TAMPENSE SPRAY ORCHIDS 
If you like a spray type of orchid you will like the Epiden- 
drum Tampense pictured here. These grow wild in the Jungles, 
and when in bloom can be located by their sweet fragrance. 
The plants are very hardy and of easy culture. The flowers will 
last six weeks in bloom or more. They are very easy to grow and 
do best fastened to a slab of wood or the limb of a tree, altho 
they may be grown as a potted plant. The color of the flower 
is usually yellowish-green with bright rose and white centers. 
Due to insect pollenizing the flowers vary a great deal from 
plant to plant. 
The culture of Tampenses is simple: If mounted on slabs 
of wood or tree limbs they can be sprinkled once or twice a 
week. If potted in Osmunda, water them as you would a 
Cattleya Orchid. During the early spring and summer they can 
be given lots more water to induce growth. In the winter keep 
them on the dry side by watering them once a week. In cli- 
mates where the temperature does not fall to freezing they are 
fastened to trees and allowed to shift for themselves. They are 
very hardy and can take more neglect than any orchid | 
know of. 
Specimens are sometimes available on tree limbs from $5 to 
$20. Others not on tree limbs available usually at $5 to $20 
a plant. A twenty dollar plant will usually produce 1,00C 
flowers during its blooming season. Such plants often have 20C 
bulbs to a plant. You will sometimes see Tampenses sold for 
a dollar or two but these will be tiny divisions cut from large 
plants. | never do this as it weakens the plant. 
