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MARGARET ILGENFRITZ - CRCHIDS | A RY 
Monroe, Michigan, June 20, 1953 tif Toki, 
Dear Customer: 
Some yeonle are timid about purchasing unestablished orchids 
because they believe they won't be able to pot them properly. With these 
neoole in mind, we have potted a limited number o2 all the plants we im- 
-orted this spring end are offering them here at cnly a slight increase in 
“rice over the uncsteblished plants. All are started with new roots and 
coming along nicely. 
Cattleya Bowringeana: Very popular species with tall >sseudobulbs and two 
keeves. This soecies produces a quantity of beautifully colered blooms in 
autumn and early winter. {5.95 Ha. 
Cymbidium giganteum: Cool growing. A fine species of yellow and red-brown 
color. Blooms are very long lasting. Autumn and winter 5.95 
Cymbidium eburneum: Very fragrant, creamy-white flowers with a band of 
yellow in throat. Cool growing. Winter and spring. 5.50 
Cyorijpedium insigne var. Harefield Hall: This plant really needs no de- 
scription. The plents this year are better than ever before. Overall 
effect is yellow and green. Blooms are extremely long lasting.Winter 6.50 
Dendrobium formosum: The fall-blooming, very fragrant, white dendrobium 
species. Most of the plants are in bud now. 5.95 
Dendrobium nobile: The most »opular of all the Dendrobium species.Light 
orchid blooms with purple disc in throat. Very colorful. A deciduous 
species which loses some of its foliage during its winter resting period. 
Soring. 9°95 
Dendrobium wardianum var.giganteum: Larger flowers than nobile, and al- 
most pure-white, tipped witn amethyst. Winter and spring. 5.995 
Hoidendrum atrogurgureum: An unusual color combination of green and 
chocolate-browm distinguish this szecies. From 5 to 15 flowers are pro- 
duced on each spike. Summer. Daag 
E-idendrum gentotis: Very fragrant, creamy-white flowers with purz;le 
stripes distinguish this species. A very lovely bloom. Sumner Aw95 
BHoidendrum radiatum: Somewhat similar to above, but plants ere smaller 
and so are the flowers. Very fragrant. Sy ring. A995 
Jncidium ampilatum var.Majus: One of the truly beautiful sights of the 
o2chid world is that plent in bloom. A great many small. yellow flowers 
aLvost comoletely cover the s )ike.Some red-brown on the bloons.S ring.5.95 
Jncidium bicallosum: Flowers of medium size, yellow, shaded with brown- 
green. Lio bright yellow, dotted with red. A long scape produces a 
quantity of blooms. Winter. 5.95 
