DENDROB | UMS 
THIS GENUS CONTAINS SOME OF THE FINEST OF THE SPRAY ORCHIDS. 
THEY ARE OF EASY CULTURE, ALTHOUGH ONE MUST BE AWARE OF THE PARTI- 
CULAR REQUIREMENTS OF EACH SPECIES IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 
FLOWERING THEM. 
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPS!IS AND ALL OF ITS VARIETIES SHOULD BE 
GROWN IN THE CATTLEYA HOUSE AND GIVEN ASMUCH SUN AS POSSIBLE WITH- 
OUT BURNING THE FOLIAGE. GIVE THE PLANTS PLENTY OF WATER WHEN THEY 
ARE GROWING. WHEN NOT IN GROWTH, WITHHOLD SOME OF THE WATER AND 
GIVE ONLY ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PLANT FROM SHRIVELING. WEAK APPLICA- 
TIONS OF LIQUID FERTILIZER ARE ADVANTAGEOUS WHEN THE PLANTS ARE IN 
GROWTH. 
NC. 168 0D. PHALAENOPSIS VAR. DELICATA ¥ 
AN EVERGREEN TYPE OF DENDROBIUM. ai pn 
FLOWERS ARE PRODUCED ON SPRAYS pe 
FROM THE TERMINAL END OF THE = 
LONG CANES. BACKGROUND WHITE ‘ 
WITH LAVENDER TO PURPLE SUFFUSION ee | 4 
ON SEPALS AND PETALS. SEPT. TO Al 
ive 
JAN. Ee i 
FLOWERING SIZE $12.50-$15. $17.50. ip! 
D. PHALAENOPSIS VAR. DELIGHTFUL Lived 
FLOWERS VERY LIGHT: BACKGROUND 
WHITE WITH LESS INTENSE COLORING 
THAN THE VARIETY ‘DELICATA‘* DEN. PHAL. 
SEPT.-JAN. FLOWERING SIZE $20 
D. PHALAENOPSIS VAR. HOLOLEUCA 
X. SELF 
THIS IS THE PURE WHITE FORM OF 
D. PHALAENOPS!IS: A VERY WORTH- 
WHILE PLANT TO HAVE IN ANY COL- 
LECT TON. WE FLOWERED A FEW OF 
THESE SEEDLINGS LAST YEAR AND, 
THEREFORE, KNOW THAT THESE SEED- 
LINGS WILL BREED TRUE. 
ae 51 $15 
D. PHALAENOPSIS VAS. SCHROEDERIA- 
NUM (DIXON'S VAR. ) 
THE FINEST VARIETY OF COLORED D. 
D.PHAL..HOLOEUCA X SELF PHALAENOPSIS WE HAVE EVER SEEN. 
EXTREMELY DARK FLOWERS: IN SOME 
CASES THE SEPALS ARE TIPPED WITH WHITE MAKING A BEAUTIFUL 
CONTRAST. CANES GROW TO 8 FEET IN HEIGHT AND PRODUCE 
SPRAYS OF OVER 20 FLOWERS WHICH LAST FOR WEEKS. OUR STUD 
PLANT PRODUCES AS MANY AS 10 SPRAYS OF FLOWERS IN A SEA- 
SON. AN EXCELLENT PLANT FOR USE AS DECORATION OR FOR CUT 
FLOWERS. SEPT.-JAN. FLOWERING SIZES $25-$35. 
