 
both free blooming and long lasting. Often 25 to 75 flowers in a 
season, each 1 to 2 in. across. Blooms Jan., Feb., March. Small 
sizes, $4.40 to $6.90; blooming size, $7.40 up. 
ONCIDIUM Cebolleta. Flowers from Jan. to Apr. Orchids are 
1 to 2 in. in size, borne on 2-ft. spikes. Last long, easy, sure growing. 
Small plants, $2.90 up; blooming size, $4.40 up. 
ONCIDIUM Variable. Maulti-colored—white with purple-rose 
markings; rust-orange, purplish mauve, chestnut-browns. Summer 
blooming. Small plants, $3.90 up; blooming size, $5.40 up. 
ONCIDIUM Lanceanum. Scented! Large flowers. Long lasting. 
Small plants, $3.90, $4.90; blooming size, $17.90 up. 
ONCIDIUM Sphacelatum. Our most prolific variety. Some- 
times one specimen with two to ten spikes produces several hundred 
blooms in a season! Grows equally well in half sun. We’ve priced 
this variety specially low. Be sure to try it! Small plants, $2.90 to 
$3.90; blooming size, only $5.90 up. 
ONCIDIUM Splendidum. Large-flowered winter variety. Flower 
spikes often 3 ft. tall! Clear yellow, with greenish yellow lip. Small 
plants, $3.90; blooming size, $7.40 up. 
All Oncidiums are perfect for trees, baskets, 
slabs, pots, mountings; are easy to raise. 
BRASSAVOLA NODOSA 
These easy-to-grow Orchids for trees, mountings or pots have big 
white to creamy white flowers. Bloom profusely. 
Sinallplantceen eee $2.40, $3.40; blooming size, $3.90, $4.90 
You Won't Believe This ’Till 
You See It! 
The Orehid You Plant on The 
Ceiling—Grows Down! 
STANHOPEA. The Orchid with irresistible appeal .. . it blooms 
upside-down. You plant it overhead, in baskets and on tree limbs, and 
its huge,.gorgeous, 5-in. Orchids dangle in the sky! Amazing, rare. 
Our stock is limited, so hurry. Special friend-making price; flowering 
size, $4.90, $5.90 up. 
Grow Your Own 
C hignons 
OF ORCHIDS 
WITH 
HOLMES 
PHALAENOPSIS 
$2.90 up 
PHALAENOPSIS NEW HYBRIDS. A most amazing Orchid! 
Bears four to twenty perfectly styled, wearable Orchids in delightful 
shades of white, rose and lavender and delicate blendings. Individual 
Orchids 31% to 5 in. Single sprays can be worn as chignons with sensa- 
tional effect. Flower usually from Dec. to June. Thrive outdoors ex- 
cept in cold season when they should be brought indoors. Be sure to 
try a Phalaenopsis New Hybrid! 
Small pots, to bloom/im 2 years...5....... $2.90, $3.90 
Larger pots, to bloom in 1 year........... $3.90, $4.90 
Ready to Bloom large plants............. $5.90, $7.90, $9.90 up 
CHYSIS BRACTESCENS 
The truly tropical-looking Orchid! Its heavy-textured, white blooms 
are fragrant, range to 4 in. in size. Everything you could want in any 
Orchid. But Chysis gives you more—grows huge pseudobulbs from tis 
base—spindle shaped and about one foot long! Nothing is more in- 
teresting in baskets, on trees or mountings. 
Siena teavounmuetel RWIS. Go bao Sone nooo $3.40, $4.90 
Medium size, some will flower. ........... $5.40, $7.40 
Blooming size, mounted, from. ........... $9.40, $12.40 
BRASSAVOLA GLAUCA 
Very cute small plants, with white to greenish white flowers. 
Sinal jplantse aes $2.40, $3.40; blooming size, $3.90, $4.90 
Only Holmes Offers Orchids Like These 
HOLMES NURSERIES 
18261 Nebraska Ave., '24mile South of Apex « Phone: 332261 « P.O. Box 417, TAMPA 1, FLORIDA 
Where Florida Fell in Love with Orchids and Orchids Fell in love with Florida 
PRICES AND LISTINGS IN THIS CIRCULAR GOOD FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1952 
