RARE AND UNUSUAL VARIETIES OF 
CATTLEYAS AND LAELIAS AND OTHER ORCHIDS 
Please read this paragraph before ordering plants from this list. 
The plants listed on this pege are newly imported plants which have 
been potted for several mounths and are becoming established but will 
require good growing conditions to bring them to condition to flower. 
We do not recomend newly imported plants for beginers,but offer these 
to experienced persons who have the proper conditions and know how to 
eare for them. We do not have many of any of these varieties as they are 
hard to find and expensive to import. We will not ship any of these 
before spring 1953 anc then only when the new growths are sufficiently 
hardened up to ship without too much rish of damage. 
Laelia Cinnabarina; Plants grow from 6 to 13 inches tall and bear 
from six to a dozen 2% to 3 inch flowers in Cinnabar-red during the 
spring mounths. Plants with one or more leads at $7.50 eache 
Laelia Harpophy}la; Plants 12 to 18 inches tall,bears spikes of 4 or 
more three inch flowers of Bright Orange-Red color with a white edge 
on the lip of some types. Plants with one or more leads at $7.50 each. 
Cattleya Bictbor; Stems of these are from 2 to 3% feet tall. bears 
several flowers of medium size ranging in color from green to bronze~ 
green,some types are spotted with purple dots,other types are without 
the spots. pea color varies from Lavender to purple. Single lead plants 
at $10.00 each. 
Cattleya Granulosa; Stems up to 20 inches tall,bears flowers of 
Yellow-green spotted with red,lip yellow or yellow-green spotted with 
red. Very usful and ususual variety. Plants at $10.00 each. 
Cattleya Leopoldii. Some types of these grow up to four feet tall and 
produce lagre spikes of from five to twenty-five flowers from three 
to five inches in diameter,in several color combihations varying from 
yellow-green ,nile-green to bronze-green and other shades,some $Fypes 
being dotted with red or purple dets. Lip colors from lavender to purple 
Two sizes of plants available,Smaller size up to 2 feet tall at $10.00 
Large size plants up to four feet tall at # 15.00 each. 
Cattleya Forbesii; Plants from 12 to 15 inches in the tallest types 
bearing small yellow flowers up to three inches wide in the best types. 
Simular to Cattleya Harrisonae in habit of Growth. $7.50 each. 
Sophronitis Grandiflora; These are real minature plants growing only 
about three inches tall,bearing flowers from 2 to 3 inches in diameter 
(a few larger) of rose-red,scarlet to carmine~purple flowers. Plants 
with one or more leads at $500 each. 
Oncidium Rogersii; The Golden Dancing Lady Orchid. Plants 6 to 10 inches 
tall bearing tall spikes of beautiful golden colored flowers shaped lik: 
a dancing lady with a large ruffled skirt. Single lead plants at $5.0 
(Please do not ask us to pick out certain types of the above plants for 
you as this is impossible as these have not flowered since importation 
and we do not know the variations that will show up in this lot. 
FRANKLIN W. GAMBLE ORCHID NURSERY. MILL VALLEY CALIFORNIA 
